Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose is ready for another comeback and ESPN Magazine made his story its feature piece written by Wright Thompson and gave Rose the magazine’s cover. The headline for his story reads: “The Third Coming of Derrick Rose: Two reconstructed knees later, the former MVP isn’t the same man he used to be. And that’s the point.” In the piece by Wright, it’s clear Rose has a different approach this time around.
“Nobody knows whether Derrick Rose will be the same, not even him, but he’s ready to find out. Sitting at the steakhouse, which happens to be the one where Jordan once held court after home games, Rose is asked to visualize opening night in New York. He doesn’t describe putting his jersey back on or the sound of the crowd or the glow of the lights. He’s over the superficial, focusing on the process: Returning to the hotel from shootaround and, instead of wasting time in his room at the New York Four Seasons, goofing off on the Internet, he can see himself lying in bed, his legs wrapped in sleeves connected to the NormaTec compression machine, promoting circulation and positive blood flow. He imagines napping, resting his legs, then waking up and going to the arena. When he visualizes his return, he doesn’t see himself playing. He sees himself doing work.”
Look for this issue of ESPN Magazine to hit shelves this Friday.
[…] doing, what we all hope he’ll be doing coming off another surgery. In an excerpt taken from the piece on Rose in ESPN magazine by Wright Thompson. Here is what Rose had to say about his approach, […]