Shootaround – 23 June : Bulls Make Their Choise For Future, deal Rose.

Shootaround – 23 June : Bulls Make Their Choise                       For Future, deal Rose.

No. 1 : Bulls make their choise for future, deal Rose- If you somehow misse dit yesterday, the Chicago Bulls sent their former MVP, Derrick Rose, to the New York Knicks in a trade that ends a memorable-yet-difficult era in Chicago. Yes, rose was the league’s top player in 2010-11, the Rookie of the Year in 2008-09 and a three-time All-Star. But his greatness was sapped by a multitude of knee injuries and in his absence, swingman Jimmy Butler emerged as a star. In dealing Rose, writes Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times,Chicago made it clear who it is siding with as the face of its future :

It’s Jimmy Butler’s team now.

Gar Forman hesitated to call it that, but the general manager couldn’t hide from the obious on Wednesday, after the Bulls announced that they had traded Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks in a five-player deal.

That meant Rose’s long-standing health concerns are no longer a Bulls problem. His camp’s inability to consistently have civil conversations with his hometown organization ? His brother/manager, Reggie, spouting off ? Rose’s questioned work ethic by Butler and others ?

All of it, sent packing in a deal with the New York Knicks that now has Rose in the  « Big Apple », along with Justin Holiday and a 2017 second round pick.

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"Knowing derrick as i do makes this trade a hard one" Bulls chairman Jerry Reisdorf said in a statement. «  everyone knows him as the local kid who became MVP for his hometown team. But not everyone got to know him like i did. While he is a terrific basketball player, he is an even better person with a tremendous heart.

Derrick Rose left Chicago for New York Knicks

Basketball - NBA - Derrick Rose will play next season in the jersey Knicks. (USA Today / Presse Sports)

"Out of contract in Chicago, Derrick Rose (27) leaves the Bulls and will play next season with the New York Knicks, announced Wednesday the two clubs. Justin Holiday should follow his leader (and a second round draft pick in 2017), while Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon and Jerian Grant have them do the reverse path. "View from Derrick's hard, everyone here considers him a local hero who became MVP for his team, he is a player of incredible basketball an even better man with a huge heart," said Jerry Reinsdorf, the President of the Bulls. "Our goal is to rejuvenate our workforce to have a tough group physically," said Gar Forman, the general manager of Chicago".

"Rose was changing in Chicago for seven seasons and his NBA debut in 2008 when he was drafted in the first position. In 2008-2009, he was elected Rookie of the Year and MVP in 2010-2011, before injuring several times (including knee). This season, he scored 16.4 points, 4.7 assists average (66 matches). For the first time since 2008, Chicago did not qualify for the playoffs".

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