B.J. Armstrong, the agent for Derrick Rose, said that his client “wants to be in New York,” Ian Begley of ESPN.com writes. Rose was the subject of trade rumors leading up the trade deadline, but his representatives believe the Knicks had his best interests in mind when negotiating with other teams. Rose told the local media on Friday that he holds “no grudges and no hard feelings” about the trade chatter.
“It was an opportunity to see what his value truly was throughout the league,” Armstrong said. “So as you can see, through all the reports, there were teams that were interested in him and what he does and what he brings to the court.”
Begley notes that several teams contacted the Knicks regarding a Rose trade. The Knicks had discussions with the Wolves regarding a Ricky Rubio-Rose swap, but those talks stalled when New York demanded additional assets. Shortly before the deadline passed, the Knicks backed off those demands, but Minnesota backed out of talks because it feared Rose wouldn’t be open to re-signing with the club.
“I wasn’t surprised that he wasn’t traded,” Armstrong said of Rose. “Derrick is putting together, game by game, coming back and really beginning to play at a consistent level to where he’s at and what he’s going to be at this stage of his career. So I think there was a lot of rumors, his name was out there. But in the end, I think the Knicks did what they thought was in their best interests.”
Rose would like to remain in town, but it’s unclear whether or not the Knicks would like to continue the relationship past this season, according to Begley.
Rose is averaging 17.6 points while shooting 46.2% from the field this season. However, the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story, as Dan Favale of NBAMath details. Rose prioritizes scoring when he’s on the court and his decision making has hurt the team this season. New York’s assist percentage drops significantly when Rose is in the lineup and Favale believes Rose has taken opportunities away from other players, especially Kristaps Porzingis.
Earlier in the year, it was reported that Rose would seek a max deal when he hits free agency this summer. It’s unlikely that he receives the max offer, but with a plethora of teams in need of a point guard, he’ll have plenty of suitors. It wouldn’t be shocking to see him land a deal in the $12-15MM/year range, though that is simply my speculation.
He’s a scoring ball handler, not a point guard. He drives to the basket and try’s to score, but doesn’t look for the open man. He can’t really shoot the three, and doesn’t have the same athleticism he had before. So he’s an average scorer who can’t shoot the three, and brings down the rest of the team. He is not worth being a max deal, and my opinion is not the type of player who should be on most teams. He needs to be in a offense that revolves around him, and maybe he’ll be lucky to find someone to give him that chance to be the main guy in an offense again, but chances are that won’t happen.
He just needs a position change. He would be good as a shooting guard. He’s not a real PG.
Unless he learns how to shoot the three and also to pass the ball to the open guy, he’s. It a two. Not in this league.
If Milwaukee has the money, that could be a landing spot for Rose. They are they still are looking for a PG and it’s close to Chicago.
That’s an interesting slant I’ve not hurt. That’s a possibility.
I hope Milwaukee stays far away from Rose. They need to keep the ball in Giannis’s hands.
This Rose should not be allowed to bloom in NY past this years schedule!
The Knicks suck.
Knicks playing 1 big lineups tonight finally, and guess what? Space on the floor…hopefully, when Porzingis gets back they keep doing it right
He’ll be back with the Bulls either next season or the season after that. Mark my words. It won’t be anything near a max deal, but he loves Chicago, his son is there, and that’s where he wants to be.
But the Bulls don’t want him he’s worn out his welcome there. He’s not the same player as he was so he can no longer meet expectations.
Oh they definitely still wanted him, but he couldn’t play with Butler, and Butler was busy using underhanded tactics to assert himself as “the man,” and it basically ran Rose right out of town. That wasn’t the only factor, but it was one of them.
Given the chronic injuries — which were mainly attributed to a “director of strength and development” that was a glorified yoga instructor — not kidding — Rose and the team were constantly injured. See what happened now that he has a reputable trainer? He’s barely ever injured.
Another factor is the max amount of money he wanted. They factored all of these I tot he equation and they asserted the younger Butler would be the guy to build around.
If Rose wanted to come back to Chicago, and took less money, he will be back there, because they aren’t going to bring Butler, Wade, or Rondo back next season.
Send mush mouth to Canada.