Chicago Bulls: Everything you need to know about Derrick Rose's jersey retirement

Derrick Rose was born in Chicago, shone in high school basketball at Simeon High School, and reached the pinnacle in his city by becoming the NBA MVP. His career and the city that watched him grow have always been intertwined, and that connection will be permanently etched when his jersey with the number 1 of the Chicago Bulls is retired and placed at the top of the United Center.

The franchise announced that the ceremony will take place on January 24, in a game against the Boston Celtics that is already shaping up to be one of the most anticipated moments of the regular season. Anticipation is such that around noon on Thursday, the TickPick platform reported that the event became the most expensive game in Bulls history in their market, with a minimum ticket price of $332.

The news deeply moved Rose, who shared a message on his Instagram account after the date was announced. "Basketball has given me more than I could ever imagine," wrote the three-time All-Star. "From Englewood to the heights of the arena, my story has always been about making the city proud."

The official retirement of his jersey will come a little over a year after the United Center celebrated "Derrick Rose Night" on January 4, 2025, an evening when it was announced that his number 1 would join those of Michael Jordan (23), Scottie Pippen (33), Jerry Sloan (4), and Bob Love (10). That night, during the halftime of a Bulls victory over the New York Knicks—the team where Rose also played 152 games over four seasons— one of the most emotional moments was experienced when Joakim Noah, his former teammate in both Chicago and New York, gave him a speech that brought him to tears.

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Beautiful tribute to Rose

The tribute continued with an emotional video directed by Rose himself and narrated by his son PJ, followed by a speech in which the point guard recalled what his career in the city of his birth had meant. "Being great means that sometimes you will be criticized," he said. "You must show the courage that even if people don't appreciate you or don't agree with you, I trust my decisions. I trust that I will make it. I want to be great, you want to be great."

"So thank you, Chicago, for pushing me to be great, for setting those expectations over me, without understanding that I was trying to be from the beginning, and that I didn't know that the environment I was in was pushing me towards that. Thank you to all who watched me from sixth, seventh, eighth grade, through injuries, MVP, playoff defeats, playoff victories, thank you."

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