Derrick Rose even made Tom Thibodeau laugh with a Harvard joke
On Saturday night, Chicago Bulls a revered icon of the franchise Derrick Rose lifting his jersey to the rafters of the United Center. The night was made even better by the fact that The Bulls beat the Boston Celtics in epic fashion, thanks to a late 3-pointer by Kevin Huerter.
Many of Rose’s former Bulls teammates and coaches attended the game, including Tom Thibodeauwho helped the Bulls to several playoff runs during Rose’s tenure.
At one point in his speech, Rose mocked Thibodeau’s Harvard education, referring to his own freakish athleticism in the process.
“You may have gone to Harvard, you may have majored in physics, but I showed you physics,” Rose told Oh No, It’s Not on X, formerly Twitter.
Thibodeau is then shown smiling.
Indeed, many of Rose’s most notable plays seemed to defy the laws of gravity, as the former number one overall draft pick burst onto the scene in the Windy City and quickly became one of the most effective players of his generation.
In the 2010–11 season, Rose became the youngest player ever to win the NBA MVP award, a record that still stands today, and helped the Bulls reach the Eastern Conference Finals, where they eventually lost to the Miami Heat.
Unfortunately, things went downhill from there, as Rose encountered several devastating injuries throughout the rest of his career in Chicago. He played with Thibodeau again with the Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks before retiring in 2024.
Still, Rose is responsible for bringing Chicago its first real basketball excitement since Michael Jordan left town, and the franchise hasn’t quite been able to recapture that magic in the years since he left, currently eyeing a fourth straight playoff appearance.
Either way, Rose’s retirement on Saturday certainly brought back some fond memories.
2026-01-25 20:02:00
