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    Derrick Rose announces his retirement after 16 NBA seasons

    Madoc Meredith Posted on

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    Derrick Rose, the youngest MVP in NBA history, is retiring after 16 seasons in the league.

    Rose, 35, made his decision public Thursday morning on social media and with full-page ads in six local newspapers in the cities where he played.

    “Thank you, my first love,” Rose wrote on Instagram in a tribute to the sport of basketball. “You gave me a gift, our time together, that I will cherish for the rest of my life. You told me it was okay to say goodbye and assured me that you would always be a part of me, no matter where life takes me.”

    “Forever yours, Derrick Rose.”

    The Chicago Bulls selected Rose first overall in the 2008 NBA Draft out of Memphis, and he quickly rose to superstardom. He earned the first of three consecutive All-Star berths in 2010 and was named MVP in 2011 at age 22 as he led Chicago to a 62-20 NBA record.

    Rose, the 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year, had his best statistical season two years later, when he averaged 25.0 points and 7.7 assists per game for the Bulls and was named league MVP. That season, they lost to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals – the closest Rose ever came to an NBA title.

    His career was cut short by a torn ACL in the first round of the 2012 playoffs, an injury that forced him to sit out the entire following season. From then on, his play was never as explosive.

    Rose stayed with the Bulls for eight seasons (he missed the entire 2012–13 season with a knee injury) before playing for the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons and, last season, the Memphis Grizzlies.

    Over the course of his career, Rose averaged 17.4 points and 5.2 assists in 723 regular season games.

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