Curtain call for Derrick Rose. This Thursday, September 26, the American Basketball player announced on his social networks that he was ending his career at the age of 35.
“The next chapter is about pursuing my dreams as well as sharing my success”the 35-year-old playmaker told American sports magazine The Athletic.
MVP at only 22 years old
Elected MVP in 2011 at just 22 years old, Derrick Rose remains the youngest player to have won this distinction in the American basketball league.
After sixteen seasons with the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers, among others, Rose is bowing out, hoping “show the world” the man he is “beyond the world of basketball”.
“Whether it’s good or bad, everyone has a certain story in their life (…) Even if I could, I wouldn’t change anything in mine, because it’s what allowed me to find true joy”he added in the statement.
On his Instagram account, Derrick Rose posted a photo in which he appears in front of a chess board holding a newspaper, where a message intended for basketball is written.
“Thank you, my first love, you believed in me, through the ups and downs (…) when everything seemed uncertain (…) You made every morning and night we spent together worth every drop of sweat (…) You showed me that passion is something to be cherished, making sure I put my all into every dribble, every shot, every game,” can we read.
A career weighed down by injuries
This elegant leader has seen his career disrupted by multiple injuries, particularly to the knees.
In 2012, “D-Rose”, then playing for the Bulls, tore his ACL, while his team had serious options to win the NBA title. He also had to withdraw from the London Olympics that same year.
It displays an average of 17.4 points and 5.2 assists in 723 games played.
