The Bulls will retire Derrick Rose‘s No. 1 jersey on January 24, 2026, according to a team press release (Twitter link).
Chicago announced this past January — ahead of “Derrick Rose Night” — that it would be adding Rose’s jersey to the rafters of the United Center at some point during the 2025/26 season. Now we know the ceremony will occur on a Saturday when Chicago hosts Boston, as shown by the Bulls’ official schedule.
Rose, who retired as a player this past September, spent eight seasons with Chicago, his hometown team. As Julia Poe of The Chicago Tribune noted last October, no Bull has worn No. 1 since Rose was traded to New York in 2016.
“Derrick is both a hometown hero and a symbol of an entire era of Bulls basketball,” chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in January. “Retiring a jersey recognizes a player’s impact beyond on-court achievements. It honors individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the organization and forged deep, lasting connections with fans. It recognizes that emotional bond and the great influence a player has had on the team and organization’s identity.”
The Bulls selected Rose with the first overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft. He earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2009 and was named an All-Star in each of his next three seasons, winning the MVP award in 2011. Over the course of that season, his third in the NBA at age 22, Rose averaged 25.0 points, 7.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game across 81 starts, leading the Bulls to a league-best 62-20 record and a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.
However, Rose’s career hit a snag following his first four seasons in Chicago, as he missed the entire 2012/13 season due to an ACL tear and only played in 10 games in ’13/14 as he continued to recover from that injury. Overall, he averaged 19.7 PPG, 6.2 APG and 3.7 RPG in 406 regular season games with the Bulls, posting a shooting slash line of .448/.302/.813.
Rose, who turns 37 in early October, will be the fifth former Bull to have his jersey retired, joining Jerry Sloan (No. 4), Bob Love (No. 10), Michael Jordan (No. 23) and Scottie Pippen (No. 33). Chicago also has banners honoring former head coach Phil Jackson and former general manager Jerry Krause.
The fact that Rose won the MVP award while still on his rookie scale contract resulted in an NBA rule being unofficially named after him. As we’ve outlined in a Hoops Rumors Glossary entry, the “Derrick Rose rule” allows players coming off their rookie deals to sign maximum-salary contracts worth up to 30% of the salary cap instead of the typical 25% if they’ve earned a major award such as MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, or All-NBA.
Not a Bulls fan but we all missed out with his career being so altered by injuries. He was something to watch early on.
Still managed to have a solid career but definitely a what could have been kind of situation.
Thanks for every thinG D Rose. It ain’t been the same since you left biG doG.
5 years total in games played for the Bulls
Didn’t accomplish anything as a team during that time. Just some exciting losses to the Cavs and Celtics.
Def a stretch to retire his number
I was thinking the same to be honest.
“Didn’t accomplish anything during that time”
7 years
He won an MVP
245-161 record during his playing days good for a 60% win rate is damn near impressive
Made the ECF, made it to the playoffs regularly.
Had it not been for his acl and meniscus injuries bulls probably make it to the finals at some point.
Meanwhile the bulls only have 1 winning record since his departure going in 10 years since he left and 2 playoff appearances in that span.
Say what you want but as a hometown kid who brought excitement and relevance back to the Windy City since the Jordan days I’m fine with retiring his number.
How you can quote someone and get it completely wrong lol?
I said as a team. They accomplished absolutely nothing as a team. Also, if he was such a hometown boy then why’d they let him go for a decade lol
“ How you can quote someone and get it completely wrong lol?”
“245-161 record during his playing days good for a 60% win rate is damn near impressive
Made the ECF, made it to the playoffs regularly.
“ Had it not been for his acl and meniscus injuries bulls probably make it to the finals at some point.”
You sure your reading skills are up to par Lyman or are they just a lemon?
Cause pretty sure I listed both individual and team accomplishments
Individual: mvp brought back excitement to the franchise.
Team: competitive, 60% win percentage, routinely made the playoffs, ECF trip, had D rose not been injured bulls [team] probably makes the finals at some point.
Hope that helps, though I doubt it.
Why’d they let go of a player who wasn’t the same after the injury and never fully recovered? Few reasons. Bulls are cheap and didn’t want to extend him which is why they traded him to the Knicks in a package for Robin Lopez Jerian Grant Jose Calderon in his walk year.
“ Had it not been for his acl and meniscus injuries bulls probably make it to the finals at some point”
He was never going to go to the finals. No matter how healthy he was he’d never have gotten past the heat or Cavs.
Think it was 2013/2014 the year Rose only played 10 games
Had Rose been healthy that team would have had a chance to make the finals considering it had Butler 2nd team defense and DPOY Noah anchoring the defense plus Deng Boozer and would have had a better bench pushing Augustin to the bench with Gibson and Dunleavy.
A young Butler on Wade and Noah on Bosh all they really needed was Rose scoring to keep up with LeBron and they would have had a chance if he was healthy.
They weren’t beating the Pacers then, nevermind the Heat.
They would have with a healthy rose. Would have been a much deeper team.
Nah
Yes way
Maybe the pacers. Maybe. But not the Heat. That bulls team wasn’t a finals threat.
With a healthy rose it would have been
But not really tho lol
100% would have had a chance. Facts hurt
a chance? Sure… but highly unlikely even with all his talent. the rest of the team just wasn’t going to be enough to stop Lebron Wade and Bosh.
“Highly unlikely”
They finished with third best record in the nba without rose that year
Noah would have stopped Bosh. Unless you think the 13/14 defensively player of the year in Noah wouldn’t have stopped Bosh. You’d be in the minority on that opinion
Butler handles Wade. Noah handles Bosh. Rose scores what LeBron scores. They would have had a chance with a healthy mvp caliber rose
Highly unlikely.
If you live in la la land. In reality they had a shot with a healthy rose
Agreed. Greatest stretch they’ve had since Jordan. Not a lot of franchises get to draft a ROY and an MVP in the same era.
He’s local and won an MVP. For half a decade the excitement factor was unmatched, and he put a lot of butts in those seats that wouldn’t have otherwise been there.
He would’ve deserved his number being retired if the bulls won a championship or almost won one
Is Charles barkley’s number retired by the suns because of his MVP?
Charles Barkley wasn’t drafted number 1 overall by Phoenix and didn’t play high school ball and grow up in Phoenix either. Don’t be obstinate.
@ Lyman
Hometown kid who won ROTY.
was the YounGest to ever win a MVP.
Has a whole rule named after him in the NBA because he was the first to ever win MVP on a rookie deal.
Took Kirk Heinrich,Ben Gordon, Jaokim and a washed boozer to a 62-20 record the same team a year before that only had 40 wins. To impact +22 wins and lead a team who couldn’t even make a playoffs as a rookie is insane.
In 52 playoff Games he averaged 21.9 pts 6.3 assists, and 4.3 rebounds.
Not to mention the entertainment factor of his Game. Was truly amazinG to watch.
At Lyman…Because everyone wins MVP, lols.
What if for sure.
For what? lol
He quit on that team even when he was healthy.
Had a short but great run in Chicago. He deserves the honor. Congrats DRose …….
He was great before Thibs ran him into the ground like he does everybody who plays for him. I could really care less about retiring his number as they are the Bulls numbers and they can do whatever they want with them. If they thought so much of him why didn’t they keep him? Still he’s a Chicago guy and was great however it played out. So congrats to D. Rose.
Make sure you retire Ben Gordon for that one nice playoff run. Kirk H too. What about Noah, Deng, Ayo, Lonzo Ball…..what a joke retiring jersey, statues and the HoF.
See what fancy layups and running really fast will get you kids. Dame top 75 while Sam Jones isn’t is a joke too. The glazing era
He didn’t even retire there. He was so annoyed by everyone in Memphis then wanted out of it so much and his contract and immediately retired. Wasn’t he a Knickerbocker too etc etc. Didn’t he cheat on some tests?
Oof not a good sign for the bulls. This is clearly to push tickets during what looks to be a mediocre season even in a weak east. Smh..
He didn’t do anything to deserve a retired number. Putting his number up there with the GOAT is wild.