Bulls Trade Derrick Rose to Knicks

The Chicago Bulls have traded Derrick Rose.

The Bulls will send Rose, Justin Holiday and a 2017 second round draft pick to the New York Knicks in exchange for Robin Lopez, Jerian Grant and Jose Calderon.

Rose has been with the Bulls since he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. Before the 2015-16 season, the Bulls qualified for the playoffs in every year of the Rose era.

Expectations for Rose were sky high when he was drafted by the Bulls out of the University of Memphis, having just led the Tigers to an appearance in the NCAA National Championship game. He was born and raised in Chicago, and the Bulls defied all odds (about a 1 percent chance they had that year) to secure the No. 1 overall pick in the draft to land their hometown hero.

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Rose grew up on the city's South Side, in Englewood. He spent years developing his basketball skill at Murray Park on 73rd Street and later starred for Simeon Career Academy, an inner city basketball powerhouse.

In 2006, he led the Wolverines to a win in the Chicago Public League championship game at the United Center. It would be the only time he would win a championship MVP at his future NBA home court. After his senior year at Simeon, he was named Illinois Mr. Basketball.

In 2011, Rose did win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award, doing it in just his third season in the league. The following year, he tore his ACL during an upset loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs. His career has been plagued by injury ever since, having been out of the lineup for more Bulls games than he's played.

With the trade to the Knicks, Rose will join all-star Carmelo Anthony on a team that has underperformed in recent years. He'll join an organization led by Phil Jackson, another former Bull who saw much more success in the city than Rose.