Derrick Rose goes off on ‘vintage’ tag in truth bomb social media post

New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose doesn’t think 2021 has been a vintage season for him. If anything, it’s to the contrary.

Rose entered the league in 2008 out of Memphis with the world at his fingertips. The Chicago kid was home, expected to be the next great Bulls franchise cornerstone. And for awhile, that dream was realized. Rose peaked in the 2010-11 season, leading the Bulls to a top-2 seed in the East and winning the Most Valuable Player award.

From there, it was straight downhill.

Rose played just 39 games in 2011-12, missed the entirety of the next season and played just 10 games in 2013-14. His knee injuries limited his explosiveness to the rim, and his speed was diminished. The attributes that made him such a revolutionary player in the past weren’t necessarily gone, but they were lessened to an extent.

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Rose posted on social media, stating how tired he is his solid play being attributed with the vintage tag. Truth is, vintage Rose was a far different player. Current D-Rose is more reliant on his basketball IQ, as he doesn’t have the speed and athleticism of his youth.

“Imagine having your dream job or working for a company for 10 plus yrs… Blood, sweat and tears and somebody from another company approach you and say …Hey… you look like your vintage self today LMAO. You don’t know them at all and they think they know you becuz they watched you perform a lil bit from a far…” Rose wrote in a long social media post.

“I love chess so I would put it this way… I lost my Queen early in the game but I fought my f—– way back to get one of my pawns down the board to get her back. If you know chess… that’s a very hard process to achieve and if you really know how to play you know even the master games are won with few pieces on the board and it’s about strategy, heart and skill.”

Whatever game Rose is playing, he’s succeeding at it, especially since his trade to New York midseason. As a key bench piece for the Knicks, Rose is averaging nearly 15 points-per-game on 48.7 percent shooting.