It’s been over a year since the final episode of Mad Men aired on AMC, but it will be a long, long time before we ever stop thinking about Don Draper’s legendary burn on Michael Ginsberg. “I don’t think about you at all” is as vicious as it is simple, and naturally it’s the first thing that came to mind when New York Knicks point guard Derrick Rose told the Post’s Marc Berman that he hasn’t been thinking about his return to Chicago on Friday.
Granted, Rose seemingly takes the high road in this conversation, giving his former team very little bulletin board material, and explaining, “Only when probably it’s game day, I’ll think about it. There’s no bad blood there either. I understand this is a business. They made a business decision. On my end, I just got to stay prepared.”
It is, of course, understandable that Rose has focused solely on his game and role with his new team after missing a chunk of training camp dealing with a civil rape trial. But we don’t really believe that he’s not thinking about the Bulls, do we? He calls it a “regular game,” while trying to pretend that it doesn’t mean anything that the Bulls have left his No. 1 unclaimed, with the recently injured Michael-Carter Williams deciding not to wear No. 1 after the Bulls initially offered it to him.
”My brother [Reggie] was telling me about it,’’ Rose said of the No. 1 remaining dormant in Chicago. “I don’t care, man. That 1 number is something in the past. That was a young, raw talent, reckless type player. The player you see now, I’m more mature. My IQ of the game has gotten higher. I don’t have to do the things I did in the past with the team I have right now. I’ll look crazy going out there shooting some of the shots I shot with the Bulls. There’s no need for that.’’ (Via the Post)
Perhaps Rose claims he isn’t thinking about the Bulls because his former team is doing just fine without him, at least for the time being. Chicago is a perfect 3-0 to start the season, while the Knicks are 1-2 and still trying to learn the triangle, and even Roseadmits that it could take “20 to 25 games” for the team to find its identity. So, maybe the Bulls have been Don Draper this whole time and poor Rose is Michael Ginsberg. We’ll find out who is more ruthless on Friday night.
