Bill Text: IL SR1208 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates former Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose on his retirement from the NBA after 16 seasons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-11 - Referred to Assignments [SR1208 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR1208-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate former Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose on his | ||||||
| 4 | retirement from the NBA after 16 seasons; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Derrick Rose was born and raised in the Englewood | ||||||
| 6 | neighborhood on Chicago's South Side and attended Simeon | ||||||
| 7 | Career Academy, where he helped the school become the first in | ||||||
| 8 | the Chicago Public League to win two straight state | ||||||
| 9 | championships in basketball; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Derrick Rose was selected number one by the | ||||||
| 11 | Chicago Bulls out of the University of Memphis in the 2008 NBA | ||||||
| 12 | Draft; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Derrick Rose won NBA Rookie of the Year in 2009 | ||||||
| 14 | after averaging 16.8 points and 6.3 assists per game and | ||||||
| 15 | followed that with the first of his three All-Star seasons; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Derrick Rose was selected as NBA MVP at the age of | ||||||
| 18 | 22 in 2011 and is still the youngest player in league history | ||||||
| 19 | to win MVP; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Derrick Rose averaged 19.7 points, 6.2 assists, | ||||||
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| 1 | and 3.7 rebounds per game in seven seasons with the Bulls; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Derrick Rose played for the New York Knicks, | ||||||
| 3 | Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, | ||||||
| 4 | and Memphis Grizzlies after leaving the Bulls; therefore, be | ||||||
| 5 | it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that congratulate former | ||||||
| 8 | Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose on his retirement from the NBA | ||||||
| 9 | after 16 seasons, and we wish him the best in all his future | ||||||
| 10 | endeavors; and be it further
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