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Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Derrick Rose Issues Strong Statement on Injury-Riddled Career
Derrick Rose Issues Strong Statement on Injury-Riddled Career originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Derrick Rose became the youngest MVP in NBA history during the 2010-11 season. He led the Chicago Bulls to the top record in the league and appeared primed to dominate the NBA for the next decade. Advertisement However, Rose tore his left ACL in Game 1 of the 2012 playoffs and missed the entire 2012-13 season. Rose played in 10 games in 2013-14 before tearing his right meniscus and undergoing season-ending surgery. The Chicago native tore his right meniscus again in 2014-15 and tore his left meniscus in 2016-17. Rose played for the Bulls, New York Knicks (twice), Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies during his career. He recently told Cyro Asseo de Choch of HoopsHype that he used to ask God why he kept getting injured. Derrick Rose with the MVP award.© Mike DiNovo-Imagn Images However, Rose stopped asking God because he knew he had to "roll with the punches." Advertisement 'I never asked the doctor why my injuries were happening,' Rose said. 'They're just giving me a reason. But I asked God that numerous times. After a while, I stopped asking. I knew I had to roll with the punches. And that's part of being from Chicago. Like, hey, if I can make it out of here, I can make it anywhere. And I made it out, and God placed me back there, like in Chicago. 'So I'm like, man, I'm here. And I've got to live with some type of purpose. What's going to be my purpose? And the older I get, I'm starting to see that my purpose is to show people that you can get through it.' Rose appeared in 723 NBA games. He averaged 17.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.3 blocks. The 36-year-old Rose was the first overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft out of Memphis. He won the 2009 Rookie of the Year Award and made three All-Star teams and one All-NBA team. Related: Derrick Rose Drops Surprising GOAT Take And Picks Chicago Legend This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Times
24-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
What Cade Cunningham's All-NBA honor means for Pistons' financial future
Cade Cunningham sat at a podium 520 days ago, addressing a group of reporters after his Detroit Pistons coughed up another game down the stretch, this time to a shorthanded Utah Jazz team. It was their 25th consecutive loss. The then-22-year-old was hunched over, his hands crossed. 'We're not 2-26 bad, you know what I mean?' he said on Dec. 21, 2023. 'Like, no way.' Advertisement On Friday, roughly a year and a half removed from his conviction at the nadir of the worst season in Pistons franchise history, Cunningham capped off his best NBA season with a 2025 All-NBA Third Team selection. Cunningham posted career highs in points (26.1), assists (9.1), blocks (0.8), field-goal percentage (46.9) and 3-point percentage (35.6). He can now say he's made an All-NBA team in addition to his first All-Star selection. His honor also comes with major financial implications. Cunningham agreed to a five-year maximum contract extension in July 2024 that included a provision known as the 'Rose Rule.' Named after 2011 MVP Derrick Rose, it allows players who sign a maximum contract extension to negotiate a clause that would give them a raise if they win the MVP, Defensive Player of the Year or make one of the three All-NBA teams. Because Cunningham made an All-NBA team this season, his new contract will start at 30 percent of the 2025-26 NBA salary cap instead of 25 percent. Based on cap estimates, his contract will now be worth a projected $269 million over five years instead of $224 million. Because of Cunningham's impending salary increase, which begins next season, the Pistons project to have, at most, $17 million in cap space this offseason. That figure is roughly $3 million more than the nontaxpayer midlevel exception, which makes it unlikely Detroit will dip into its cap space to make offseason signings. Assuming Detroit does not use its cap space, Cunningham's jump in salary likely still allows the Pistons to re-sign unrestricted free agents Malik Beasley, Dennis Schröder, Tim Hardaway Jr. and even Paul Reed while still remaining below the luxury tax's second apron. However, it could lead to financial implications down the road. Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, both 2022 lottery picks, are eligible for rookie-scale extensions, just as Cunningham was last summer. Advertisement The league typically gives teams until the day before the start of the regular season to sign players to rookie-scale extensions. Considering Cunningham's estimated increase, working out deals to retain Ivey and Duren while avoiding the harsh penalties of the second apron in future years could become more of a challenge for Trajan Langdon and the Detroit front office. Now that Cunningham has firmly established himself as one of the league's bright talents and put the Pistons back on the NBA map, what's next? Detroit owner Tom Gores has lofty expectations. 'I am focused on MVP for him,' Gores said ahead of the Pistons' Game 6 loss to the New York Knicks. 'He has that. Everyone saw it this year that he is a superstar in the making. His ability. His poise. I've talked to Cade throughout the season to remind him that so much of the character of this team revolves around his ability to stay strong.' The 23-year-old Cunningham finished seventh in this season's MVP voting in his fourth NBA season, receiving one fourth-place vote and nine fifth-place votes. He trailed only Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, Donovan Mitchell and LeBron James. Cunningham is the youngest of the bunch by three years, trailing the 26-year-old Gilgeous-Alexander. A global media panel of 100 voters selected the winner of the 2024-25 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award. The complete voting results ⬇️ — NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 21, 2025 The same conviction Cunningham had 520 days ago, when few beyond those within the Pistons' walls believed this level of individual and team success was attainable this quickly, is what now leads him to aim even higher than being named to an All-Star or All-NBA team. ''Restore this franchise' is what we said a lot,' Cunningham said on Feb. 26, after Detroit notched its eighth-straight win for the first time since 2008. 'So, to see it come to fruition now is a great thing. I'm happy for the city, but I'm not satisfied at all. I still think there's a lot more work to do. Advertisement 'I think the city wants to see a lot more. The city wants championships. So, we're slowly building toward that and this is a great start for us.' What the Pistons' front office chooses to do this summer to surround Cunningham with a roster suitable for championship contention remains to be seen. But Detroit now has a rough estimate, thanks to Cunningham's All-NBA nod, on what it will take to build around its cornerstone.
New York Times
13-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
With no lottery luck, the Bulls have a plan, right? … Right?
At the end of another miserable season in 2019, John Paxson, the man who lucked into Derrick Rose 11 years prior, said of the team's lottery-bound future, 'Luck and hope are not a strategy or a plan. We have to plan.' The Bulls didn't have any luck that spring in the NBA lottery and their plan to get immediately better involved an unhealthy dose of Jim Boylen. Six years and some change later, the franchise is only a little better off. Advertisement Now coached by the Hall of Fame-bound Billy Donovan, the Bulls are still a losing franchise, but in a more respectable way. They still don't have any luck or hope. And they don't have much of a plan either. Many years ago, when the Bulls were relevant and the future was bright, a couple of reporters asked Scott Skiles, the former coach of the Bulls, about the current state of the team with Derrick Rose and Tom Thibodeau. 'We're all pretty foolish if we don't realize the effects of luck in life,' he said that night. 'It's pretty lucky the Bulls got Derrick Rose. When you look at the percentages, that's very lucky.' The Bulls had a 1.7 percent chance to win the lottery (and select Rose) in 2008, months after Skiles was fired. Three years later, the hometown kid would become the youngest MVP in league history before a series of knee injuries decimated him and the franchise. Throwback to the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery… Can lightning strike twice? 🙏 — Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) May 12, 2025 Chicago had a 1.7 percent chance to win Monday night's 2025 lottery and the rights to Duke big man Cooper Flagg, the kind of prospect who can seemingly put a franchise on his back. He's exactly what the Bulls needed to get back to relevancy. But luck wasn't on the Bulls' side. As it turned out, a random drawing last month to break a tie between two 39-43 teams decided where Flagg would go. The Dallas Mavericks' 1.8 percent chance to win the lottery came true in dramatic fashion in Chicago. The Bulls stayed in their predicted No. 12 slot. The Bulls earned their sub-.500 record the old-fashioned way, by being painfully subpar for much of the season before turning it on at the end when half the league had given up. Meanwhile, Dallas GM Nico Harrison got rewarded for his historically awful trade of Luka Dončić. Advertisement Were you even paying attention on April 21 when the league did its tiebreakers through random drawings? There were five tiebreakers decided that day. The one you care about involves the Bulls and Mavericks, who had identical records. The drawing was held less than a week after the Bulls bowed out of the Play-In Tournament after losing to the Miami Heat for the third consecutive year. The Mavs' season from hell also ended in the 9-10 game. Did Harrison deserve his good fortune? Of course not. But that's the point of luck. You can position yourself to be 'lucky,' but the result is just chance. The Dallas Mavericks have won the right to select Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick. But the surprising NBA Draft order impacts the other lottery teams immensely.@Sam_Vecenie's post-lottery mock draft ⤵️ — The Athletic (@TheAthletic) May 13, 2025 It wasn't a coin flip — instead a 'random drawing' — but it would have been poetic if it were. Actual coin flips were how the Bulls lost the right to draft Magic Johnson in 1979 and how the Bears forfeited the chance to draft Terry Bradshaw in 1970. The latter produced one of my favorite quotes about the Bears. Ed McCaskey, George Halas' son-in-law, represented the Bears at the coin toss and called heads. Commissioner Pete Rozelle's silver dollar landed on tails and Art Rooney's Steelers got Bradshaw, who led them to four Super Bowl victories. 'I had dinner with Art Rooney after the coin toss,' McCaskey said to Chicago Tribune sportswriter Fred Mitchell in 1997, 'and he said to me: 'You're supposed to be a sharp guy. You never call (the coin toss). That's a sucker play.'' Apparently, McCaskey didn't share this bit of Rooney wisdom (the old man was a famous horse bettor) with Bulls GM Rod Thorn at the end of the decade when the Bulls and Lakers were vying for Johnson, the electric Michigan State sophomore. Advertisement 'Bill Sharman and I were on the call with the league,' Thorn said to Hall of Fame writer Sam Smith years ago. 'He was representing the Lakers at the time. The people in New York were asking us who wanted to call it. I immediately said we had this fan vote and, 'Bill, if it's OK with you, let me call it.' Bill said fine. So I called it heads. It came out tails.' The Lakers got Johnson, the Bulls got, uh, David Greenwood. Of course, it all turned out OK for Chicago. Five years later, they got Michael Jordan. Meanwhile, the Bears hope Caleb Williams, drafted 54 years after Bradshaw, can be their elusive franchise quarterback. Paxson might've been right about luck not being a plan, but his team (he still works for the franchise) doesn't seem to have one of those either. Critics say the middle is the worst place to be in the NBA, but the Bulls are slightly below the so-called 'mushy middle.' In the 10 seasons since firing Tom Thibodeau, the Bulls are 349-444 with two playoff appearances and three playoff victories. Over the last three seasons, they haven't even been at .500 after the first week of November. Their average finish in the last decade is 10th place in the East. This is a team that needed luck in the worst way. The front office has proved it doesn't have what it takes, but so, too, has ownership. Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas' greatest value seems to be making everyone wistful for Paxson, whose run atop the franchise now looks like the good ol' days. Many thought the Bulls should tank this season, but it's true the reconfigured NBA lottery odds has weakened that strategy. Record-wise, only one of the bottom four teams is drafting in the top four this summer. However, they're all sitting better than the Bulls at No. 12. The Bulls have an exciting young player in Matas Buzelis, last year's lottery pick, along with Josh Giddey (who is going to get overpaid this summer) and the closest thing the team has to a star in Coby White. But they don't have much else. Advertisement At the trade deadline, Karnišovas earned more mockery with his sketch of a plan that involved the Bulls winning with 'nine or 10 really good players' instead of scheming to land a superstar to save them. It was a nice thought, just completely out of whack with reality. The NBA has always been a superstar-driven league, and Flagg sure seems like he could be one of those. The Bulls couldn't tank to get Flagg and they weren't lucky enough to land him. But they were close enough to make it sting. What's next for the Bulls? Another 30-something-win season, I imagine, and we'll be right back here next year, praying for good fortune. Anyone have a rabbit's foot? (Photo of Billy Donovan and Matas Buzelis: Melissa Tamez / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Fox Sports
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
A history of NBA Draft lottery leaps: Where do the Mavericks rank all-time?
The Dallas Mavericks have secured the No. 1 pick for the 2025 NBA Draft after entering Monday's lottery with just a 1.8% chance. The Mavs – who will have the top pick for the first time in franchise history – are now expected to select standout prospect Cooper Flagg on June 25, capping off a wild season in which Dallas traded five-team All-NBA star Luka Doncic in February to the Los Angeles Lakers. It's a seemingly improbable turn of events considering that the Mavs had the 11th lowest odds going into Monday and three teams — the Charlotte Hornets, Washington Wizards, and Utah Jazz — each had a 14% chance at getting the top selection. The Mavs' 1.8% odds will now go down as the fourth-lowest for obtaining the top pick since the lottery was implemented in 1985. In a fateful twist, the Chicago Bulls had a 1.7% shot at this year's top pick, the same odds that landed them future MVP Derrick Rose back in 2008. Here is a full rundown of the biggest jumps to No. 1 in NBA Draft lottery history: 5. 2011 Cleveland Cavaliers Best odds: Minnesota Timberwolves (25%) Their odds: 2.8% (via Clippers) No. 1 pick: Kyrie Irving 4. 2025 Dallas Mavericks Best odds: Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards, Charlotte Hornets (14%) Their odds: 1.8% No. 1 pick: TBD T2. 2008 Chicago Bulls Best odds: Miami Heat (25%) Their odds: 1.7% No. 1 pick: Derrick Rose T2. 2014 Cleveland Cavaliers Best odds: Milwaukee Bucks (25%) Their odds: 1.7% No. 1 pick: Andrew Wiggins 1. 1993 Orlando Magic Best odds: Dallas Mavericks (16.67%) Their odds: 1.5% No. 1 pick: Chris Webber Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! recommended Get more from National Basketball Association Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
CBS News
13-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Draft lottery leaves Chicago Bulls at No. 12
Back in 2008, the Chicago Bulls had a slim 1.7% chance of winning the NBA Draft lottery, and lucked into picking Derrick Rose at No. 1 overall. Facing the exact same long odds this year, with the lottery once again taking place in the Bulls' backyard at McCormick Place, President of Basketball Operations Artūras Karnišovas was hoping lightning would strike twice — with the Bulls slotted 12th in the sweepstakes for likely No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg of Duke. But lightning did not strike twice. The Bulls are staying at No. 12. The Dallas Mavericks won the draft lottery, giving them the No. 1 pick. The NBA Draft is set for Wednesday June 25.
