Derrick Rose arrived in Miami early Monday night and said he wants another crack to make the Knicks big again, saying he’s “grateful.”
A Twitter account of Knicks showed him the arrival at Miami airport and stated in video:
“It simply came to our notice then. A lot happens to be exchanged. I feel grateful, anxious, but at the same time I know what I need to do to come here. It’s about helping young guys, playing as much as I can, and, for example, thanking Thibs [Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau]”.
Rose will wear the number 4, the Dennis Smith Jr. number, because the Knicks already have 25 occupied by Reggie Bullock. Without practice, it doesn’t look likely that Rose will make her second Knicks debut Tuesday against the Heat, mostly because she hasn’t played at all this month.
With the trade with Detroit becoming official earlier in the day, Rose, who played for the Knicks for a 2016-17 season and wanted to sign again, wrote about her excitement on Instagram, conveying a missed opportunity in his first Knicks period.
“Other hoopers always told me that if I ever had a chance to play at MECCA, I would go for it,” Rose wrote. “I have a second chance. … I have to make this count. But I’m built for that. What is Pooh written backwards ???? The st only in my blood “.
The Knicks did not re-sign Rose after that season, after Steve Mills took over as president of the sacked Phil Jackson. According to her 2019 autobiography, the stranger hurt Rose.
Rose, 32, explained in the book her decision to leave the Knicks after a mid-season game and return home to Chicago without permission, confirming that she had contemplated retiring at the time.
“When I left the Knicks that day in January 2017, that was it. I just needed to go home, ”Rose wrote. “I went to the crib with my mother. … He had decided he had just finished playing. I saw the same thing that happened to the Bulls that happened to New York. I could say that the season would not be what everyone thought, that I thought ”.
The Knicks finished 31-51 but Rose averaged 18 points. He now joins Thibodeau for the third time.
Rose’s Instagram post also said, “Are you still looking for your treasure or are you happy to work in the glass shop … This experience called life will always challenge you to the core. Especially if you try to master your offices “.