During the 2000 NBA playoffs, Rose scored 40 points during Indiana’s Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 1 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Rose became the first player in eight years other than Reggie Miller to lead the Pacers in scoring in the 1999–2000 season when he averaged 18.2 points per game for the eventual Eastern Conference Champions, winning the NBA Most Improved Player Award in the process, the first time in Pacers history. Īs a member of the Indiana Pacers, Rose helped the team get back on its feet after a disastrous 1996–97 season and make it to three consecutive Eastern Conference Finals appearances. It was not until Larry Bird took over coaching duties did Rose finally begin to blossom, eventually realizing he was most effective at small forward. Rose also often spoke out about the fact he was being used as a backup two-guard and small forward over his preference, which was point guard. Rose frequently logged DNPCDs (Did Not Play – Coach's Decision) under Coach Larry Brown. ĭespite his successes in Indiana, he was not readily accepted early on. Rose was selected 13th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 1994 NBA draft.Īfter two years with Denver, Rose was traded to the Indiana Pacers, along with Reggie Williams and a future first round draft pick, for Mark Jackson, Ricky Pierce, and a 1st round draft pick. NBA career Rose as a member of the Indiana Pacers. Of the players called before the grand jury ( Robert Traylor, Webber, Rose, Maurice Taylor, and Louis Bullock) in the University of Michigan basketball scandal, Rose was the only one not listed as having received large amounts of money. At 6-8 and playing as a versatile point guard, some reporters started comparing Rose to his schoolboy idol Magic Johnson. While he did not win an NCAA title, he racked up over 1700 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists, and 100 steals. Aside from being the most outspoken of the Fab Five, Rose was also their small forward and leader. He led the Fab Five in scoring his freshman year, averaging 17.6 points per game, and set the school freshman scoring record with 597 total points. Rose was a part of Wolverines coach Steve Fisher's legendary 1991 recruiting class, dubbed the ' Fab Five'. Rose attended the University of Michigan where the Wolverines reached two NCAA Finals games in 19, finishing as national runners up both times. College career Rose while playing with the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.Īs a star at Southwestern High School in Detroit, where he was teammates with future NBA players Voshon Lenard and Howard Eisley, Rose obtained a high profile and can even be seen at a high school All-American camp in the documentary film Hoop Dreams. In 2021, there were 32 players with some variation of the name Jalen on rosters in the NBA, NFL, and other North American professional sports, with an additional 80 who played men's college basketball. A number of notable American athletes who began play in the 2010s are named Jalen, after Rose, including Jalen Hurts, Jalen Mayfield, Jalen Green, Jalen Suggs, and Jaylen Waddle. As a result of Rose's prominence in the NCAA and NBA, Jalen became one of the most popular names for African-American boys born in the 1990s and early 2000s. Rose's mother, Jeanne, named him from a combination of his father's name, James, and his uncle's name, Leonard. Although they eventually spoke several times over the phone, Rose never met his father in person. 1 overall draft pick in the NBA who started in the backcourt alongside Jerry West in the 1972 NBA All-Star Game. Rose's biological father Jimmy Walker was a No. He is also the founder of the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy and the author of The New York Times best-seller Got to Give the People What They Want and producer of the ESPN documentary The Fab Five. He was an analyst on NBA Countdown and Get Up!, and he co-hosted the ESPN talk show, Jalen & Jacoby, with co-host David Jacoby until late 2022. Rose was a sports analyst for ABC and ESPN. He retired in 2007 with a career average of 14.3 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game. Rose played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a small forward for six teams, most notably alongside Reggie Miller on the Indiana Pacers team that made three consecutive Eastern Conference finals, and reached the 2000 NBA Finals.

In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' ' Fab Five' (along with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson) that reached the 19 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores. Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30, 1973) is an American sports analyst and former professional basketball player. Consensus second-team All-American ( 1994).

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