How is derrick rose so good

Take a look at the Bulls last five games. The only game they lost was the one Rose took more than twenty shots. The team has people who can put the ball in the basket, especially now that Carlos Boozer is healthy.

And while he only took seventeen shots a game in the month of December, he PPS remained steady at 1. Derrick Rose is still only 22 years old, so he has plenty of time to improve, which he has done each of his three seasons in the league. Until then, the Chicago Bulls will have to accept going no further than the second round of the playoffs.

Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Rose only played in 39 games during the season due to injuries.

He did, however, earn his third All-Star selection as he averaged He missed the rest of the playoffs and then did not play the entire season. Then during the season, Rose only played in 10 games as another injury kept him out for the majority of the season.

After not playing in fewer than 78 games each of his first three seasons, Rose has not played in over 66 games in a single season since.

Rose played in 51 games for the Bulls during the season and in 66 for them during the season. That is in addition to playing in 64 games with the New York Knicks during the season.

It was clear in each of those seasons, though, that Rose was not the guy he used to be. His statistics were not bad, he averaged 18 points per game with the Knicks in They were nothing like his MVP season, though.

Steve Popper covers the Knicks for Newsday. He has spent nearly three decades covering the Knicks and the NBA, along with just about every sports team in the New York metropolitan area.

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