DETROIT – Is there anyone emotionally invested in the Pistons dissatisfied with the first three games of Derrick Rose’s run in Detroit?
Why, yes. Yes, there is.
“You think that, man?” Rose says when I ask what accounts for the fact he’s adapted so well and so quickly to a new role with a different team and a completely new set of teammates. “I think I’ve been playing, like, terrible, bro.”
Rose is averaging nearly a point a minute for the Pistons – 25.3 points in 26.3 minutes a game – and doing it with remarkable efficiency, shooting 64.