Derrick Rose has been deployed as a combo guard in his last season-and-a-half with the Minnesota Timberwolves, yet the resurgent high-scoring bench cog has no preference to either position moving forward in his career.
“If a team wants me, we'll figure it out when I get to that team,” Rose told Dane Moore of ESPN 1500. “If they want me to run a one or a two, it really don't matter. The league now has changed a little bit where your two-guards are smaller. Most guys already play certain teams that are playing three point guards, depending on the matchups — if they want to play small ball.
“Right now I just gotta … I mean, we don't really worry about it anymore, because if I did play the two, it's not like I'm getting posted up by guys now because your average height for a two-guard is what, like 6'4″, 6'5″? Like when I first came in the league, Kobe was your two-guard, and he's, what, how tall is Kobe? [6'61 Exactly, so now it's totally different. Yeah, it really don't matter. I don't have a preference.”
Rose has seen success as the floor general of the team, as well as the featured scorer in small-ball lineups. His addition of a reliable 3-point shot (career-high 37% this season) has made him into a viable option off the ball, making him a threat driving the ball, as well as spotting up from deep.
The 2011 MVP is bound to become a free agent this summer after his $2.4 million contract for the veteran's minimum expires, allowing him to sign with the team of his choice.
Rose has no further ties to the Twin Cities after head coach Tom Thibodeau was fired mid-season, allowing him to look for his next landing spot unless he's offered to re-sign in Minnesota.
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