Rose knows that he will have to take a bigger role in the offense now that Gordon is gone. He wants...

Rose knows that he will have to take a bigger role in the offense now that Gordon is gone. He wants to fill Gordon's role as being the team's go-to scorer late in the fourth quarter.

"I really don't know right now, but I hope I am," he said, when asked about taking big shots late for the Bulls. "I missed a lot of 'em last season, but I hope I learn from 'em."

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Hope he does learn from them, and maybe salmons and lu can pick the slack too

D ROSE D WADE DESTINY DINASTY

by broseleay301 on Aug 6, 2009 7:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The statements right before that quote:

In the meantime, he’s focused on making the Bulls better, although he did acknowledge that the absence of Ben Gordon will be a tough hurdle to get over at first.

“I guess they’re looking into the future,” he said. “Ben is a great player, one of the best scorers I’ve ever played with, a great guy. He had to make a business move going to Detroit.”

“I’m gonna miss him a lot,” he said a few moments later. “He took a lot of pressure off me last year, but we’ll have to see this year.”

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Aug 6, 2009 9:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We're all going to miss Ben next year

But… but They’re still going to be fun to watch! I can’t wait for the season… I’m already regretting having to dump my tickets!

by 72-10 on Aug 7, 2009 9:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ESPN editing ftl!

“I couldn’t even remember the whole [NCAA] championship game, so I know I couldn’t remember that night, but I just got passed it,” he said.

"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"

by Jaina on Aug 7, 2009 8:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Well,

At least there was something in college that Rose passed on his own.

HI-O!

by lilzaky on Aug 7, 2009 9:02 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

It’s up to D Rose. Cause we all know Deng is lights out between the 1st and 3rd quarters. 4th quarter….he becomes invisible.

by C Smoove on Aug 7, 2009 11:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I like how highly he spoke of Gordon. That dude will be missed. Nice that he’s saying he’ll be the leader, too, ’cause he has to be.

by Vittorio De Zen on Aug 7, 2009 1:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

What else is he going say about Gordon?

It’s not like he’s going to bad mouth him.

"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."

- fundamentallysound

by J Theory on Aug 7, 2009 8:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

huh

He’s a grown man, if he didn’t want to speak well of Gordon, he didn’t have to.

left shark - "Kirk needs to go and join Ben Gordon and L Deng somewhere else trade Deng and Hinrich they no good"

by NormVanBeer on Aug 7, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe the official talking points he was issued say "Ben was the best 4th guard I've ever played with"

“But I think Jannero Pargo is really going to make the game easier for me and the rest of the team.”

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Aug 7, 2009 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

It's not in his personality to do so

There’s no reason to bad mouth Ben

"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."

- fundamentallysound

by J Theory on Aug 8, 2009 11:51 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

It wouldn't have been hard to just follow company line.

The official word going out from the org is that the same guys who gave us an exciting playoff round and run at the end of the season will be there next year…conveniently erasing BG’s exit as meaningful at all. All Rose had to do is say similar and go with the company line. Instead he said his own thing about BG.

Everything I post is speculation. I have no insider information nor ideas deemed concrete enough by those who are self-elected to regulate post content.

by cranscape on Aug 7, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs