Derrick Rose, Tom Thibodeau, NY Knicks. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Before the NY Knicks acquired Derrick Rose from the Detroit Pistons, Rose told his then-head coach, Dwayne Casey, he wanted to be in the NBA playoffs. Casey told him, “Derrick, you may have a chance here just as much as they do in New York”.
Here we are just days before the #4 seed NY Knicks host the Atlanta Hawks for game 1 at Madison Square Garden, and Rose has been playing the most important basketball of his career since he was with the Chicago Bulls.