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The Chicago Bulls point Derrick Rose was selected Wednesday as the Rookie of the year. He became a Bulls player third to receive this award, in addition Michael Jordan and Elton Brand. In the ballot, which received 111 first-place votes and 574 points from a panel of sportswriters.

The other players in the first five were OJ Mayo of the Memphis Grizzlies, Brook Lopez of the New Jersey Nets, Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City Thunder and Eric Gordon, Los Angeles Clippers, but only The first three of whom received first-place votes. The news came as no surprise to fans and players from the Bulls' Rose has been an outstanding player who has given many opportunities for the team, he helped the franchise to be in this year's Playoffs for having great performances in each of the games they had played.

Rose has also been a breath of fresh air for the team that has not been able to shine after Michael Jordan left. Before Wednesday, Rose did not want to say anything about the award, he actually said he does not care, but the truth is that he cared much wanted to win more than anything this year. But he did not say until he learned that was indeed the Rookie of the year. He said he knew there was a lot of talented players out there to go against, but always hoped he could win. Since the beginning of the season, Rose has created a big impression with his talent and passion for the game. He was named rookie of the month of November, December and March.

He helped the Bulls reach the playoffs for sessions of the last five years and started with a great contribution of 36 points and 11 assists in his team's victory in Game 1 of the first round against the defending champion Boston Celtics on the road, a laudable achievement for the first playoff game of his career. It has even been compared to LeBron James for his play. "I think there are very few people in the NBA who could do what he did this year," teammate Joakim Noah said. "You tell me another No. 1 selection that made the playoffs in his hometown, especially in a big city with so many distractions and so many things going on.

I mean, he is all about one thing and that is to win basketball games, and that's what I respect about Hima. Derrick Rose only played one year in the NCAA, recruited by Coach John Calipari with a scholarship at the University of Memphis.

I had some offers from the University of Illinois and Indiana University as well, but he decided to stay in Memphis. As a freshman helped the team to have a record of 33-1 and took them to a National Championship game against Kansas, where they lost 75-68 at time extra.

7Æ scored 17 points in the set of "17, six rebounds and seven assists in that game. Memphis finished the 2007-08 season with a record of 38-2 and declared for the NBA draft in 2008 where he was the No.1 overall pick selected by the Chicago Bulls.

Rose is enjoying a great moment in his professional career is just beginning and the Chicago Bulls have all their hopes in him. We'll have to keep an eye on it to see what else is going to do for your team of their city.

Audrey Nolan is a top senior copy writer on NBA games and sports action for the sportsbetting www.instantactionsports.com/. Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety on your site, make sure to leave all links in place and do not modify any of the content.

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