This article records the original content of Derrick Rose Night – FULL Halftime Ceremony and summarizes it in Chinese.
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Good evening, Bulls fans.
What a night here at the United Center.
As we celebrate Derek and his legacy, he left an indelible mark on not just this franchise,
but the city of Chicago as well.
The impressive thing about Derek was that he never shied away from being a Chicago kid
playing for the Chicago Bulls, rather, he embraced it.
And Derek, watching you play was a privilege, and broadcasting your games along with this
guy right here was an honor and a treat every single night.
And Stacey, I know you’ve never enjoyed broadcasting as much as when you could do a Derek Rose
game.
Derek will go down as one of the most explosive and dynamic guards in the history of the NBA.
He was such a pleasure to watch, he was a treat here in Chicago.
You gave this city D-Rose and these great Bulls fans something to cheer for every single
night and you left it on the floor.
One thing about Chicago, it’s a hard-working city that wants to get behind this team and
its people.
And where there’s a native Chicago wearing this uniform, it hits just a little bit different.
I could sit here all night and tell you all the great stories and all the great highlights
that we had with Derek Rose that I had the pleasure of calling because he made my career.
I’m going to be honest, without Derek I might not be so exciting.
But I will say this about Derek Rose, when I got into the broadcasting field and I was
working with the late great Johnny Ray Kerr, my thing, yeah give Johnny a round of applause.
One of the things I asked Johnny Ray Kerr because I knew what it was like playing with
Michael Jordan, winning, the competitive spirit and everything that comes with Michael being
a teammate, I wanted to know what it was like for Johnny Ray Kerr to call Michael Jordan
Games.
And he told me, he said, Stacey, it’s like an artist that paints the perfect picture
every single night, never makes a mistake and it’s the most beautiful thing to watch.
I never thought personally I would ever get a chance to see and call a more dynamic player.
I thought my chance was over, you very seldom get two Haley’s Commons coming in the same
city.
And Derek Rose was at Haley’s Commons.
And I got so lucky in my broadcasting career to call this young man’s games and I tell
you what, it’s a pleasure to joy, he’s one of the most humble superstar players I’ve
ever met, he put this city on his back, he loves the city of Chicago, and this night
is his.
And tonight, MVP, MVP, MVP, MVP, MVP, MVP, MVP, MVP, and tonight he will be immortalized
with all the great Bulls players up in that rafter, that number one will hang for eternity.
Go ahead Neil.
We are lucky to have with us another Bulls legend and one of Derek’s favorite teammates,
Joaquin Noah.
And Joe, you know Derek better than almost anyone, talk about D. Rose the person.
Alright first I want to acknowledge the Chicago Bulls, Nancy Reinsdorf, Michael Reinsdorf,
Jerry Reinsdorf for this great night.
This is a special night for Poo.
Shout out for, I want to start by saying shout out to all our former teammates who are in
the building today, we have teammates who flew from Switzerland, we have teammates that
flew from Africa, shout out to Luol Deng in the building, Sanga Lewa, Brenda, this night
is just as much for your son as it is for you, thank you, thank you Brenda, Elena, Tibbs
used to always tell us, keep your house in order, you got this house in order, you got
this house in order, respects this, my sister for real.
The kids, PJ, Layla, London, this night is for you guys as well.
Poo, this story is not just about your success, it’s about hope, it’s about overcoming adversity.
Every time you step into the UC, the fans are going to chant MVP, MVP, MVP, MVP, MVP.
You’re an MVP, you’re the youngest MVP in NBA history, you’re the MVP of Chicago.
Being the MVP carries a lot of responsibility.
The way you handle yourself through all of that, that’s what I’m inspired about.
You always put your city on your back and you carried that with you.
You’re not only the MVP, you’re not only the MVP Poo, you’re the people’s champ, you’re
the people’s champ.
I remember being on the plane with Poo and he had a wizard tattoo on his shoulder and
I was like, Poo, that tattoo is terrible.
You going to change that up or, and he said, no, this tattoo is to remember where I came
from.
I remember that.
I remember playing Indiana Pacers on this court, playoffs.
Every time you went to the hole, Foster, Jeff Foster was putting you on your ass.
And I remember Tim Flowers looking at me, if you don’t do something about this sticks,
I’m going to get on this court.
Hope is a powerful emotion.
You give people that every single day, you give your teammates hope because we knew we
had the best player on the court every single night.
You gave these fans hope because they knew they were watching the most exciting player
every single night.
You give your city hope.
I seen it yesterday at Simeon, how proud they are of you.
I salute you Poo and everything that you stand for.
To see you come out of this journey at peace is what I’m most proud of.
And that’s why they put in that number one in the rafters, bro.
I love you.
I love you.
And it was a pleasure lacing them up with you, bro.
Thanks, Joe.
And now Bulls fans, we’d like you to take a look at the video board for a short film
directed by our own Derrick Rose.
And I don’t think at the finish of this little film you’re going to see that any of us could
have said this any better than PJ did.
This is for you Chicago.
You want to be good or great?
Great.
Starting at guard from Chicago, number one.
Feel good to be back, huh?
Roses need water and sunlight to grow.
But this rose needed a city.
A city that believes from Inglewood to Lakeshore and a quiet kid with a loud dream.
A city that raises you with tough love then lifts you up in tough times.
A city where a family extends beyond a single tree planting seeds of hope when you need
it most.
A seed that stays together no matter how hard the wind blows.
You’re going to get some love when you come up in here, you understand that, don’t you?
A city whose soil is rich with wisdom.
I’m still feeling seen no elbow in my chair.
Passed down through generations.
A city that stands as tall as its skyline showing us all how to rise above.
A rose can be many colors, but this rose will forever be Chicago red.
Yo.
I want to thank everybody for coming out tonight.
First off, I want to start off by thanking the Bulls for allowing this to go on.
I want to thank every teammate that came here, flew from other places to make time.
All you guys that came here to show love and support tonight.
But I really want to talk to the kids.
So in the beginning of this video, I mentioned to PJ, do you want to be good or great?
And he don’t know, but that’s my way of tricking him.
So with me tricking him, I could be very specific and say, do you want to be good in basketball or great in basketball?
But I’m going to make it broad.
I’m going to make it broad so that when he say great, I can hold you accountable for everything in your life.
If I see you not being greater.
That’s the same thing that he passed on to his kids, his siblings.
And that’s a joke like a joke that we have in the house.
If they see me lacking on some, they say, Dad, you want to be good or great?
And they make me remember I’m trying to be great.
You hear me?
Great.
Being great sometimes, you’re going to be disliked.
You have to show courage that through that people disliking or whatever it is that I’m confident in my choice.
I’m confident that I will make it.
I want to be great.
You want to be great.
I told you and you want to greatness and great.
I don’t see you falling off nowhere under that.
You hear me?
So thank you, Chicago, for forcing me to be great.
Putting those expectations on me.
Not understanding that I was trying to be great the entire time, too.
And I just didn’t know the environment that I was in that was forcing me to.
So thank you for everybody that watched me ever since I was in sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade, injuries, MVP, playoff losses, playoff wins.
Thank you.
But I must say that is going to be the old pool.
This new version of me is what you see.
I am a businessman now.
Thank you.
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