Jalen Rose

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Jalen Rose
Position	Guard-Forward
Height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Team	Phoenix Suns
Nationality	United States
Born	January 30, 1973 (age 34) Detroit, Michigan
College	Michigan
Draft	13^th overall, 1994 Denver Nuggets
Pro career	1994–present
Former teams	Denver Nuggets (1994–1996) Indiana Pacers (1996–2002) Chicago Bulls (2002–2004) Toronto Raptors (2003–2005) New York Knicks (2005–2006)
Awards	All-Rookie (1995) Most Improved Player (2000)

Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA), currently with the Phoenix Suns. In college he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines's "Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson) that reached the 1992 & 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both Freshmen and Sophomores. He is the son of former NBA player Jimmy Walker, whom he says, he still hasn't met to this day.

1 College career
2 NBA career
- 2.1 Player profile
3 Miscellaneous
4 External links

[edit] College career

After graduating from Southwestern High School in Detroit, Rose attended the University of Michigan in which he participated in two losing appearances in NCAA Finals games in 1992 and 1993 as a part of Wolverines coach Steve Fisher's legendary 1991 recruiting class, dubbed the "Fab Five". He set the school freshmen scoring record with 597 points. During his career, he has racked up 1500 points, 400 rebounds, and 100 assists.

[edit] NBA career

Rose has played for five different NBA teams, forging a solid pro career after skipping his senior season at Michigan. He was selected 13th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 1994 NBA Draft. After two years with Denver, he was traded to the Indiana Pacers, along with Reggie Williams and a future first round draft pick, for Mark Jackson, Ricky Pierce, and a 1st round draft pick.

Perhaps Rose's greatest NBA moments thus far have occurred as a member of the Indiana Pacers, as he helped the team get back on its feet after a disastrous 1996-97 season and make it to three consecutive Eastern Conference Finals appearances, including an Eastern Conference championship in 2000 (though Indiana would ultimately lose the NBA Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers). During the 2001-02 season, Rose was traded to the Chicago Bulls along with Travis Best, Norman Richardson, and a future second round draft pick in exchange for Brad Miller, Ron Mercer, Ron Artest and Kevin Ollie.

After 16 games in the 2003-04 season, Rose was traded to the Toronto Raptors, along with power forwards Donyell Marshall and Lonny Baxter. On February 3, 2006, midway through the 2005-06 campaign, he was traded, along with a first-round draft pick, and an undisclosed sum of cash (believed to be around $3 million), to the New York Knicks for Antonio Davis, where he was reunited with Larry Brown, his coach for one year with the Indiana Pacers. The motivation behind this trade was apparently to free up cap space (Rose earned close to $18 million a year) as well as for the Raptors to acquire an experienced center who could relieve some of Chris Bosh's rebounding duties. Rose's final game and contribution for the Raptors was a home win against the Sacramento Kings, where he scored the winning basket in overtime.

Prior to the start of the 2006-07 NBA season on October 30, 2006, the Knicks cut ties with Rose by waiving him. He was courted by several teams including the Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat. On November 3, 2006, Rose announced he would sign with the Suns on his blog at jalenrose.com. On November 7, it was officially announced that Rose had signed a $1.5 million one-year deal with Phoenix. ^[1]

Although Rose has averaged over 14 points per game throughout his entire NBA career, he has yet to score more than 11 points in a game for the Suns. ^[2]

[edit] Player profile

As a player, the versatile Rose is known as a gifted scorer from the perimeter or the post, capable of putting up 20 points on most nights. Jalen is also a good passer, especially for his height, and Indiana often employed him as a point forward. Rose is sometimes regarded as a team leader, though he reportedly was a disruptive force in the Pacers' locker room during his feud with then-coach Isiah Thomas.

While he showed a willingness in Toronto to work harder than ever (particularly on defense), Rose also frequently clashed with Raptors coach Sam Mitchell, who benched a struggling Jalen early in the 2005-06 season in favor of rookie Joey Graham. This coincided with Raptors' abysmal 1-15 record in the month of December 2005.

In the following months, Rose at least raised his play to a more acceptable level. He increased his Player Efficiency Rating more than three whole points (to 13.7) while averaging 12.1 points, 2.5 assists, and 2.8 rebounds per game. However, he only shot 40.4% from the field and 27% from three-point range (including a 51.4 true shooting percentage) through 46 games.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Can be seen at a high school All-American camp in the documentary film, Hoop Dreams.
Rose is now focusing his attention on making his "Jalen Rose Messenger Toolbar" a success. He hopes that his entry into the internet world will rival the success of Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, thanks to this innovation^{[citation needed]}. The toolbar can be downloaded at Rose's official website.
Rose has also been a court side reporter for TNT during the playoffs (his former team, the Knicks, not making the cut).
Is a supporter of his alma mater and was seen rooting for Michigan's basketball team during the 2006 NIT Final Four with fellow ex-Wolverine, Maurice Taylor.
Rose is known for contributions to inner city youth by helping to build reading centers.
Rose gave Dikembe Mutombo a check for $100,000 to help with the construction of an operating room for the hospital he built in the Congo. [[1]]

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