The Knicks' Derrick Rose, left, fouls the Hawks' Trae Young in the second half of Game 1 of an NBA first-round playoff series, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in New York. Credit: AP/Seth Wenig
It was a long time ago that Derrick Rose was where Trae Young was, a young star in the NBA just setting his course and finding not everyone was cheering for him. For Rose, it was a playoff series in Boston where he heard and saw things that opened his eyes.
And now, as Rose is a grizzled veteran tasked with trying to help the Knicks slow down Young and even the opening-round playoff series, he saw Young draw the ire of the Madison Square Garden on Sunday in Game 1.