
Derrick Martell Rose born October 4, 1988, the youngest of four brothers. He grew up a fan of the Michael Jordan era and dreamt of one day ending up in the NBA. Derrick's dream did come true in 2008, where he was not only picked # 1 overall by his hometown team - The Chicago Bulls, he went on to win Rookie of the year and gave the Boston Celtics an unbelieveable headache on the offensive end. On a side note Rose's Jersey is the 11th best selling jersey in the league this past season.
Just to prove that not everything ends up Rosey (no pun intended). Here's the latest on Rose.
According to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, the University of Memphis has to respond about the NCAA allegations that charge the men's basketball program with major violations, which might be related to Derrick Rose.
The player's name is blacked out in the report but the wording indicates that he only played in the 2007-08 season. Rose is the only Memphis player who meets that criteria.
The report claims that an unknown individual completed Mr. Rose's SAT exam and due to this he was allowed to play in the championship game in NCAA tournament.
Truth or not, you decide for now, but I'm sure the individual's name will be stated on websites all over in the next few days.
I hope it ain't Mr. Rose as he did sound like a really humble individual when interviewed on TV.