D-Rose with a little music to my ears

ESPN Chi -  Derrick Rose was not bold enough to say he would beat Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, but if they played, the current Chicago Bulls star was confident that the former one would feel it. 
"I'm a guy where if he was about to win the game, he for sure would be beat up after the game," said Rose, who is set to play in his first preseason game Saturday at Indiana after missing all of last season with a knee injury. "It was going to be a hard-played game even if he was going to post me up the whole time or whatever. I was going to foul him the whole game." 

Fucking Derrick Rose. This is the kind of shit I love to hear. Everybody in basketball talks about how the game is so much softer and none of these guys are willing to give/take contact and its 100% true. They all argue about who could play back in the Dream Team days of the 90s with guys like Jordan, Barkley, and Olajuwon. People bring up Carmelo, Lebron, Kobe. But no one ever seems to throw D-Rose into that mix and I'm left sitting here wondering why the hell not? Does he think he can beat Jordan? Fuck no, of course not, but he thinks he can at the very least beat Jordan up on the court. No one's questioning these guys physical abilities, they just flat out don't have the will and mindset to hang around with the 90s guys. No free buckets, Derrick gets it. In a league that's becoming more and more about finesse with each passing season it's good to have a team like the Bulls around. A throwback to the golden age of basketball when players literally clawed their way across the court, scraping for points. Jordan puking in a bucket, Bird basically playing without a back, every game was an absolute fucking dogfight. The Bulls proved they've got the attitude and tools to make playoffs run, they just happened to be short a superstar. Not anymore. 

If "No Free Buckets" doesn't work out as the new team motto, there's always plan B.