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Milwaukee Bucks Looking to Clear Cap Space…So They Can Sign Derrick Rose(?)

Milwaukee Bucks Looking to Clear Cap Space…So They Can Sign Derrick Rose(?)

The Milwaukee Bucks don’t care about your Derrick Rose jokes. They’re going to court him in free agency anyway. Even, apparently, if it means clearing cap space to do it. Per ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/881862450819338240] [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/881863218494402560] Feel free to insert some snarky comment about Rose here. It’ll probably be accurate. He doesn’t make [...]

July 3, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Timberwolves Interested in Signing Derrick Rose…and Spurs Might Be Too

Timberwolves Interested in Signing Derrick Rose…and Spurs Might Be Too

Derrick Rose and Tom Thibodeau, together again? It’s a possibility. Rose and Gregg Popovich, an actual item? That might be one, too. According to ESPN.com’s Ian Begley, the Minnesota Timberwolves have interest in signing the free-agent point, and they may not be the only ones: The Minnesota Timberwolves view Derrick Rose as a potential free-agent [...]

May 25, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Derrick Rose’s Free-Agency Plans Haven’t Changed: Still Wants to Win, But Also Stay with Knicks

Derrick Rose’s Free-Agency Plans Haven’t Changed: Still Wants to Win, But Also Stay with Knicks

After all the New York Knicks have been through, Carmelo Anthony probably wants to leave. Derrick Rose doesn’t. He reiterated as much while speaking with The Undefeated’s Lonnae O’Neal: “I would love to stay here,” Rose said of New York. “I love my teammates, I love the coaches, I love the front office. But this will [...]

April 13, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Jeff Hornacek Says Knicks ‘Haven’t Discussed’ Derrick Rose’s Future

Jeff Hornacek Says Knicks ‘Haven’t Discussed’ Derrick Rose’s Future

Derrick Rose is done for the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus, and the New York Knicks haven’t yet decided whether he’s played his last game in orange and blue. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: The Knicks shopped Rose at the trade deadline, well before his left knee became a major [...]

April 6, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Derrick Rose to Miss Remainder of Season With Torn Meniscus

Derrick Rose to Miss Remainder of Season With Torn Meniscus

Things have gotten even more murky for New York Knicks point guard and former league MVP (the youngest in league history in 2011) Derrick Rose. As a player already heading into free agency and in search of his first new contract since his career started taking a turn for the worse when he suffered a [...]

April 3, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Derrick Rose Plans to Prioritize Winning Over Money in Free Agency

Derrick Rose Plans to Prioritize Winning Over Money in Free Agency

Let the “Derrick Rose wants a max-contract!” jokes die here, and now, and forever. Actually, keep them holstered, just in case. Despite the fuss that’s been made over how much money the New York Knicks point guard plans to chase in free agency, though, Rose maintains that he wants to win more than he wants [...]

March 24, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Jeff Hornacek Has Given Up on Knicks Making NBA Playoffs, But Derrick Rose Hasn’t

Jeff Hornacek Has Given Up on Knicks Making NBA Playoffs, But Derrick Rose Hasn’t

On Tuesday night, the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers, while the Detroit Pistons lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Naturally, the ‘Bockers are back to talking about their playoff push, right? Actually, no. Head coach Jeff Hornacek conceded afterward that making the postseason is, at this stage, an unrealistic goal, per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: Hornacek [...]

March 15, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Derrick Rose Hopes to Start Shooting 3s in the NBA Playoffs (Not a Typo)

Derrick Rose Hopes to Start Shooting 3s in the NBA Playoffs (Not a Typo)

Derrick Rose is averaging barely one three-point attempt per game this season. Which is fine. Because he’s shooting under 23 percent on those attempts. The problem? New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek wants him to shoot more threes. The other problem? Rose is hoping to shoot said threes in the playoffs. Per the New York [...]

March 3, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Derrick Rose Wants to Sign with a Winner in Free Agency

Derrick Rose Wants to Sign with a Winner in Free Agency

Great news, rational New York Knicks fans: Derrick Rose wants to sign with a winner in free agency this summer. Which, by default, should definitely remove the Knicks from his list of potential landing spots. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Still, as he enters free agency, Rose admitted he wants to sign with a winner [...]

March 2, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Derrick Rose Still Wants to Stay with New York Knicks

Derrick Rose Still Wants to Stay with New York Knicks

Derrick Rose doesn’t hold any hard feelings toward the New York Knicks after he was openly dangled in trade negotiations leading into the Feb. 23 deadline. To the contrary, he wants to remain in orange and blue beyond this season, per his agent, B.J. Armstrong (via ESPN.com’s Ian Begley): Derrick Rose‘s agent, B.J. Armstrong, reiterated [...]

February 27, 2017 admin Blogs 0