Derrick Rose

Rajon Rondo is back. Almost. The Boston Celtics All-Star point guard has been sidelined since the middle of last season with an ACL injury, and his return has been uncertain. According to the Boston Globe‘s Baxter Holmes, however, that’s on the verge of changing. A source told Holmes that Rondo is dunking again in practice [...]

Injuries have a way of finding the Chicago Bulls. If it’s not Derrick Rose, it’s Joakim Noah. Or Taj Gibson. Or Kirk Hinrich. Now, it’s Jimmy Butler. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Butler is expected to miss between two and four weeks with turf toe: Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler is expected to miss [...]

Before the end of November a new adidas D Rose colorway will release called the ‘Chicago Nightfall’. Said to gets its inspiration from the colors of a Chicago sunset, the purple represents Lake Michigan as well as the night sky, the yellow comes from the reflection of a setting sunlight off of Lake Michigan and [...]

Now and again, brands take notice to the spotlight we shine on the basketball sneakers we chose to feature on The Hoop Doctors. adidas noticed that I have been a big fan of the Derrick Rose signature series and saw fit to send over the ‘Away’ adidas D Rose 4 in this special packaging. Included [...]

Scottie Pippen believes in Derrick Rose. The point guard’s decision to sit out all of 2012-13 wasn’t popular. Or even close to accepted. Most understood why Rose didn’t suit up for the Chicago Bulls, but many of them didn’t respect it. A majority of Rose’s biggest critics have been silenced after the floor general exploded [...]

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Derrick Rose is the “it” guy. Not to be confused with IT guy. Rose won’t be fixing any computers for you. Rather, he has that charismatic quality about him, that go-get it attitude not everyone possesses. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder is sure of it. Rose has gotten off to a fast start [...]

If this Lakers’ season were a new movie, what would you call it? “Escape Plan?” Oh, wait D-12 already did that. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2?” Or maybe “Prisoners,” to describe the Lakers fans and perhaps Bryant, himself. As the Lakers prepare to start the 2013-2014 season without veteran 5-time NBA champion and [...]

Say it ain’t so, Noel. According to Fox Sports Ohio’s Sam Amico, Philadelphia 76ers rookie Nerlens Noel is likely to miss the entire 2013-14 NBA season due to a slow recovery from his torn ACL. The Daily News’ Bob Cooney confirmed the news, writing that Sixers coach Brett Brown admitted Noel would probably sit the [...]

Derrick Rose is more explosive. Come get some. Following the Chicago Bulls’ preseason victory over the Detroit Pistons, during which he scored 22 points in 22 minutes, Rose was pretty forthcoming about how confident he is in himself and his team. First he reiterated that he’s more explosive than he was before the injury, according [...]