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Derrick Martell Rose was born on October 4, 

1988 in Chicago, Illinois. Derrick was raised 

by his mother Brenda, who was single at the 

time of his birth. Derrick Rose never had a 

close relationship with his father but he never 

looked at it as a disadvantage for him, but for 

his father who would soon learn that he would 

be missing out on an amazing athletic talent. 

When he lacked in a relationship with his 

biological father he made up with his 

grandmother, who took him in when he 

needed help with his personal life.

Derrick grew up in one of the toughest 

neighborhoods on the south side. There was a 

lot of gang violence in his city that he was 

exposed to. The violence didn't excite Derrick 

and he knew that he was a special basketball 

player and choose to stay away from all of it. 

It was very difficult to stay away but to help he 

enrolled into the very notorious basketball 

school, Simeon career academy which 

produced players such as Benji Wilson, and 

later Jabari Parker.

As Derrick grew older he realized how special 

he could really be. College coaches all over the 

nation wanted the #1 ranked point guard in 

the nation, including John Calipari at Memphis. 

Even with all of this to motivate him derrick 

rose never did well in school, but as he 

matured he saw his potential to play at a 

division 1 college and knew without his grades 

none of this was possible.

When his grades went up he signed to play 

collegiate basketball at Memphis. While derrick 

rose was at memphis they went to the Final Four 

and advanced into the championship game but 

their road stopped there. Derrick then entered the 

NBA draft and was drafted   first overall by the 

Chicago Bulls. His dream had come true. Then it 

got bad He was found guilty for invalidated SAT 

scores. The Memphis tigers 2008 season was 

erased from the schools records, and memories. 

He was resented by his old teammates and even 

himself.

 But Derrick has then made an effort to teach how 

bad his decison was. He has been very, very 

sucessful in the NBA since college though. Every 

year that he has been in the NBA has been very 

successful. His first year he was was voted the 

Rookie of the Year and was selected to the All-

Rookie Team. In his second year in the league he 

was selected as an NBA All-Star for the 2010 NBA 

All-Star Game; and also asked to play for the FIBA 

world team. and in 2011 he was named MVP of the 

NBA, he was the youngest player to ever win, and 

the second bull to ever win it.

Many people believe that he was a quick as a 

cheetah. Trainers believe that he could break 

the full court sprint time with a ball which is 

under 4 seconds. Which would be just another 

accomplishment in his very colored career.

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