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The first time I saw Derrick Rose play live was in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. He was serving his one-year obligation at Memphis on the way to the NBA. I have never seen anyone jump the way he jumped.
You’ve heard of a car going from zero to 60 m.p.h. in 3.7 seconds? This was a human going from zero to 40 inches in the blink of an eye. You might be telling yourself that lots of great and not-so-great basketball players can jump high.