Derrick rose childhood biography questions
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Derrick rose childhood biography questions
Derrick Rose
(1988-)
Who Is Derrick Rose?
American basketball player Derrick Rose was the nation's No. 1 high school point guard. Rose played for the University of Memphis before declaring for the 2008 NBA Draft after his freshman year.
Selected No. 1 overall by the Chicago Bulls, Rose was named the NBA MVP at the end of the 2010-11 season, though his career soon took a downturn as he battled a series of injuries.
Early Years
Derrick Martell Rose was born on October 4, 1988, in Chicago, Illinois.
Raised without a father in the tough Englewood section of Chicago, Rose and his three older brothers were under the constant, watchful eye of their strict and loving mother, Brenda.
"My mom would walk down the street and drag us home if she heard we were getting into trouble," Rose later told Sports Illustrated.
"Even the drug dealers, when they saw her coming, would stop dealing and tell her where we were."
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