Mr. Rose is getting taken to school by Rajon Rondo, but listen to me when I tell you he is coming into his own. The fact is he's increased his PPG from 16.8 to 19.5 and AST from 6.3 to 7.3 in the playoffs. The problem is he has also increased his TO from 2.49 to 5.8 and some of these, like the alley oop attempt to Noah with about 3 minutes to go in a 2 point game of game 5 of the playoffs, are too costly not to notice. Im not going to bash on the Rookie, he has played lights out in 3 of the 5 games and for a 20 year old he is starting to develop into a solid all around player also averaging 6 RPG.
Rose is only 87 games into his pro career and I am going to go ahead and say that he will be the best point guard in the NBA in 3 years. He will develop a solid jumper, he'll stop barreling down the lane with his head down and God willing he'll start using his hops more and dunk on a few flat footed, unsuspecting 7 footers on a regular basis. I love his effort and if he can devote more of himself on the defensive end he'll easily challenge Chris Paul for best thief in the NBA.
Derrick isn't there yet ladies and gentlemen, but he is coming.
