Rose is now in the first offseason since 2011 in which he is not rehabilitating an injury. During USA Basketball minicamp, which tipped off in Vegas on Tuesday, Russell Westbrook was asked about his point guard peer and appeared to arrived at conclusive evidence Rose was in fact back to his old self.

Derrick Rose reportedly may be done playing for Team USA.

“Derrick Rose, his speed and change of direction is unlike any other”, Love said during a short American Express Home Court Advantage video on the National Basketball Association YouTube’s channel.

“I made it mandatory for anyone to be involved going forward they had to be here”, Colangelo said on Wednesday at the Team USA practice.

“It was good. I won, let’s just leave it at that”, Butler said.

“I’ve been a big Derrick fan”. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. I’ve been disappointed in his injuries that have prevented him from staying at a level that everyone had anticipated and he certainly wanted to be at.

Some athletes just don’t view a Gold Medal at the Olympics the same way, and Rose is clearly thinking about his teammates in Chicago as opposed to his countrymen with Team USA. He’s had momentum going into the summer, unlike a year ago. In 51 games last season, he averaged 17.7 points, 4.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game.