LeBron on Derrick Rose's performance: "He gives his mind and body just to play one game. When you talk about perseverance, that's the true definition of it. The youngest MVP to ever play, to have battles with injuries and to be able to come back. Derrick

JR Smith on Derrick Rose not being a 3-point shooter: "That's never been his game, but since we've been practicing he's been shooting a lot of them and he's been making them."

Kenny Smith on what Hakeem told him after his 41 amp 16 performance against David Robinson on his MVP ceremony night Im going to his house to get my MVP

Prime D-Rose layup mix

After dreadful opening night performance Nets feels neither exciting nor new