Derrick Rose Discusses NBA 2K Cover, Legacy, Knicks’ Title Run, And Jalen Brunson Rewrite the following news story as a viral, SEO-optimized article using HTML headings ( , , etc.) for all sections and sub-headings. Only output the article body. — NBA 2K27 has launched globally tonight, and Derrick Rose will be on the cover of the Ultra Edition of the Game. Former NBA player Derrick Rose, who primarily played for the Bulls and the Knicks, sat down with Sports Illustrated for an interview after being named the cover athlete for the upcoming NBA 2K27 video game. He opened up about several topics, like his feelings after receiving the cover athlete news, the Knicks’ championship run, and much more. “I was blown away. I mean, I play the game from time to time. Like normally when the game first comes out, I play it a lot with my son. Then he kind of blows me away or he blows me out by the second week, so I stop playing, but I always been a fan. I always participated, and I love being a part of the paradigm,” said Rose on becoming the 2K cover athlete. “When I look back, I think that I gave my all. Like, I don’t have any regrets. I know that each day, each practice, each surgery, each rehab, I attack. So that’s one of the reasons why I felt like I could walk away from the game the way I did,” Derrick Rose further added in his reflection on his basketball journey. “Just be cool with going to the gym and not caring about shooting jump shots or anything, bro. Not caring about the lights. I love the presence, the moment, the state that I’m in right now. So, yeah, I don’t have any regrets.” “I came in a league where everybody took the job. They were a little bit old and immature. So, no matter who you played against, they were going to play their hardest to try to outplay you. So I respected that, and I gave respect, and I got respect back.” The reporter then asked the former Knicks player about his old franchise winning a championship this season. He said that as soon as he found out they were facing Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs in the NBA Finals, they were certainly going to win. “I kind of had them winning almost the entire time. My son is a Jalen fan, so he was cheering for him the whole playoffs. Yeah. I called Rick right before they got to the finals and told him that they were going to play against Wemby now. So, if they were going to play against him, they were going to win.” “So it worked out. And I’m just happy for Jalen [Brunson]. Happy for his family, like Rick, all the time that he put into, like, his family and Jalen now and his daughter. Like, I watch from afar, but it’s inspiring,” Rose added. Amid the eye-opening recent comparisons between Jalen Brunson and Derrick Rose, the ‘King of New York’ would certainly love to hear that the Chicago legend was so confident in Brunson’s abilities to carry his team beyond the finish line. Rose then dove into his own NBA legacy when the reporter asked him about how he wanted to be remembered in the league. He gave a humble response, acknowledging that he is prone to being forgotten quickly. “I played hard. I was a winner. And to be honest, the way my story kind of went, in x amount of years, they’re not going to remember me.” “So, it’s going to be the kid that actually does his due diligence that looks up my story to find out my story, ’cause it’s a lot of players that don’t know Wilt Chamberlain, and he broke a lot of records and got all the awards and got hella accolades.” “But these kids today don’t know who he is, or they don’t know Bill Russell, and he got the most championships. So, who am I to say that they’re going to remember me? They probably don’t. But the kid that does, I hope it’s not by coincidence,” Rose concluded. Despite being the youngest MVP in NBA history, Derrick Rose never won a championship himself. And from what he can see happening with today’s generation and Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain, two of arguably the biggest names in NBA history, suddenly seeming like forgotten chapters in storybooks. Rose hopes that someday, in a time when most people have forgotten who he is, a child will do his research and learn about him. And he hopes that if he manages to inspire even that one child in the future to a level where he remembers him for his life, he will know his legacy is exactly what he wanted it to be. We can only hope that someday, even seeing a cover of this game fascinates a young child into reading about Derrick Rose and inspires him to change his life. That would be a storybook ending for Rose’s NBA legacy. Source: WorldNewsAPI | Read original
