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Derrick Rose has agreed to a three-year deal worth $43 million with the New York Knicks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.  Free agent G Derrick Rose has agreed to a three-year, $43M deal to return to the New York Knicks, source tells ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 3, 2021 While not considered one […]

The New York Knicks are expected to be one of the more active teams this summer as they look to strengthen their squad for the coming season. The Knicks are currently looking for an upgrade in their backcourt and it seems like they might be making a move for a couple of Los Angeles Lakers […]

The Chicago Bulls have failed to qualify for the NBA Playoffs in four straight seasons, so the front office was to be expected to pull off some maneuvers in the offseason. They already acquired  Nikola Vucevic to help Zach Lavine at the trade deadline last March. Now, it is being rumored that the Bulls are […]

The Chicago Bulls are expected to be big spenders this offseason as they continue their quest to beef up their roster. Coby White underwent shoulder surgery last month and is expected to be out for four months. Even when this timeline expires, the Bulls will likely limit White’s minutes until he’s a hundred percent healthy. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder will be an interesting team to watch this offseason. The Thunder a very malleable team in the sense that they are filled with young players, but it’s difficult to point out what their identity is as they rebuild other than they’re known as the team that’s hoarding a ton of draft […]

Thirteen years after he was welcomed in the Windy City as their first overall pick, is Derrick Rose actually headed back to play for the Chicago Bulls this coming season?  The 32-year-old, who is still currently signed with the New York Knicks, is in the twilight of his career and a lot of folks have […]

The New York Knicks made a return to the playoffs this season but were a first-round exit. Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons has been in trade rumors after a bad playoff performance. Despite his flaws, Simmons is still an elite player who would fit perfectly in head coach Tom Thibodeau’s system. Thibodeau is a defensive-minded […]

After an anticlimactic end to their inspired run this 2020-21 season, the New York Knicks are now looking ahead and focusing on making moves in the offseason. Derrick Rose had a rejuvenated campaign with the Knicks, averaging 14.9 points and 4.2 assists in a Sixth Man role. The 32-year-old, however, is not getting younger, and […]

There’s no doubt that the Chicago Bulls were the most dominant team in the 1990s. Having won no less than six championships between 1991 and 1998, the Michael Jordan-led Bulls established their unrivaled dynasty in the ’90s, and they will forever go down in history as one of the greatest teams this league has ever […]

The NBA MVP voting provided an unexpected plot twist. Former Chicago Bulls standout and current New York Knicks point guard Derrick Rose was a finalist for this season’s NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, and rightly so. After being traded from the Detroit Pistons to the Knicks midway through the 2020-21 regular season, Rose […]

Julius Randle was the big man on campus for the New York Knicks all throughout this resurgent season. The rise of Randle felt emblematic of the same shocking turnaround of the Knicks franchise itself. The Knicks forward went from afterthought to sudden All-Star, just like New York went from being an annual cellar-dweller to one […]

Make no mistake: Derrick Rose wants to stay in the Big Apple and play for the New York Knicks. Unfortunately as an unrestricted free agent this offseason, that’s not really his call to make. After the Knicks’ Game 5 loss to the Atlanta Hawks that eliminated them from the playoffs, Rose opened up about his […]

New York Knicks star Derrick Rose made sure that Trae Young wasn’t leaving New York empty-handed after the Atlanta Hawks superstar blew everyone away with an impressive first-round series performance to eliminate the Knicks in five games. Young was incredible all series long, which pissed the hell out of the MSG. The former MVP tipped […]

New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose suffered another disappointment in his return to the playoffs. What’s worse, he knows he could’ve done more had he not been injured. Yes, Rose apparently suffered a knee injury in Game 4 and tried to fight through it to no avail. In Game 5 against the Atlanta Hawks, his […]

The Chicago Bulls’ dominance of the 1990s is certainly their highest point as a franchise. Nonetheless, for a franchise that has spanned 54 seasons, the Bulls still boasts a rich history of All-Stars and Hall of Famers that wore the red stripes throughout its existence. Certainly, the top player on this list of greatest Bulls […]

The New York Knicks will be playing to avoid elimination on Wednesday night when they welcome in the Atlanta Hawks to Madison Square Garden. After the series was even at 1-1 heading to Atlanta, the Hawks took both games in rather commanding fashion to take a huge advantage in this best-of-seven matchup. While the Knicks […]

The Atlanta Hawks are one game away from eliminating the New York Knicks from the NBA Playoffs. Ahead of Game 5, Hawks center Clint Capela gave some interesting comments and said the Hawks were going to send the Knicks “on vacation.” Julius Randle, the Knicks star and NBA’s Most Improved Player of the Year, gave […]

Everyone loves a good comeback story in the NBA. And when it comes to comebacks, there isn’t a better player out there right now than Derrick Rose. After sustaining countless injuries and bouncing around to several teams, the youngest MVP in league history has come back to the biggest stage of them all – playing […]

New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau finally pulled the plug on Elfrid Payton as the starting point guard in Game 3 against the Atlanta Hawks, inserting Derrick Rose into the starting lineup. Thibodeau technically first made the move at halftime of Game 2 when he had Rose start the second half of that victory. […]

The New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks series has been one of the more exciting matchups during the 2021 NBA Playoffs. Derrick Rose is playing like his former MVP self while Trae Young is proving why he’s one of the NBA’s rising stars. It’s nice to have the Knicks back in the playoffs after all […]

Derrick Rose has been the secret stuff keeping the New York Knicks alive in the postseason. The former MVP is playing at an All-Star level once again, and he’s had to go toe-to-toe with Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young. While the Hawks have the upper hand after taking Game 3, Derrick Rose spoke out about […]

It’s not in Derrick Rose’s nature to put his team on blast when things don’t go right But by God, Julius Randle and the New York Knicks are getting Rose in a reasonable position to go full Gunnery Sergeant Hartman on his team. That’s after a hard-to-watch (for Knicks fans at least) New York 105-94 […]

The New York Knicks made a lineup change ahead of Game 3 as Tom Thibodeau inserted Derrick Rose into the starting lineup, replacing Elfrid Payton. Rose has been fantastic, and frankly, should have been starting earlier. However, Elfrid Payton’s mom took to Twitter after the Knicks’ Game 3 loss vs the Atlanta Hawks and was […]

The New York Knicks were notably light at point guard heading into this season, and many believed they would be looking for a significant upgrade at the position in the offseason. However, the midseason acquisition of Derrick Rose helped rectify the point guard problem, which could ultimately lead the Knicks away from chasing that position […]

While Derrick Rose has found his form once again and is killing it for the New York Knicks in the playoffs, he will still live on as one of the NBA’s greatest ‘what if?’ stories. What if he had stayed healthy and continued to battle against the Miami Heat’s Big Three? How would they have […]

The New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks are in a grueling matchup that could go the distance. They match up well against each other, which bodes well for high quality basketball. After two games in their 2021 NBA Playoffs series tied 1-1, it’ll be Knicks-Hawks Game 3 in Atlanta. We’ve seen electrifying play from Trae […]

Derrick Rose is no longer the man. But at least in Game 2 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs series against the Atlanta Hawks, he was for the New York Knicks. With their best player struggling and throwing enough bricks to build New York another arena while at the same time facing the bleak possibility of […]

The New York Knicks finally broke a long, painful, arduous spell after beating the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday in Game 2 of their first round series in the NBA Playoffs. After the game, Knicks veteran Taj Gibson got extra emotional talking about his journey with Derrick Rose and coach Tom Thibodeau. The big man held […]

Derrick Rose was the star of the show on Wednesday night as the New York Knicks evened out their first round series against Trae Young and the visiting Atlanta Hawks. Rose channeled his vintage self and logged in a game-high of 39 minutes, scoring a team-high of 26 points to silence all his doubters. “I’ve […]

New York Knicks veteran Derrick Rose is no stranger to loud arenas in the heat of playoff basketball. That’s why he was by no means surprised by the Knicks faithful absolutely destroying Trae Young in Game 1, even chanting “F**k you” at one point. However, Trae torched the Knicks for 32 points including a game-winning […]

Before tearing his ACL in the 2012 playoffs, Derrick Rose was the most athletic point guard in NBA history. The former Chicago Bulls superstar was dunking on everyone en route to becoming the youngest MVP in league history at the age of 22 during the 2010-11 season. It seems some people have forgotten just how […]

It’s official. New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose is not going to be coming home with the 2020-21 Sixth Man of the Year trophy. According to reports, Rose came in third in the voting behind the Utah Jazz pair of Jordan Clarkson (winner) and runner-up Joe Ingles. This report comes via Mark Stein of the […]

The New York Knicks lost a heartbreaker in Game 1 against the Atlanta Hawks after a Trae Young game-winning floater. Madison Square Garden was wild all game long as playoff basketball returned to the Garden. Now, ahead of Game 2, it appears head coach Tom Thibodeau could be considering some changes into the starting lineup, […]

This was supposed to be Derrick Rose’s moment. The narrative was perfect for the New York Knicks guard to complete his redemption story. Rose put the Knicks on his back, tying the game in regulation with this sweet floater that’s just symbolic of the evolution he’s undergone as a player throughout his roller coaster of […]

The New York Knicks are playing playoff basketball again and it’s a welcome sight. Game 1 against the Atlanta Hawks was met with a wild Madison Square Garden as fans flocked in to see their team. Former NBA MVP Derrick Rose started the festivities and got the fans on their feet in the first quarter. […]

The New York Knicks are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2013 when they get set to welcome the Atlanta Hawks to Madison Square Garden. It’s been a season that many on the outside did not expect from the Knicks, as first year head coach Tom Thibodeau has completely flipped the script […]

Derrick Rose knows what it takes to win a series in the playoffs, which is why he is warning the New York Knicks and getting them mentally prepared before they start the postseason on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Rose kept it real and acknowledged they are going to get smoked if they underestimate […]

Don’t call New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose vintage. Besides, for him, there is nothing so “vintage” about his game after he completely transformed his style of play. In an Instagram post on Friday, Rose set the record straight on why he didn’t like the “vintage” label. He even used chess as a reference to […]

The NBA released its finalists for all of the awards on Thursday, just days before the NBA playoffs officially get underway. New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose was listed as a finalist for the Sixth Man of the Year award, a huge testament to the success he’s had since joining the Knicks midseason via trade. […]