Thu, Jan 28th 2010, 16:09

Bulls guard and Chicago native Derrick Rose has been named as a reserve on the Eastern Conference All-Star team, which will play in the 59th NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
Rose becomes the first Bulls player to attain All-Star status since Michael Jordan in 1998.
With averages of 19.8 points, 5.9 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game on the season, the second-year point guard’s slow start due to an ankle injury is a distant memory. Over his last four games—road wins against the Suns, Rockets, Spurs and Thunder—Rose has posted averages of 26.3 points, 5.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game.
“We, as an organization, are absolutely thrilled for Derrick,” said Bulls General Manager Gar Forman. “He is…
Wed, Jan 27th 2010, 09:26
Derrick Rose, the reigning T-Mobile Rookie of the Year, and Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans, the leading scorer among first-year players, lead a list of 18 players selected for the 2010 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam to be held on Friday, Feb. 12 in Dallas during NBA All-Star 2010.
The participants in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam were selected by the NBA’s assistant coaches, with each team submitting one ballot.
Joining Rose on the Sophomore team are Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley, Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon, Minnesota Timberwolves forward/center Kevin Love, New Jersey Nets center Brook Lopez, New York Knicks forward Danilo Gallinari, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, and a pair of teammates from the…
Sat, Jan 23rd 2010, 10:32
Derrick helped the Bulls to a 115-104 victory last night over the Phoenix Suns, but his 32 points meant more on this night than most others. Before the game Derrick pledged to donate $1,000 per point he scored to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, in order to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Derrick and a number of other players represented by the Wasserman Media Group teamed up with the former presidents to raise over a half million dollars.
“It’s just giving,” he said. “I know that God has blessed me. He’s blessed me already. You see me right here I’m with the…