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Derrick Rose, former NBA MVP, retires after 15 seasons
Derrick Rose is calling it a career after 15 NBA seasons.
The former Knicks point guard announced his retirement on Instagram Thursday, posting a photo of him holding a newspaper, which included a love letter to basketball.
“The next chapter is about chasing my dreams and sharing my growth,” Rose told The Athletic.
“I believe true success comes from becoming who you were created to be, and I want to show the world who I am beyond basketball.
“Whether good or bad, everyone has a ‘what if’ story in their life. Even if I could, I wouldn’t change anything in mine, because it’s what helped me find real joy.”
It came after Rose, who will turns 35 in October, shared an Instagram video of him holding a rose while journaling, captioned: “The Renascence 9.26.24.”
The Grizzlies waived Rose on Monday,
The team had granted Rose’s request to let him out of the final year of his contract earlier in the week, according to ESPN.
Rose said he wants to focus on his family in his next chapter.
“Knowing that I gave my all to the game, I feel confident in my decision,” he told ESPN. “Basketball was just the beginning for me.
“Now, it’s important that I give my all to my family — they deserve that.”
Rose married his longtime love Alaina Anderson in September 2023.
The couple have two children together, daughter Layla Malibu and son London Marley.
Rose has a son Derrick Rose Jr. from a previous relationship.
On Thursday, Rose took out full-page ads in in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Commercial Appeal, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Minneapolis Star Tribune — the six NBA cities he played in — to thank their local fans, respectively.
Rose, the No. 1 pick of the 2008 draft, was the youngest MVP in NBA history in 2011, when he was 22 years old.
Rose was the 2009 Rookie of the Year and a three-time All-Star playing for the Bulls, Knicks, Cavaliers, Timberwolves, Pistons and Grizzlies.
What could have been a generational career, though, was held back by a series of knee injuries.
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