NBA Rumors: Derrick Rose prefers Kevin Love to Carmelo Anthony

The Chicago Bulls enter the offseason trying to land a big star, turning their attention to Minnesota Timberwolves’ power forward Kevin Love and New York Knicks’ forward Carmelo Anthony.

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The Bulls are said to prefer Anthony to Love ad Bulls’ center Joakim Noah continues to recruit Anthony (although Anthony apparently isn’t returning his calls), but the Bulls’ star player would prefer the Bulls land Love.

According to Mitch Lawrence of The New York Daily News, point guard Derrick Rose prefers Love to Anthony, believe he is the better player.

"Noah will be disappointed if it turns out that Anthony uses the Bulls merely to get Dolan to up the Knicks’ offer. But one of his teammates won’t be crushed. Derrick Rose hasn’t called Anthony once and isn’t expected to do any recruiting when the Bulls make their run at the Knicks’ top scorer in free agency.According to sources close to Kevin Love, Rose’s preference is for the Bulls to work out a deal as soon as possible for Minnesota’s All-Star forward because he sees Love as more of a team player than Anthony. Chicago is in the mix with Golden State for Love, with Boston and Denver considered long shots. If it makes any difference to Melo, Rose has no plans to recruit Love, who is free next summer, either. But the Bulls already know whom he’d really prefer to play with in the future."

Anthony put up 27.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game last season and shot 45.2% from the field, 40.2% from beyond the arc and 84.8% from the free throw line. Love averaged 26.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game last season while shooting 45.7% from the field, 37.6% from three and 82.1% from the charity stripe.

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