Some NBA careers see a linear development. A player comes into the league, they get gradually better, they peak, and then they decline.
On the other hand, some careers are less predictable. Sometimes, a player improves or regresses unexpectedly.
Derrick Rose’s career has been anything but predictable. At 21, he was named the youngest MVP in NBA history. By all appearances, he was headed towards an extended run of superstardom. Unfortunately, appearances can be deceiving.
Injuries robbed Rose of several years of his prime. At times, it felt like his career was certain to end tragically. Fortunately, that hasn’t been the case either.
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Flash forward to 2022, and Rose is a reliable rotation player. Realistically, he’s somewhere in between a low-end starter and one of the best backup points guards in the NBA.
Here are three teams we think could use him in 2022-23.