00:00Derek, bonjour, how are you doing?
00:01Bonjour, what he said.
00:04I'll tell you about it later, I'll teach you French later.
00:06You know what, before we get started, I want to talk to you about that.
00:09So we're on French TV now.
00:10Yes, sir.
00:11And back in the days, I used to cover the Bulls a lot because of Joachim Noah, you know.
00:15So I was around you guys a lot.
00:17I probably don't remember that.
00:19But I keep in mind one thing is that you used to be, and I'm going to be 100% real here,
00:25the nicest guy ever in the NBA to work with.
00:29Always answering our questions, always with a smile, and you need to know that.
00:33I appreciate that, bro.
00:34That was really good working with you.
00:36Love, man.
00:36So you need to know that.
00:38Those were the years 2010, 2011, 2012.
00:41Were those the good years for you?
00:43They were.
00:43But the more I played, I started to appreciate the years even more,
00:49knowing that every year was creating a new chapter and creating something new for it.
00:56You never know who's going to be the next Derrick Rose as far as injury-wise.
00:59Yeah.
00:59So the longevity, just adding up years at the end, it made sense.
01:04Anyways, you played your last basketball game in the NBA in February 2024.
01:09Yes.
01:09Do you miss playing basketball?
01:10No.
01:11Not at all.
01:11You're good like that?
01:12I swear to God, I don't miss it at all.
01:14I don't know when the last time I shot.
01:15No, I think when I have photo shoots, I'll shoot.
01:19Okay.
01:19But since I started working or being a businessman, I'll drop my son off at the gym,
01:25and I'll just leave.
01:26Normally, I stay up there with him for a little bit, but it's giving him time to learn himself
01:32and let the people around him, the guys know around him that he could be around without
01:37his dad watching over him.
01:40So I'm letting him get this space right now.
01:42Then I'm going to come back from here, start the workout and jump back into his workouts
01:47and work out with him.
01:48That's good to hear.
01:49Derrick, I'm curious, what do you have planned on your schedule for January 24th?
01:53Oh man, I think it's the retirement though.
01:57Yes, it's the retirement.
01:58They're hanging my jersey.
02:01And once again, it's not an accomplishment for me or an accolade for me.
02:07It's for everybody that watched me or came to a game.
02:10You too.
02:11You came to a game, you witnessed.
02:13If you ever cheered, if you ever cried over a game, that jersey getting put in the ceiling.
02:20Do you know what you're going to wear and what you're going to say?
02:24That's what I'm saying.
02:25What I'm wearing, I have a zinnia or somebody figure that out.
02:30But what I'm saying, I fix that every day in my mental.
02:34So you're not planning for it yet?
02:36Too soon?
02:36No, I am, but I change something out of it every day.
02:40I go from the middle to the end because I think I got the beginning right.
02:45So the middle to the end, I'm fixing that to see what I want to finish with.
02:49One last question, Derek.
02:50Tell me what the Chicago Bulls mean to you.
02:53I mean, it's family.
02:55It's family.
02:56It always felt that way.
02:57Even when I was a rookie, when I came in to talk to Jerry, he brought me in as family.
03:03Never held or told a lot to me at all since I've been with the franchise.
03:09And that same relationship is helping now with me being done.
03:12And it's past basketball.
03:16I'm actually, they're helping me start a GC company, a construction company.
03:21So it's way beyond basketball.
03:23And the jersey getting put in the Raptors.
03:26All right, Derek, thank you.
03:28Congrats on an amazing career.
03:29And thanks for taking the time for us.
03:30It was a pleasure.
03:31Love, man.
03:31Nice to meet you again, buddy.
03:32Take care.
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