DERRICK ROSE POSTERIZES DRAGIC WITH A TOMAHAWK

Anyone else see Derrick Rose S*#t on Goran Dragic last night? D-Rose dunked it like a center would.

- Jason

BULLS DERRICK ROSE APOLOGIZES FOR GANG SIGN PHOTO

Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose said he used "extremely poor judgment" in posing for a photo flashing a gang sign. The NBA's Rookie of the Year said in a statement issued through the Bulls that the photo circulating on the Internet was taken at a party he went to while at the University of Memphis. It was "meant as a joke … a bad one, I now admit," Rose said. Rose also said he was "guilty of being young, naive and of using extremely poor judgment," but has never been affiliated with a gang. "I can't speak loudly enough against gang violence, and things that gangs represent," he said. "I sincerely apologize to all my fans for my mistake."

Rose, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2008 NBA draft who led the Bulls to the playoffs, was already under a cloud cast by an NCAA investigation of major violations at Memphis during the only season he played there.

DERRICK ROSE WINS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Derrick Rose, who led his hometown Chicago Bulls to the playoffs and restored hope to the franchise was the runaway pick as the NBA's rookie of the year. Rose became the third Bulls player to win the award Wednesday, joining Michael Jordan and Elton Brand (who shared the award with Steve Francis). He received 111 first-place votes and 574 points from a national panel of sports writers and broadcasters; runner-up O.J. Mayo of the Memphis Grizzlies received five first-place votes and 127 points. Also the Dallas Mavericks Jason Terry won the Sixth Man Of The Year Award. Lebron is next to win the MVP!