Van Gundy speaks on Derrick Rose

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 with 6 comments
Fired Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy has made the radio rounds this week and has answered all types of questions ranging from why he was fired to what he will be doing next.  The following statement describes who Van Gundy thinks may be the next big time free agent to leave their team.


“I think Derrick Rose is a great, great representative of our league, and he’s a great player. And he’s got good players around him, very good players around him, but if (the Bulls) can’t get another star there for him is he eventually going to look around and say, ‘Hey, I’ve got to work this out on my own and I’ve got to find somehow to get somewhere else so that I will have a chance to play with another star.’ The league has changed.”
“The league has changed,” Van Gundy said. “It used to be the stars wanted to sort of have their own team, they certainly wanted good players around them, but now everything’s changed. I think it started with the Celtics, bringing (Kevin) Garnett, (Paul) Pierce and (Ray) Allen together and everybody saw that and decided, ‘Look, this is the only way we’re going to win.’”
Derrick Rose is under contract for at least the next five years so this is forward thinking by Van Gundy but the Bulls are in need of a legit #2 scorer to ease the burden off of Rose.  Thus far Carlos Boozer has proved that he is not it.