Positive Returns On Day 1 Of Camp For Rose
Derrick Rose is showing off his old explosiveness.
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Derrick Rose is showing off his old explosiveness.
Derrick Rose is facing top-level competition at the USA Basketball training camp in Las Vegas.
If healthy, he's considered a favorite to make the World Cup roster.
"I can play with anybody, no matter who it is," Derrick Rose says.
"It's Miami," Chris Bosh says. "Everybody wants to come here."
Mike Krzyzewski expects Derrick Rose to join Team USA's late July mini-camp.
D.J. Augustin scored 25 points in a start for Kirk Hinrich and Taj Gibson matched a career high with 26 filling in for Carlos Boozer as the Chicago Bulls improved to 7-2 since trading Luol Deng with a 98-87 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
While the Bulls are nursing their own injuries, they got a bit of helpful news Tuesday as the Cavaliers announced guard Kyrie Irving will miss tonight's game at the United Center with a sore knee.
Marco Belinelli scored a season-high 23 points, Luol Deng added 22 and the Chicago Bulls took control early on to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 95-85 on Wednesday night.
Irving dressed up as an old man, named "Uncle Drew" for a Pepsi Max commercial in which he went to a pick-up game in Bloomfield, NJ pretending to shoot a documentary on a basketball player named "Kevin."
Irving, who played beyond his years and above everyone's expectations including his own, was chosen the NBA's Rookie of the Year on Tuesday, winning an award he always believed was within reach.
Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers was named the 2012 Rookie of the Year, beating out another point guard Ricky Rubio of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The ascent has been rapid for the 19-year-old former New Jersey high school player from St. Patrick's who last year, due to an injury, played just 11 games as a freshman at Duke.
The 2011 NBA Draft came and went Thursday night without much excitement at all. Well, I rarely get excited about any draft--no matter the sport--but Thursday night was just so...blah.
I will be the first person to agree that the NCAA tournament isn't what it used to be, with lesser overall talent on the floor and fewer compelling NBA prospects to watch.
It's time to put on your dancing shoes, make those last minute tweaks to your bracket and celebrate St. Patrick's Day with corned beef, green beer and what is sure to be a full day of crazy tournament action.
