From the youngest MVP to 50 points Nirvana! One of the reasons why fans like him is Ross, the No. 2008 No. 1 pick!
3:02pm, 10 May 2025Basketball

Under the dome of the United Center Arena in 2008, 19-year-old Derek Ross used a breakout to tear the Heat's defense line with a breakout layup. This picture solidified into the totem of Chicago's new era. When he said "Why can't I be an MVP?" after the game, no one expected that this crazy saying would turn into reality in three years, and no one foreseeed that this rose will experience the most cruel destruction and rebirth in sports history. In the 2010-11 season, 22-year-old Ross pushed the Bulls to the top 62 wins in the league with a violent performance of 25 points and 7.7 assists per game. Its breakthrough speed reached 20.3 miles per hour (about 32.7 kilometers), surpassing Wade in the same period, becoming the fastest sharp blade in the league. On the night of 29 points and 9 assists against the Lakers, he said bluntly after the game: "He reminds me of my 22-year-old self." In the Eastern Conference Finals, Ross G3's miracle of 44 points + 7 three-pointers in a single game is still the playoff score record for under-23 players. The Chicago map pattern with the soles of the Ross 2.5th generation combat boots depicts the ultimate form of the point guard in the new era as he changes direction.

On April 28, 2012, the garbage time between the Bulls and the 76ers in the first round of G1, the moment Rose's left knee tear the anterior cruciate ligament was captured by a high-speed camera and the ligament stretched more than 6 mm - this is the critical value for human tissue breakage. In the following five years, he underwent four knee surgeries and two meniscus removed on his right knee. Medical reports show that the cartilage wear level is equivalent to that of an ordinary person aged 40, and the explosive force jumps from vertical to vertical drop by 101 cm to 76 cm. When traded by the Bulls in 2016, a video of Ross crying in the locker room was leaked, and the former son of Windy City bid farewell to his hometown in the most broken way.

2018 Halloween vs. Jazz, Rose, who was wearing Timberwolves No. 25, made 19 of 31 shots and scored 50 points. The last attack blocked Exam's picture, and the biomechanical experts analyzed the amazing details: the jump height dropped by 13 cm compared to before the injury, but the prediction time was accurate to the millisecond level. The data miracle of this game is more than scoring - its effective shooting percentage is 67.7% to hit a career high, and scored 15 points at a critical moment (the last 5 minutes), completing the return of classical heroism with the most extreme efficiency of modern basketball. The crying and "MVP" in the locker room after the game constitute the most moving paradox in the history of professional sports: a victory that is irrelevant to rankings has become a temple of faith in millions.

Returning to Madison in a Knicks jersey in 2021, the 34-year-old Rose increased the team's offensive efficiency by 7.3 points/100 rounds with his average of 12 points and 4 assists. When New York fans shouted "We want Rose!" in garbage time, he used a sign to break through the ball with his first touch after playing. The camera captured the fleeting smile on the corner of his mouth - this was the ultimate reconciliation after 13 surgeries and nine teams wandering.
Data imprint:
The only youngest 22-year-old MVP in NBA history (2011)
The youngest 35+10 player in the playoffs (23 years and 4 days)
50 points set a record for NBA substitute player scoring
4 major knee surgeries in his career + 127 injuries
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