What's going on in Derrick Rose's head?
by SoulEater7 on Nov 18, 2009 8:53 PM CST
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PrintI was read this article by KC Johnson tonight about Derrick Rose and I started to think damn it Derrick! Stop that! Stop taking questions about struggling. Next question.
I personally think the older you get in the game of basketball the more you need to know yourself. Sometimes when your struggling in life the best thing you can do is get back to work and get it out of your mind. Maybe thats what Derrick needs to do. Just stop thinking and play basketball.
Go back to basics. He needs to stop putting this pressure on himself and just go to work and not think about yesterday.
That is what he will figure out in due time that he's not always going to play like game one in Boston. Derrick you just need to believe in yourself and ignore what people are saying.
I thought this was a very telling quote...
"(My friends) are just telling me to go out there and play. They said it seems like I'm not happy out there. I'm definitely happy we're winning. But they said it doesn't seem like me out there."
So in other words you're happy the team is winning but your not happy by how you're playing? I wish KC would have followed up and dug deeper. Why isn't Rose happy? I have noticed the same things during games. That he seems disconnected or like his mind is in another place. Maybe this is Derrick when he frustrated? He hides his emotions and I don't think thats good for the young fellow. Is it just the ankle thats holding Rose back or is it his mind? Is he getting into his own head? Maybe he's not gelling with his teammates? I feel like he built this image of himself that maybe isn't seen behind closed doors. I feel like there is something more to the story than just Derrick Rose's ankle and conditioning.
Sometimes the biggest battle is inside your own mind. Lets hope thats all it is.
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On the bright side, at least he realizes he's been awful. I wasn't sure if he did or not.
Come on Derrick, the team needs you man!
"What's going on in Derrick Rose's head?"
Judging by his SAT scores, not much.
by Big D on Nov 18, 2009 10:06 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
What does that have to do with basketball?
What about Brandon Jennings or the other 99% of the NBA who had mediocre to shitty scores on that meaningless test?
by Super-Structure on Nov 18, 2009 11:05 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
His ankle is not 100% and he isn't shooting well. Is it a surprise he's not pleased with his performance?
I wouldn’t try and read too much into it.
I agree the ankle is mostly the problem..
but then at times he’s kinda looked like a zombie and really not interested until the 4th quarter. That kinda bothers me that he’s coasting.
In fairness, there were some huge expectations put on him
Rookie of the Year, then he was in TNT commercials that also featured Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, and Gilbert Arenas. Derrick Rose is nowhere in their league yet. A year and a half ago he was a college student whose brothers did everything for him. Now Chicago expects him to carry their $500 million dollar franchise. I got all fucked in the head in college because of a girl. I think it’s understandable that Rose is having trouble dealing with carrying a city’s hopes. He’ll break out of it.
umm
"Multiple sources close to the Memphis basketball and football programs have told CBSSports.com that Rose was recently involved in an altercation over a girl with Tiger football player Steven Black, an altercation that — how to phrase this? — didn’t go so well for Rose. Put another way, the possible No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft spent the early part of this week looking like a person who had just been in a scrap."
Damn I never even heard about that!
That will damage the pride for sure; for a kid as young as Derrick it has to mess with your head too..
"This is not Vietnam, Smokey, there are rules here." - Walter Sobchak
by Rose Colored Goggles on Nov 19, 2009 9:16 AM CST up reply actions
well it kinda goes along with my point that..
Derrick Rose is this humble, shy kid from the south side.. but there is probably a side of Rose that we don’t see. Personally I didn’t really like him at Memphis I thought he was like this kinda dumb spoiled kid that eats candy and cries when he loses.
But when I found out the Bulls got the #1 pick I started to buy into him. However I wonder if those same things I didn’t like about him at Memphis creep back in due time. We’ll see. Maybe we are seeing the honey moon period finally wear off just like Jay Cutler.
Oh shit
I didn’t read the part where it said “possible No. 1 pick in the draft.” Hah, I thought this happened recently or something and I just hadn’t heard about it.
"This is not Vietnam, Smokey, there are rules here." - Walter Sobchak
by Rose Colored Goggles on Nov 19, 2009 11:26 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe he wishes the Heat would have drafted him?
Seriously he’s putting way too much pressure on himself. He needs a player who can take pressure off of him on the court. When Rose walks out on that court all eyes are on him. He is not driving like he did last year and most of that is because the lanes are blocked off by defenders. BG was very important to him last year. Rose really, really liked playing with him. He said it many times in interviews. They were a YIN/YANG back court. He needs that now. Now if we can get WADE that would make it so much better. :-)
"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here. Who the f*** do you think you're talkin' to?"
Taxi Driver 1976
Recovering from the off season
Let’s not forget that he had a hell of an offseason: the gang pics, the SAT tests and the ankle injury. He must focus.
This never says that Rose is not happy
Read more carefully next time…it says that his friends think he appears unhappy…if you had the kind of explosion Rose has and an ankle injury, you wouldn’t smile either
All he said was he's happy the team is winning..
he never once mentioned that he is happy though. But yeah I understand when your strength and explosion is gone you might be disappointed. But thats no excuse for playing so passively and missing open jumpers. Thats just lack of focus.
If your ankle hurts it affects your ability to both run and jump
of course it would affect how he shoots
Derrick hasn't been the same since it was exposed that he didn't have grades for college
grammer geeks you make me sick
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