Minnesota Timberwolves guard Derrick Rose has managed to resuscitate his once-believed dead career in the NBA under former coach Tom Thibodeau and a new team willing to take a chance on him. While the opportunity was surely great, it was his mindset that helped him overcome the barrier that kept getting on the way of his imminent success after multiple surgeries derailed his MVP-level play.
“I think I’m a different player,” said Derrick Rose, according to Chris Hine of The Minneapolis Star Tribune. “I changed my game a little bit. I think that just my mind-set of where I’m at in my life, where I’m at in my career right now is totally different.”
“I’m not looking for revenge no more. When I was injured, when I was trying to get back, I was playing revenge basketball. and I think that mind-set left right when I got more comfortable with knowing who I am as a person and what I wanted out of my career and life.”
Rose tried to get back into his MVP form likely too quickly and too anxiously after having several setbacks from a knee injury that warped what his basketball career could have been if unhindered.
The Chicago native is putting up an impressive 18.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists — the best averages since his fourth year in the league, when his career took a turn for the worst.
Rose is shooting an efficient 48.5 percent from the field and 46.9 percent from deep; a career-high, in this revamped version of himself.
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