Chris Paul and Derrick Rose have solely ever performed one another a handful of occasions regardless of their prolonged careers and Paul has lately defined why he has a lot respect for Rose.
“Me and D Rose, over our careers we’ve only played against each other a few times, Paul said on Point Forward. “I know that, I don’t even know if he knows that. It’s so crazy over the course of our careers when it was time for me to play against him, he might be hurt, or vice versa. It’s crazy it just worked out that way but when I was in Houston I got a chance to talk to him for a little bit and just told him how much I appreciate him as a hooper. Because I’ve had injuries over my career, I know how it affects you mentally, how it challenges you. Me and D Rose, I don’t know him like that, but I’m one of his biggest fans because I watch him hoop now and I just see it’s nothing like your body letting you do what you know you can do.”
CP3 has handled some crushing accidents all through his 19 seasons within the league, however has nonetheless managed to discover success and lots of take into account Paul as one the best level guards to ever take the court docket.
Rose, nonetheless, suffered an terrible run of accidents early, which just about derailed his complete profession.
The now-15-year veteran gained the MVP award in 2011 when he was simply 22 years outdated, however the very subsequent yr he tore his ACL within the playoffs and missed the entire subsequent season.
He got here again within the 2013-14 season, solely to tear his meniscus ten video games into the season.
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