It hurt, it hurt, knowing how hard he works, how hard he wants to be on the court, how much he means to the team. It's devastating.

Derrick Rose

Derrick Martell Rose is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association. He played one year of college basketball for the University of Memphis before being drafted first overall by Chicago in the 2008 NBA draft. Rose became the first guard to be drafted first overall in the NBA draft since Allen Iverson in 1996 and would subsequently win NBA Rookie of the Year. In 2011, Rose was named the NBA Most Valuable Player, becoming the youngest player to win this award at 22 years and 6 months old. In 2009, an NCAA investigation revealed that Rose's SAT scores had been invalidated, making him retroactively ineligible to play for Memphis. As a result, the NCAA vacated Memphis' entire 2007–08 season.

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