Browsing: Derrick Rose

With a riled up crowd, and MVP chants echoing throughout the United Center, Dwayne Wade stuck his hands into Derricks Face on a 22ft shot with no success, as Derrick swished the 2, to give the Bulls a 5 point lead with 1 minute left in regulation. Wade made a prayer of a fade-away to stop a 4 minute drought to bring Miami within 2. Then LeBron tied the game with a 3 point play. However …

2011’s All-Star weekend was an improvement over the last few seasons. The new faces, Bieber fever, dunk props, and an over-all California tone set this year apart from others. I personally think the entire 3 day event could be better, not a little better, but a lot better. Read on, and give us your ideas for a better NBA All-Star weekend.

To the player-by-player breakdown: Forty-three minutes is just too many damn minutes for Luol Deng. He played well (22 points),…