Derrick Rose Wants Anyone Who Thinks He's About To Fall Off To "Kill Yourself"

Derrick Rose’s biggest enemy in this world continues to be Derrick Rose. In a climate where mental health has absolutely never been taken more seriously he’s out here telling the haters and doubters to kill themselves. Completely unprompted. Would have actually been a great sendoff for Thibs if this video was 50 seconds. A harrowing comeback story of a former MVP falling off cause of a terrible injury now back to an All Star level because the coach that caused his legs to fall off in the first place gave him a second chance. What a great soundbite. Maybe the most coherent series of words Rose ever strung together in all his days speaking into microphones and cameras. COMPLETELY sabotaged by the most unnecessary “kill yourself” in the history of the spoken word. I mean absolutely no one saw Thibs get fired and thought, “Welp, that’s it for Rose.” Literally no one. Except, apparently, the made up people in Derrick Rose’s head. What a plot twist. He returned this kick 99-yards, untouched, the clock expired, his team was down five, he stopped at the one yard line and punted it backwards for the loss.

PS – Shoutout that reporter with the absolute worst follow up question of all time. Beat reporters wait all season for a quote half this scintillating to blow up and get page views on page views. This guy just heard Rose drop a hard, “Kill yourself,” and decided to pivot to “Hey do you anticipating re-signing with the Timberwolves?” Just not even close to the right question in that circumstance.