SACRAMENTO, Calif.– Derrick Rose carries his “Wilson” almost everywhere he goes.
He’ll carry it with him when he’s leaving to board a team bus. He’ll take it on the floor for warmups. Sometimes he’ll just hold it while he’s sitting in the locker room.
Rose’s Wilson, a reference to the Tom Hanks film “Castaway,” is a 4½-pound olive green weighted ball, roughly the same size as a basketball, that Rose uses to work out. Rose insists his Wilson is special.
“It’s the only ball like this in the world,” Rose said. “You can go try to find it.