Derrick Rose is back in town. Four years after his bitter departure from the Big Apple, the leader / rear left Detroit for New York as revealed by Adrian Wojnarowski, Shams Charania and the American insiders. A return in the form of revenge for the former number one of the 2008 draft, who had had a complicated experience during his last visit, in 2016-2017. In the other direction, Dennis Smith Jr and a 2021 second round draft is sent to Michigan.
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Courted by Brooklyn, Miami, Milwaukee or the LA Clippers, Derrick Rose finally opted for the New York challenge. In the Big Apple, he will find his former teammate Taj Gibson, but especially Tom Thibodeau, a coach he worked with for five years in Chicago and a season and a half in Minnesota.
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End of ordeal for Smith Jr, ambitions confirmed at the Knicks
The return of D-Rose at Madison Square Garden is also the death knell for Dennis Smith Jr’s adventure in Manhattan. Landed at the Knicks as part of the blockbuster trade that sent Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas in January 2019, the number nine of the 2017 draft had been in total perdition for several months, weighed down by injuries and poor performance. Difficulties that had even pushed him to ask to join the G-League (note, the secondary league of the NBA) and the affiliated team of the Knicks. In Detroit, the leader should find playing time and an ideal setting to revive.
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Above all, the arrival of Derrick Rose is a symbol of the Knicks’ new ambitions this season, after very, very gloomy years. Eighth in the Eastern Conference, New Yorkers have relived since the appointment of Tom Thibodeau last summer. Strong defensively, capable of brilliant shots, the teammates of RJ Barrett and Julius Randle are determined to play their luck bravely to grab the playoffs or the play-in. And the franchise chaired by Leon Rose has no plans to stop there and should continue to shake the market by the trade deadline, March 25. Frank Ntilikina could also be affected by these next movements.
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Tom Thibodeau and Derrick Rose, during the 2013 regular season
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