Derrick Rose GQ Interview

[RareMilk]

Let's get our minds off the Mavericks and focus our attention on an opponent we probably will never have to worry about (post season).

Mr.Rose. Anyone think he is an introvert?

http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/20...printable=true

"But it seems like the better I play, the more attention I get. And I can't get away from it. You play great, you get attention. But I hate attention. It is weird. I'm in a bind. The more you win, the more they come."

As the star of a top team in a league that markets individuals more than any other sport in America (a league that has long had a reputation of harboring the hardest-partying athletes in America), Rose bristles at the thought of going out. In one way, this is refreshing. He just wants to do his own thing. But the more I think about it—the more I hear Rose talk about how little he enjoys interacting with strangers, how desperately he misses being able to walk around unnoticed, how mournful he gets when the topic of "attention" is breached, how obviously uncomfortable he is even in basic social situations outside his immediate circle—it strikes me as unbearably sad.

seriously, read the article, it's not that long and it's a good read.

[nikeball]

At John Lucas's charity game in Houston this past summer, we yelled for Derrick Rose (who did not play) to "spell S.A.T." He seemed befuddled.

[spreedom]

Is this the same interview where he complained that opponents target him when he drives to the hoop?

[chumdawg]

If I get the energy, I'll take a pencil to this whole piece. But in the meantime:

But Rose is as beloved now as LeBron was before The Decision.

This is an interesting...tautology or not.