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MILWAUKEE - It took Derrick Rose only a handful of games in his latest return from knee surgery to hear the chant that, back in the day, he had earned at a younger age than anyone in NBA history. MVP! MVP!
Part of the NBA soundscape now as it reverberates through arenas across North America, it generally rises up during a lull, while a worthy candidate or merely a hometown favorite works through a couple of free throws. MVP! MVP!
But to hear Rose tell it, all those folks in the stands ought to be booming something quite different and even a little chilling: R.I.P! R.I.P!
That Derrick Rose is no more, the new and potentially improved version said Friday.
"That old, young reckless player that you saw years ago, he's not there anymore," Rose told reporters at the Bulls' downtown hotel on the off-day between Games 3 and 4 of his team's first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks. Chicago is up 3-0, hoping to close out Milwaukee when the teams meet again at the BMO Harris Bradley Center Saturday afternoon.
Coming off an electric 34-point, eight-assist, 48-minute showing in Chicago's double-overtime victory Thursday, Rose had triggered talk of his old MVP self, the irrepressible force who was the league's MVP in 2011. "Vintage," teammate Taj Gibson called his performance. The idea was spreading fast that the Bulls might finally have back their explosive, aggressive creator to grab important games by the throat.
Until it circled back to the source in what, for Rose, was an unusually introspective conversation.
"It's over," he said. "That player that you saw, that reckless player is smarter now."
Rose laughed.
"If I didn't grow in this game, I'd be mad at myself," he said. "Just trying to take the shots that they're giving me, trying to adjust while I'm playing.
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MILWAUKEE - It took Derrick Rose only a handful of games in his latest return from knee surgery to hear the chant that, back in the day, he had earned at a younger age than anyone in NBA history. MVP! MVP!
Part of the NBA soundscape now as it reverberates through arenas across North America, it generally rises up during a lull, while a worthy candidate or merely a hometown favorite works through a couple of free throws. MVP! MVP!
But to hear Rose tell it, all those folks in the stands ought to be booming something quite different and even a little chilling: R.I.P! R.I.P!
That Derrick Rose is no more, the new and potentially improved version said Friday.
"That old, young reckless player that you saw years ago, he's not there anymore," Rose told reporters at the Bulls' downtown hotel on the off-day between Games 3 and 4 of his team's first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks. Chicago is up 3-0, hoping to close out Milwaukee when the teams meet again at the BMO Harris Bradley Center Saturday afternoon.
Coming off an electric 34-point, eight-assist, 48-minute showing in Chicago's double-overtime victory Thursday, Rose had triggered talk of his old MVP self, the irrepressible force who was the league's MVP in 2011. "Vintage," teammate Taj Gibson called his performance. The idea was spreading fast that the Bulls might finally have back their explosive, aggressive creator to grab important games by the throat.
Until it circled back to the source in what, for Rose, was an unusually introspective conversation.
"It's over," he said. "That player that you saw, that reckless player is smarter now."
Rose laughed.
"If I didn't grow in this game, I'd be mad at myself," he said. "Just trying to take the shots that they're giving me, trying to adjust while I'm playing.
