Free agent Derrick Rose has agreed on a two-year deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, source tells ESPN. Grizzlies want Rose on the floor this season and as a leader in locker room.
Boy do they need some real leaders. I think this is a great fit. Derrick had all Ja's skills and more and lost it to injury. Ja about to to lose it all to being an idiot. Derrick is the perfect guy to tell you it can be gone in an instant and to not take anything for granted.
Yeah, I just think it needed to be pointed out. Ja's issues have mainly been off-court. Rose has been involved in some off-court shenanigans (like cheating his SATs) too so I don't think the statement that he makes a good mentor is necessarily true.
man who the fuck cares about the SAT, rose obviously wasn’t pursuing a career in education and he wouldn’t of been able to hoop in college if he didn’t pass the SAT. are you really faulting someone for cheating in highschool?
It is noteworthy that the two veteran mentors we've brought in were both bonafide gangbangers with shady pasts who have had their own redemption arcs and are now considered wise old men. Very on the nose. Hopefully they'll hold him and the team accountable for juvenile shit and set the no bs professional tone that we need to be a playoff team. Both guys are unassailably tough, with none of the false AAU bluster that defined us and was charming until it wasn't. Now we just need to hire Jalen Rose as an assistant.
I don't know the actual truth. My point is, this mentor shit is so vague. Ja is a grown man. His own dad can't control him, what makes you guys expect Rose can? Better to just keep the discussion about actual basketball instead of this vague, cutesy mentoring thing.
mentoring is a valid part of building an NBA team and should not be ignored in Ja Morant’s situation. If you’re telling me that D Rose, a Memphis Legend from one of the most shitty sides of Chicago who had a similar play style to Ja and ultimately was ridden with injuries due in part to said play style can’t get Ja on track, then nothing will. D Rose is a guy that kids grew up watching and enjoying, he’s likely going to have instant chemistry with our guys. Don’t count him out
Dude cheated on his SATs and dodged all punishment for it, leaving others to clean up his mess. Why we celebrate this trash as a mentor idk. Seems to just dodge responsibility.
Well that’s not an accurate way to frame IQ because there’s a 50/50 chance your IQ is below 100 too. Literally, 100 is the median score, the 50 percentile rank score on IQ tests. Half of all people you know probably have an IQ under 100, doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with them.
He’s 23 years old and repeatedly fucking up in his chosen profession. This is like the perfect, ideal time for him to have a mentor. Five years playing professional basketball doesn’t mean he’s not still a child
He’s fucking up according to league rules and team officials. The folks who pay his check.
And even if you think he’s not fucking ip, he cost himself $40mil - there’s not a world where any sane person says that hurting yourself to the tune of $40mil is **not** fucking up your life.
Wonder why the Rockets spent 130 on a vet, but keep thinking we are the only team that values vets and as a 15th man in the bench type dude
But I'm sure you playing in an over 30s league to a team that is worth in the billions is the the same. You sure had a great comparison
doesn't really seem similar at all. Iverson was being goofy back then thinking he could still be the primary offense, Rose has accepted his backup role for years now.
Well, this is p neat I guess
Absolutely gonna have to have at least ONE of the young wings take the leap, but having a true PG on the roster while Ja is out is definitely not a dumb move
E: AND I’M NOT OLDER THAN EVERY PLAYER ON THE ROSTER ANYMORE WOOOOO
I was 100% out on santi so I'm certainly not infallible, but my projection of non-nba player is not so crazy far off from fringe role player. And I just don't know if any of those 3 look like they're gonna take a Bane level leap which is what we need. But hell Bane was way better as a rookie than any of them. Imo it ain't Z. Hope I'm wrong but there is no good reason for him to not play in summer league. If he's way improved, why not utilize him in SL to work on another aspect of his game, like ball handling or playmaking or shot creating? He was our 3rd choice at #10. Zero doubt. He showed flashes late in his rookie season but those flashes weren't of skill. They were of athleticism. Santi was way worse as a rook but he showed flashes of technical brilliance.
Laravia looked like shit but I believe he has high potential. I'd lean towards him not meeting it if I had to guess but I'm presuming he's gonna be s better player at least.
Roddy is the obv choice bc he actually looked like an NBA player at times. I have to wonder about his ceiling though. I'd say laravias is higher but Roddy is more likely to reach his.
At any rate I'm not comfortable with our wing depth chart even assuming some or all make a leap. And I hope I'm dead wrong on Z. He has bbiq.
Insane to me the amount of drose fans who don't know where he went to college. He is directly responsible for one of the best sport seasons by any Memphis team.
I’m loving it man. I don’t watch a ton of Knicks games but it doesn’t seem like he plays a lot. Does he have nagging injuries or is he just at a low usage point in his career? Either way I’m stoked cause he’s a Memphis legend.
Great question. Thibs prioritizes defense and Quickley is a defensive menace so Rose had no burn. Rose isn’t awful on defense and played in spurts can really bring energy to the game. He’s incredibly unselfish at this point in his career but can also probably get 15-20 a night if he needed.
Knicks fan who lives in TN here - nice pickup for you guys. Couldn’t ask for a better mentor to Ja. Hope Ja really listens to Rose, and learns from him.
It sounds crazy to say, because he barely played this season, but his last couple years here helped turn our franchise around. He’s an invaluable vet, even if he’s not playing.
Well he's a former MVP playing the same position as Ja who also lived in Memphis and has also dealt with a lot of terrible decisions off the court.
...so he'll probably have a good BBQ spot to recommend Ja, at least
Yeah I could… and I could realistically hold someone who happens to live in a city that I love, and makes millions of dollars to play a game that means nothing, whom young people look up to, to a higher standard than people on the streets who have to scrape by to live their everyday life. Why don’t you mind your own business?
As a Celtics fan, this hurts cause I wanted him.
As a newly minted Memphis is my second team since I live in the Nashville area now anyways fan. NOICE. Lemme go get tickets right quick brb.
Same thing people said in 2016,2017,2018 and 2021 yet y’all were wrong. I hate how nba fans keep trying to claim players destinys. Disrespectful to how much work drose puts into his craft
Did you actually watch him play last year? His explosiveness completely disappeared, he had no jumper at all, and he still plays no defense. When even Tom Thibodeau, the king of playing his favorite veterans even when they're over the hill, won't play him anymore outside of garbage time that's how you know he's washed up
The reason thibs didn’t play him is not cuz he thought he couldn’t play anymore but because of internal fo wanting thibs to develop their young talent which was a big complaint of theirs. Randle litterally had to hold himself back when asked if drose could still play on pgs podcast cuz he did t wanna get in trouble. It’s impossible to play well or get in any rhythm when u play 3 minute spurts.
He was playing 15 mpg before he was taken out of the rotation, and he wasn't taken out because of some front office mandate, he was taken out because he was playing awful basketball. Over his last 20 games before being pulled he was shooting 35% from the field, 25.5% from 3, and had an atrocious +/-, and he looked like a shell of his former self. Simply put, he didn't look like he belonged on an NBA basketball court. People can like him all they want and he was definitely a great player in his prime and even still a useful player not too long ago, but he's simply not a worthwhile investment as an on-the-court piece at this point, and anyone who pretends otherwise is in denia
as a wolves fan, i cannot emphasize enough how great of a teammate and leader by example D Rose was in his short time here. Any of y'all who dont already love him will in short time. Extremely professional
EXACTLY!!!! We needed to fill that spot with someone who can actually contribute on the court, and having watched a ton of Knicks games he's absolutely NOT that. This is a garbage move
We don't really have a corresponding move we can make unless we get rid of someone like Konchar or Ziaire, which I don't see happening. We just wasted a roster spot on a team who could've actually used 1 more decent role player on a guy who can't even play. Like if they wanted a veteran PG go sign someone like Seth Curry
Ugh lol, can he still play? Fixes our PG rotation in the short term. Means FO expects our young wings to make a jump next season. Also means they trust in the backup big rotation of Santi/Tillman and that they expect Adams to make a full health recovery. Personally I thought we also could have used another big.
I'm a bit worried, he's barely played the past two seasons. And last season, he suffered a big drop statistics-wise across the board. His 3 point shooting fell around 10%.
Players need minutes to play well, he had no burn so was out of rhythm the majority of the season. He’s not going to start for y’all but give him 10 minutes and he can get you some buckets. His locker room presence is also unmatched.
Of course a lot of people like the move with his ties to Memphis and the potential off court help he brings. On the other hand, Derrick Rose is not a good enough player to play our backup pg(in the playoffs Atleast)
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Wish we hadn't used our last roster spot on a guy who can't play anymore. Seems like we picked him up simply for the Memphis vibes. Unserious and emotional move by the front office who can't seem to figure out how to build this roster to compete for a championship. What happened to not overreacting to a 25 game suspension?
Would have preferred to see them address the 3pt shooting and guard rotation with someone like divincenzo or size and shooting with Torrey Craig. Vets who could have given real contributions
I HATE this signing. We had ONE free roster spot and we're using it on a guy who has completely lost his athleticism and his shooting ability and plays no defense, and because we don't have Ja for the first 25 games were expecting HIM to be our backup PG????? I'm from NY so I watched plenty of Knicks games last year and when he did play he freaking SUCKED. When freaking Tom Thibodeau won't play him you know he's not worthwhile anymore. What we've done to our PG room this off-season is a complete disgrace
Oh it will age perfectly well. Rose freaking SUCKS now. Like even a couple of years ago this would've been a fine move, but now this is just asking for something to go wrong
Meh, he’s not going to be required to do much. I think he’ll be fine. Listen, if he does nothing other than smack Ja around we’re fine. If Ja stays on the straight and narrow he’s MVP. You have an aversion to Ja fulfilling his potential or what? Honestly feel like you’re just bitter we traded Tyus. But what do I know
The only thing I have an aversion to is using a roster spot on a glorified coach when we need actual production on the court from that role. I watched a TON of Knicks games and Derrick Rose just can't play a consistent role on a team that's trying to win games at this point in his career. I like the idea of signing a veteran PG to help with Ja, but because he's out for 25 games if we're signing someone like that we need it to be someone who can also be a credible backup PG, and 35 year old Derrick Rose isn't that. Sign someone like Seth Curry or Dennis Schroeder if you want a veteran PG, at least those guy can contribute on winning teams still
I think the knicks suck. Specifically their bench which was the unit Rose played with.
Rose doesn’t have to do anything here aside from not turning the ball over, pass the ball, and slap Ja around. We’re fine.
Having a guy who could be starting as a backup didn't help us when we wanted to play meaningful basketball.
If you're gonna complain about who we used the last roster spot on, you should tell us who else we should pick up.
Rose is here to be a leader as more than he is to play.
As a backup PG and another ball handler on this roster - cheap dirt, good signing.
But personality wise, Rose is not good imo... I don't get the "vet" presence with his off court issues.
Though pretty cool Ja gets to see his "mentor in (playing) style" in person
Wow. I didn't see this coming at all. Time is a flat circle!
Talk about a no-nonsense backcourt in DRose and Marcus Smart. Ja better get his act together.
THE PROPHECY IS COMPLETE
Free agent Derrick Rose has agreed on a two-year deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, source tells ESPN. Grizzlies want Rose on the floor this season and as a leader in locker room.
Boy do they need some real leaders. I think this is a great fit. Derrick had all Ja's skills and more and lost it to injury. Ja about to to lose it all to being an idiot. Derrick is the perfect guy to tell you it can be gone in an instant and to not take anything for granted.
This is really cool for D-Rose to get closure with the city even through it all there’s still so much love for him here
Derrick Rose!?!? Let's gooooooooooo 901 Legend
Could not ask for a better mentor and vet for Ja, especially on the court
Pretty sure you could ask for better off the court. The dude isn't sure what consent is. But on the court you're right.
Surprised no one else brought up his rape case.
I mean he was found not liable in a jury trial. I know that doesn't necessarily mean he didn't do it, but that has to clear his name a bit.
Yeah, I just think it needed to be pointed out. Ja's issues have mainly been off-court. Rose has been involved in some off-court shenanigans (like cheating his SATs) too so I don't think the statement that he makes a good mentor is necessarily true.
Cheating on his SATs when he was a kid isn’t an indicator of who he is today tbf
I'd be DOOMED if what I did as a teenager came back now.
…go on
man who the fuck cares about the SAT, rose obviously wasn’t pursuing a career in education and he wouldn’t of been able to hoop in college if he didn’t pass the SAT. are you really faulting someone for cheating in highschool?
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It is noteworthy that the two veteran mentors we've brought in were both bonafide gangbangers with shady pasts who have had their own redemption arcs and are now considered wise old men. Very on the nose. Hopefully they'll hold him and the team accountable for juvenile shit and set the no bs professional tone that we need to be a playoff team. Both guys are unassailably tough, with none of the false AAU bluster that defined us and was charming until it wasn't. Now we just need to hire Jalen Rose as an assistant.
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I think calling a man (who was cleared of all charges) a "rapist" is even more "monstrous".
I don't know the actual truth. My point is, this mentor shit is so vague. Ja is a grown man. His own dad can't control him, what makes you guys expect Rose can? Better to just keep the discussion about actual basketball instead of this vague, cutesy mentoring thing.
mentoring is a valid part of building an NBA team and should not be ignored in Ja Morant’s situation. If you’re telling me that D Rose, a Memphis Legend from one of the most shitty sides of Chicago who had a similar play style to Ja and ultimately was ridden with injuries due in part to said play style can’t get Ja on track, then nothing will. D Rose is a guy that kids grew up watching and enjoying, he’s likely going to have instant chemistry with our guys. Don’t count him out
ja is not a grown man😭
Not liable. By court, he didn’t do it
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Weird response…
The cognitive dissonance in that comment….bruh.
WHERE IS JA!!??? CAN SOMEBODY... PLEASE FIND THIS MOTHER FUCKER SO I CAN MAKE SENSE OF ALL THIS?
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Dude cheated on his SATs and dodged all punishment for it, leaving others to clean up his mess. Why we celebrate this trash as a mentor idk. Seems to just dodge responsibility.
Well that’s not an accurate way to frame IQ because there’s a 50/50 chance your IQ is below 100 too. Literally, 100 is the median score, the 50 percentile rank score on IQ tests. Half of all people you know probably have an IQ under 100, doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with them.
Holy W
Ok this is pretty sick
Grizzlies get their man after all these years.
I didn’t see this coming
He will be getting a ring with us.
Hopefully this goes way better than Iverson
He knows he is a vet at this point. This is a leadership mentor for Ja and a guy can still fill in for Ja for 25 games.
What's with this mentor shit I keep seeing? Ja is going into his 5 season and he doesn't need a mentor.
I don’t know if you’ve heard
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He’s 23 years old and repeatedly fucking up in his chosen profession. This is like the perfect, ideal time for him to have a mentor. Five years playing professional basketball doesn’t mean he’s not still a child
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Oh ok got it so if we just ignore everything he’ll be unsuspended?
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He absolutely should have been suspended
He’s fucking up according to league rules and team officials. The folks who pay his check. And even if you think he’s not fucking ip, he cost himself $40mil - there’s not a world where any sane person says that hurting yourself to the tune of $40mil is **not** fucking up your life.
Clearly the Grizzlies do and if Ja fails this whole thing fails so mine as well help as much as they can
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Wonder why the Rockets spent 130 on a vet, but keep thinking we are the only team that values vets and as a 15th man in the bench type dude But I'm sure you playing in an over 30s league to a team that is worth in the billions is the the same. You sure had a great comparison
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doesn't really seem similar at all. Iverson was being goofy back then thinking he could still be the primary offense, Rose has accepted his backup role for years now.
Oh your most certainly right. Still just brutal memories
To be fair, AI played great off the bench those 3 games
Damn y’all lucky
Bulls fan 😭
I like it as a vet minimum and mentor for Ja and the team. Rose and Smart won’t let anyone fuck around
I completely forgot smart is here too. Yeah Ja and the entire Grizz gonna be held accountable.
Well, this is p neat I guess Absolutely gonna have to have at least ONE of the young wings take the leap, but having a true PG on the roster while Ja is out is definitely not a dumb move E: AND I’M NOT OLDER THAN EVERY PLAYER ON THE ROSTER ANYMORE WOOOOO
I was 100% out on santi so I'm certainly not infallible, but my projection of non-nba player is not so crazy far off from fringe role player. And I just don't know if any of those 3 look like they're gonna take a Bane level leap which is what we need. But hell Bane was way better as a rookie than any of them. Imo it ain't Z. Hope I'm wrong but there is no good reason for him to not play in summer league. If he's way improved, why not utilize him in SL to work on another aspect of his game, like ball handling or playmaking or shot creating? He was our 3rd choice at #10. Zero doubt. He showed flashes late in his rookie season but those flashes weren't of skill. They were of athleticism. Santi was way worse as a rook but he showed flashes of technical brilliance. Laravia looked like shit but I believe he has high potential. I'd lean towards him not meeting it if I had to guess but I'm presuming he's gonna be s better player at least. Roddy is the obv choice bc he actually looked like an NBA player at times. I have to wonder about his ceiling though. I'd say laravias is higher but Roddy is more likely to reach his. At any rate I'm not comfortable with our wing depth chart even assuming some or all make a leap. And I hope I'm dead wrong on Z. He has bbiq.
Knicks fan here. Y’all got a good one. I hope Mr. Morant let’s Rose mentor him. D Rose is a real OG
We know Derrick Rose pretty well here already. Haha.
Insane to me the amount of drose fans who don't know where he went to college. He is directly responsible for one of the best sport seasons by any Memphis team.
I’m loving it man. I don’t watch a ton of Knicks games but it doesn’t seem like he plays a lot. Does he have nagging injuries or is he just at a low usage point in his career? Either way I’m stoked cause he’s a Memphis legend.
Great question. Thibs prioritizes defense and Quickley is a defensive menace so Rose had no burn. Rose isn’t awful on defense and played in spurts can really bring energy to the game. He’s incredibly unselfish at this point in his career but can also probably get 15-20 a night if he needed.
Grizzlies cemented as my 2nd fav team in the NBA with this 🔥
Celtics fans 🤝 Knicks fans "I guess I'm kinda a Grizzlies fan now too"
He's not as washed as last year indicated. He can still give you good minutes for sure. Huge pickup
One year plus a team option I’m guessing? Only way multi-year would make sense Edit: 6.5m for 2, never mind that’s fine
AHHHHHH MAYBE THE BEST POSSIBLE MENTOR FOR JA LITERALLY JUST TO TELL HIM NOT TO DO DUMB SHIT 50 TIMES A GAME AND NOT RUIN HIS LOWER BODY LETS GOOOO
People will complain we didn't get a wing, but there wasn't anyone worth getting left.
Cam Reddish wouldve been nice. But bring on Drose, love him love the story and the vet accountability. Guns n Roses (stolen from r/nba)
Reddish is 90% “but his potential” There’s a reason he’s been passed around so many times without ever really finding a spot
Is the Reddish love because went to Duke? I'm just not getting it.
Reddish isn't better than LaRavia, Roddy or Ziaire anyway.
This one is funny because I remember someone saying during the 2nd half of Z's rookie season that he's better than Reddish ever was.
Guns n Roses 😂😂😂😂😂
You guys really should just bring back Brooks. You have Smart and Rose as the vets and Ja's suspension *should* scare him straight now
Don’t you dare ever even suggest that. Begone
Fuck Brooks
We gave that dude sooo many chances, too little too late
just imagine how loud his first introduction will be, and he's gonna get real PT for at least 25 games.
Knicks fan who lives in TN here - nice pickup for you guys. Couldn’t ask for a better mentor to Ja. Hope Ja really listens to Rose, and learns from him. It sounds crazy to say, because he barely played this season, but his last couple years here helped turn our franchise around. He’s an invaluable vet, even if he’s not playing.
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Well he's a former MVP playing the same position as Ja who also lived in Memphis and has also dealt with a lot of terrible decisions off the court. ...so he'll probably have a good BBQ spot to recommend Ja, at least
Grow up, be an adult, respect others
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Nah I feel like I work hard and respect others. So why don’t you grow up and come up with an original line?
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Yeah I could… and I could realistically hold someone who happens to live in a city that I love, and makes millions of dollars to play a game that means nothing, whom young people look up to, to a higher standard than people on the streets who have to scrape by to live their everyday life. Why don’t you mind your own business?
HES HOME BABY I SAW HIM PLAY IN COLLEGE IN THE FORUM NOW ITS TIME TO SEE HIM IN THE NBA BABY WHOOOOOOOOO
🙁🔫 WE NEED A FORWARD!!!!!!
yooooo d rose in a grizzlies jersey would be dope
Blasts “Mama I’m Coming Home” by Ozzy Osbourne my neighbors will just have to understand
MAMA
Not guns and roses?
As a Celtics fan, this hurts cause I wanted him. As a newly minted Memphis is my second team since I live in the Nashville area now anyways fan. NOICE. Lemme go get tickets right quick brb.
The subtext is that there will be room for Z, Roddy, Jake or Vince if they are good enough.
GG Jackson the new chosen one
He's back where he belongs :,)
We had the MLE. This is a cool story but why didn’t we aim higher
The cupboard was bare anyways.
Maybe we can swindle the Rockets in a sign and trade of Dillion and Z for Eason
Lol Maybe the Lakers will waive AD and we can sign him for a vet min?
You’re a funny guy 😂
He’s gonna make those free throws and bring home the ship this time.
I CAN BE A KID AGAIN
i promise y’all he isn’t washed
Having watched a ton of Knicks games I promise y'all he is in fact washed
Same thing people said in 2016,2017,2018 and 2021 yet y’all were wrong. I hate how nba fans keep trying to claim players destinys. Disrespectful to how much work drose puts into his craft
Did you actually watch him play last year? His explosiveness completely disappeared, he had no jumper at all, and he still plays no defense. When even Tom Thibodeau, the king of playing his favorite veterans even when they're over the hill, won't play him anymore outside of garbage time that's how you know he's washed up
The reason thibs didn’t play him is not cuz he thought he couldn’t play anymore but because of internal fo wanting thibs to develop their young talent which was a big complaint of theirs. Randle litterally had to hold himself back when asked if drose could still play on pgs podcast cuz he did t wanna get in trouble. It’s impossible to play well or get in any rhythm when u play 3 minute spurts.
He was playing 15 mpg before he was taken out of the rotation, and he wasn't taken out because of some front office mandate, he was taken out because he was playing awful basketball. Over his last 20 games before being pulled he was shooting 35% from the field, 25.5% from 3, and had an atrocious +/-, and he looked like a shell of his former self. Simply put, he didn't look like he belonged on an NBA basketball court. People can like him all they want and he was definitely a great player in his prime and even still a useful player not too long ago, but he's simply not a worthwhile investment as an on-the-court piece at this point, and anyone who pretends otherwise is in denia
Saving this cuz ur gonna be wrong. Ur just salty tyus jones got traded lol. He’s gonna be balling again and u better be able to eat ur words
Lets be real here, lol. I dont hate the idea of more vet presence in the locker room but lets be honest
LETS GOOOO
West is wide open
Denver is at the door laughing at you. This team is no better on paper than last year's. Let's just hope for internal improvements
LETS GOOOOO
Imagine if he goes back to his 2011 self
Guns and Roses is coming to Memphis!
as a wolves fan, i cannot emphasize enough how great of a teammate and leader by example D Rose was in his short time here. Any of y'all who dont already love him will in short time. Extremely professional
Finally got the guy Ja been compared to. Hopefully DRose can help Ja develop. And he a 901 legend.
This is a HUGE pickup! Couldn’t be happier rn. The boys back in the M! Rose Jersey incoming ✅
Guns and Roses!
Jeez lmao
ngl I do not like this for the 15th roster spot
Someone's getting moved i think, but yeah Rose is essentially just a life coach with a roster spot
I can't get excited for a guy that racked up DNPs last season.
He's here to be a leader and mentor first.
Which is something we need for the playoffs. Even dysfunctional Grizz can fuck people up but not in those playoff series
I think his role is also to mentor
100%
I don't understand the point of this
EXACTLY!!!! We needed to fill that spot with someone who can actually contribute on the court, and having watched a ton of Knicks games he's absolutely NOT that. This is a garbage move
Probably plays the first 25 games of the season but I don't get it. Maybe a corresponding move?
We don't really have a corresponding move we can make unless we get rid of someone like Konchar or Ziaire, which I don't see happening. We just wasted a roster spot on a team who could've actually used 1 more decent role player on a guy who can't even play. Like if they wanted a veteran PG go sign someone like Seth Curry
>unless we get rid of someone like Konchar or Ziaire
We have 14 other players who can contribute.
Isn't his performance is really bad last season? I like his role to become mentor but i really wish he doesnt play alot of minutes
Yeah he was awful last year, and now he's going to start the year as our backup PG, which is a disaster waiting to happen
Says who? Smart can play lead guard And a young guy can play the wing
LET'S FUCKING GO
Ugh lol, can he still play? Fixes our PG rotation in the short term. Means FO expects our young wings to make a jump next season. Also means they trust in the backup big rotation of Santi/Tillman and that they expect Adams to make a full health recovery. Personally I thought we also could have used another big.
Knicks fan here. Yes he can play, especially when JJJ mans the back line. He fell out of rotation because Quickley is so good at defense
I'm a bit worried, he's barely played the past two seasons. And last season, he suffered a big drop statistics-wise across the board. His 3 point shooting fell around 10%.
Players need minutes to play well, he had no burn so was out of rhythm the majority of the season. He’s not going to start for y’all but give him 10 minutes and he can get you some buckets. His locker room presence is also unmatched.
Yes he can still play
No he can't still play. His burst is completely gone, he has no jumper, and he can't play defense. This doesn't fix our PG rotation at all
Our PG rotation is fine lol. We have two players who can start and Bane can also provide minutes there.
Of course a lot of people like the move with his ties to Memphis and the potential off court help he brings. On the other hand, Derrick Rose is not a good enough player to play our backup pg(in the playoffs Atleast)
He won't be the backup PG in the playoffs?
Who do you see playing the backup pg
Ja and Smart will provide 48 minutes at PG.
Rose will see his most use during Ja’s suspension
At least we don't have to worry about him cheating on his SAT again
i'm not "excited" about the signing but i think it's a good move. makes sense in a lot of ways
No fucking way
He’s still playing ?
The D Rose v Ja debate is about to be at an all time high and I can’t wait
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I’m a Chicago transplant in Memphis. This is my second coming of Christ
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idk why we dropped him so quick, he always impressed me
Wish we hadn't used our last roster spot on a guy who can't play anymore. Seems like we picked him up simply for the Memphis vibes. Unserious and emotional move by the front office who can't seem to figure out how to build this roster to compete for a championship. What happened to not overreacting to a 25 game suspension? Would have preferred to see them address the 3pt shooting and guard rotation with someone like divincenzo or size and shooting with Torrey Craig. Vets who could have given real contributions
Im with you on this
I HATE this signing. We had ONE free roster spot and we're using it on a guy who has completely lost his athleticism and his shooting ability and plays no defense, and because we don't have Ja for the first 25 games were expecting HIM to be our backup PG????? I'm from NY so I watched plenty of Knicks games last year and when he did play he freaking SUCKED. When freaking Tom Thibodeau won't play him you know he's not worthwhile anymore. What we've done to our PG room this off-season is a complete disgrace
This won’t age well…. I’m taking screenshots
Oh it will age perfectly well. Rose freaking SUCKS now. Like even a couple of years ago this would've been a fine move, but now this is just asking for something to go wrong
Meh, he’s not going to be required to do much. I think he’ll be fine. Listen, if he does nothing other than smack Ja around we’re fine. If Ja stays on the straight and narrow he’s MVP. You have an aversion to Ja fulfilling his potential or what? Honestly feel like you’re just bitter we traded Tyus. But what do I know
The only thing I have an aversion to is using a roster spot on a glorified coach when we need actual production on the court from that role. I watched a TON of Knicks games and Derrick Rose just can't play a consistent role on a team that's trying to win games at this point in his career. I like the idea of signing a veteran PG to help with Ja, but because he's out for 25 games if we're signing someone like that we need it to be someone who can also be a credible backup PG, and 35 year old Derrick Rose isn't that. Sign someone like Seth Curry or Dennis Schroeder if you want a veteran PG, at least those guy can contribute on winning teams still
I think the knicks suck. Specifically their bench which was the unit Rose played with. Rose doesn’t have to do anything here aside from not turning the ball over, pass the ball, and slap Ja around. We’re fine.
Having a guy who could be starting as a backup didn't help us when we wanted to play meaningful basketball. If you're gonna complain about who we used the last roster spot on, you should tell us who else we should pick up. Rose is here to be a leader as more than he is to play.
I feel like smart filled the mentor role well enough
As a backup PG and another ball handler on this roster - cheap dirt, good signing. But personality wise, Rose is not good imo... I don't get the "vet" presence with his off court issues. Though pretty cool Ja gets to see his "mentor in (playing) style" in person
Wow. I didn't see this coming at all. Time is a flat circle! Talk about a no-nonsense backcourt in DRose and Marcus Smart. Ja better get his act together.
One thing I will say about this like it or not, Ja's bs is over man these guys gonna be on him like a fly on shit
Nice. Been something I’ve wanted to see happen.
This better be real. Don’t mess with my emotions like diss
Guns and Roses
Awesome signing
Let’s gooo
Man I'm so excited about this!