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Derrick Rose’s NBA career has been full of ups and downs. He was drafted using the Chicago Bulls’ No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. Being the No. 1 overall pick was the first hint that NBA franchises believed in Rose’s talent.
Rose had a decent rookie year and won the rookie of the year award. In his second season in the league, Rose began to show real signs of dominance as his numbers improved on the box score.
Rose had the best season of his career during the 2010-11 NBA season. He became a superstar and ended up leading the Chicago Bulls to a 62-20 record while finishing as the first seed on the Miami Heat super team.
He was so dominant during that season that he ended up winning the MVP award. He also became the youngest player to win this honor. But to this day, many argue that LeBron James should have won MVP that season.
Speaking on the subject, an NBA fan on Reddit recently asked about some of the least impressive MVP seasons in league history. Among other things, D-Rose’s 2010-11 campaign appeared several times.
attentionyou: I swear some people who say Jokic or Giannis are 13 and the only reason is that they are the MVPs they remember lol.
The Censored One: Bill Russell in 61-62. No disrespect to Bill, but he won because the players liked him more than Wilt. Wilt put up 50.4 PPG and 25.7 RPG. These numbers are just too crazy not to give an MVP.
don_sook: Dave Cowens on KAJ in 1973 was an absolute joke.
YoungEmperorLBJ: Derrick Rose only won because everyone hated Lebron and Dwight was a center.
Spartacat18: Rose won because the league didn’t want to give a player 10 straight MVPs and saw an opportunity to try and make a new star. He had some crazy highlights that year and I think the bulls were first in the east, but everyone knew Lebron was the ‘most valuable player’.
xJustChillin 😀 Rose hands down.
Defallon: D. Rose. Everyone knows LeBron should have won, but “he left a bad organization for his friends! Omg he’s so bad!” He literally lost because he changed teams.
No_Expert607: I could be hated for that, Derrick Rose.
Antifa-pfc: In my lifetime? Pink. Dude was maybe top 3 and definitely not 1 or 2.
twistedfantasy13: In the modern era from 2000, I would say Russell Westbrook. He forced the triple double stat, it wasn’t organic.
Bigbadbuck: It’s Derrick Rose. He won by putting up excellent non-elite offensive stats on a team that won games on defenses. Nash’s teams at least were offensively focused and many advanced stats plus minus portrayed him as a massive offensive force. Not nearly the same for the rose.
priuschic: I would say Derrick Rose. Derrick Rose is a far cry from LeBron James that year and LeBron proved it in the playoffs, solidly.
NBA fans certainly love Derrick Rose, and there are several reasons for that. But when it came to winning the MVP award in the 2010-11 NBA season, the immense hatred the league had for James certainly helped his case.
Clearly, Rose played well and he led the Bulls to the first seed against the Miami Heat. But when the two teams met in the Eastern Conference Finals, it was clear that James was the better player between the two.
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