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The Rose that rose from concrete

By Scoop Jackson
ESPN.com

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

In the words of Kanye West, he's so Chi that he's bashful. But don't get it twisted. Don't mistake the shyness for being soft. He's not like that. What the Bulls have in Derrick Martell Rose is more than just the future of the franchise. At only 20 years old and just finishing his first full NBA regular season Wednesday night, Rose is a budding prodigy. And very soon, he'll also be able to call himself Rookie of The Year. On the second floor of the Bulls' practice facility at the Berto Center, ...

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