Derrick Rose Superstar

With the NBA All-Star Game tomorrow, I wanted to talk about my favorite basketball team in the US: the Chicago Bulls. I became a fan back when Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler were on the team. I was a fan from the Scott Skiles to the coaching debacle of the 2007-08 season to Vinny Del Negro to right now with Coach Thibodeau. But, the Bulls never returned to their glory days with Michael Jordan at the helm and Scottie Pippen acting as second fiddle. That hopefully will all change with the arrival of Derrick Rose, who has become a true superstar (starting his first All-Star game in his third season). I consider him to be the best point guard in the East. A lot of people would say that Rajon Rondo on the Boston Celtics is a better point guard because he is overall a better passer and a better defender. But Derrick Rose can do things that no other point guard could do. Just look at the picture above. No point guard in the league has the athleticism to make a play like that. Just look at this, this, and this. He has amazing body control and finishing ability. There are times in the game where I'm surprised he even gets that deep in the paint and then converts the play. And he can only approve. He developed a jump shot, which really put him over the top of everybody. He has been embracing his new role as the face of the Bulls. But he still maintains the grounded humility that makes him such a great team player. He is willing to take the game into his hands and he lives and dies by the result. There are only two point guards who are better than him: Chris Paul and Deron Williams. This may seem bold, but I think it will be true. Derrick Rose will surpass both of them. He is just too good of a basketball player to be beat. Too fast, too strong, too quick, too good. Derrick Rose is a star point guard in the NBA. But Derrick Rose will become a superstar in this league. His number 1 will be hanging in the United Center after he retires. He will be mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jordan when it comes to Chicago basketball for years to come. Just remember. Fast don't lie.