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When you talk to Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Derrick Rose before or after games, you'll notice that he's always carrying around a green medicine ball. That ball is very important to the former MVP, as it's helped him become a better perimeter shooter.
Rose holds onto that ball with his life now. Back when he was with the Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose used to work on his shooting mechanics with former assistant coach Ron Adams, who is now with the Golden State Warriors. The two used to spend hours and hours in the gym trying to get more arc on Rose's shot, and it appears all that work is starting to pay off.
Through 11 games this season with the Timberwolves, Derrick Rose is shooting 46.2 percent from beyond the arc. Against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, the Chicago native made a career-high seven three-pointers.
Rose credits the medicine ball for his new-found jump shot, a medicine ball which he stole from the Bulls.
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The whole time Rose was answering questions outside the visitors’ locker room beneath Staples—in good spirits, but definitely pissed he missed that final shot—he was holding a weighted basketball. At 4.5 pounds, it’s a beast and a relic from his days with the Bulls. He said he “stole it” from the organization when he would regularly work out with it under the tutelage of former assistant coach Ron Adams, who is now with the Warriors. It’s been with him throughout all his trials and tribulations since he first tore his ACL in 2012. Rose joked that the green basketball, which bounces like a regular ball, is his Wilson. (Google it, kids.)
“Used it entire time I was in Chicago, and that was the best I ever shot the ball,” Rose said.
Rose enters Friday averaging 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. The Timberwolves are only 4-8 on the season and have lost four straight games, but Derrick Rose is proving that he can still play at an All-Star level despite enduring four knee injuries.
