Chicago Bulls sets to retire Derrick Rose’s #1 jersey
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2025 3:59 pm
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Karate Diop wrote:Worst MVP of all-time, only fitting he gets one of the worst jersey retirements as well.
bonita_the_frog wrote:Karate Diop wrote:Worst MVP of all-time, only fitting he gets one of the worst jersey retirements as well.
Rose was probably the most athletic MVP of all-time, even more athletic than Michael Jordan.
And his stats were definitely MVP level, 25.0 points per game, 7.7 assists per game.
He was the best player by far in the Bulls team that won 62 games, 4 games more than Miami.
PistolPeteJR wrote:bonita_the_frog wrote:Karate Diop wrote:Worst MVP of all-time, only fitting he gets one of the worst jersey retirements as well.
Rose was probably the most athletic MVP of all-time, even more athletic than Michael Jordan.
And his stats were definitely MVP level, 25.0 points per game, 7.7 assists per game.
He was the best player by far in the Bulls team that won 62 games, 4 games more than Miami.
And then Miami wrecked them in 5 games. No one cared about regular season record between 1st and 2nd seed.
Karate Diop wrote:Worst MVP of all-time, only fitting he gets one of the worst jersey retirements as well.
bonita_the_frog wrote:Karate Diop wrote:Worst MVP of all-time, only fitting he gets one of the worst jersey retirements as well.
Rose was probably the most athletic MVP of all-time, even more athletic than Michael Jordan.
And his stats were definitely MVP level, 25.0 points per game, 7.7 assists per game.
He was the best player by far in the Bulls team that won 62 games, 4 games more than Miami.
MrIrrelevant wrote:I know he means a lot to the city, but he only led the Bulls in win shares one time and only played 406 games for them. 31.4 career win shares for them. Noah and Deng were probably the real heroes of those Bulls teams. Unsure how to feel about DRose.
MrIrrelevant wrote:I know he means a lot to the city, but he only led the Bulls in win shares one time and only played 406 games for them. 31.4 career win shares for them. Noah and Deng were probably the real heroes of those Bulls teams. Unsure how to feel about DRose.
PistolPeteJR wrote:bonita_the_frog wrote:Karate Diop wrote:Worst MVP of all-time, only fitting he gets one of the worst jersey retirements as well.
Rose was probably the most athletic MVP of all-time, even more athletic than Michael Jordan.
And his stats were definitely MVP level, 25.0 points per game, 7.7 assists per game.
He was the best player by far in the Bulls team that won 62 games, 4 games more than Miami.
And then Miami wrecked them in 5 games. No one cared about regular season record between 1st and 2nd seed.
bkkrh wrote:PistolPeteJR wrote:bonita_the_frog wrote:Rose was probably the most athletic MVP of all-time, even more athletic than Michael Jordan.
And his stats were definitely MVP level, 25.0 points per game, 7.7 assists per game.
He was the best player by far in the Bulls team that won 62 games, 4 games more than Miami.
And then Miami wrecked them in 5 games. No one cared about regular season record between 1st and 2nd seed.
Yeah, really crazy to lose in the Conference Finals as a 22 year old against prime Lebron and DWade. Wonder how you feel about MJ losing in the 2nd round when he won his first MVP, or Dirk losing in the first round of his MVP season.
MrIrrelevant wrote:I know he means a lot to the city, but he only led the Bulls in win shares one time and only played 406 games for them. 31.4 career win shares for them. Noah and Deng were probably the real heroes of those Bulls teams. Unsure how to feel about DRose.
Karate Diop wrote:Worst MVP of all-time.
Maxthirty wrote:bkkrh wrote:PistolPeteJR wrote:
And then Miami wrecked them in 5 games. No one cared about regular season record between 1st and 2nd seed.
Yeah, really crazy to lose in the Conference Finals as a 22 year old against prime Lebron and DWade. Wonder how you feel about MJ losing in the 2nd round when he won his first MVP, or Dirk losing in the first round of his MVP season.
Dirk and MJ went on to have many more great seasons and won the NBA Finals and Finals MVP.
Point is - Rose’s peak just isn’t that great and very very short obviously.
bkkrh wrote:Maxthirty wrote:bkkrh wrote:
Yeah, really crazy to lose in the Conference Finals as a 22 year old against prime Lebron and DWade. Wonder how you feel about MJ losing in the 2nd round when he won his first MVP, or Dirk losing in the first round of his MVP season.
Dirk and MJ went on to have many more great seasons and won the NBA Finals and Finals MVP.
Point is - Rose’s peak just isn’t that great and very very short obviously.
And Rose had 4 very successful seasons in Chicago before he had a very bad injury and still gave his best afterwards to carve out a pretty solid NBA career. It´s not the hall of fame, it´s a team decision. He is a hometown kid that gave everything for the franchise and cried when he was traded. So I don´t get what the problem is here. There are more than enough examples of players with retired numbers that played shorter durations and had less success and impact on their respective teams.