In 2010-11, Rose was awarded the highest of NBA regular season honors, MVP; at just 22 years old and in his third season in the league, he remains the youngest to earn the distinction. Rose’s first three seasons with his hometown Bulls after being selected No. 1 overall in 2008 featured two All-Star berths, a Rookie of the Year award, one first-team All-NBA nod, some record-shattering playoff moments and that MVP.
Matters, of course, devolved from there. But Chicagoans will always have that 2010-11 campaign, in which Rose averaged 25 points, led the Bulls to the best record in the NBA (a 21-game improvement from the previous season), and swept the freshly-minted Big 3 Miami Heat in the regular season before falling to them swiftly in the Eastern Conference finals.