Basketball icon Derrick Rose announced his retirement from the NBA after a 16-year career on Thursday, but the former star made sure the day wasn't all

Derrick Rose, longtime NBA veteran and former league MVP, announced his decision to retire from professional basketball on Thursday.

Derrick Rose played in parts of 2 seasons with Detroit Pistons. Rose took out newspaper ads in each of the 6 NBA cities he played for.

Is Derrick Rose a Hall of Famer? What is the Chicago native's legacy with the Bulls? Our NBA insiders examine the former MVP's 16-year career.

Former NBA MVP Derrick Rose announced his retirement from basketball on Thursday as the 35-year-old guard brought the curtains down on a career spanning 16 years.

Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau paid tribute to the career of Derrick Rose on Thursday in a statement released by the team after the veteran NBA guard announced his retirement earlier in the day.

Derrick Rose, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls and the league’s MVP in 2011, announced his retirement on Thursday.

NBA MVP winner Derrick Rose announced his retirement from basketball on Thursday morning. After his playing career was over, Rose made a classy decision. Rather than just post on Instagram and other social media platforms,

I was sitting with Derrick Rose at a promotional event downtown and I asked him about his dreams. Not his goals or aspirations — we were nearly four years past his MVP season — but his actual dreams during the dark days that followed his left ACL tear in the first game of the 2012 playoffs and the subsequent right knee meniscus tear that robbed him of his 2013-14 season,

Former NBA MVP Derrick Rose will retire from the league, ending a decorated 16-year tenure, he announced Thursday on social media.

Former Memphis Grizzlies point guard Derrick Rose has announced his NBA retirement after a 16-year career. Rose, 35, announced the decision on social media Thursday. "Knowing that I gave my all to the game,