The youngest MVP in NBA history saw his career derailed after breaking his right knee and a long series of injuries. But his retirement last summer moved everyone
Nobody knows what could have happened. Derrick Rose in 2012 was the youngest MVP in NBA history, the star who made Chicago dream like no one could since the end of Michael Jordan’s career. In the first game of the playoffs, which the Bulls had started as the number 1 seed with the idea of being the true rival of LeBron James and the Miami Heat, Rose broke his right knee, starting an ordeal that derailed his career . Nobody knows what could have happened. And he even stopped asking. What happened is that, with that first injury of a long series, Rose stopped being the star of the Bulls and became an icon for anyone who loves the NBA. One who still today, after he decided to quit in the summer, brings a tear to every fan.