Shakespeare wrote that the world was a stage. If that’s true, we all have a role in it. We can’t all have a featured role. Rock stars, actors, and athletes occupy those. The best you can do is star in your own role. Sing in the shower, and be the rock star of your own home. Even athletes have different roles. In the NBA, there are star players and role players.
The former group may be the most important, but don’t discount the importance of quality role players, either. After all, there is only one ball. Just as everyone can’t be a celebrity, every NBA player can’t be a playmaker.
Derrick Rose knows this all too well. He used to be a star, but he’s aged gracefully into a valuable role player. He’s found quite a bit of success coming off the bench as a sixth-man.
There is no shortage of teams that could benefit from having an offensive threat like Rose to help lead their bench unit. One of those teams could be the Philadelphia 76ers.
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The 76ers can stagger the playing time of James Harden and Tyrese Maxey to an extent, but it would help to have an explosive threat like Rose as a third-guard option.
Here’s a deal that has him landing with the Philadelphia 76ers.