Malik Rose

Malik Jabari Rose is a former professional basketball player from the United States of America who played as a power forward. Rose is now an assistant general manager with the Detroit Pistons.

Rose attended the Overbrook High School and then attended college at the Drexel University. In college, he led the Dragons to their first ever NCAA Tournament win and was named to the All-American first team. Rose had a 16.0 points per game average with a 12.0 rebounds per game in his 4-years of collegiate ball.

During his college years, he also taught at the Robert E. Lamberton School as a student teacher.

In the 1996 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets picked him up in the second round of the draft to become only the second Drexel player to play in the NBA after Michael Anderson. After one season, he was traded out to the San Antonio Spurs and used his defensive skills and ability to hustle to gain the affection of fans and teammates alike. Rose was an integral part of the Spurs’ team during their 1999 NBA Championship as well as on the 2003 NBA Championship winning teams.

His run with the Spurs would only continue for two more years as he would subsequently, in 2005, be traded out to the New York Knicks in exchange for Nazr Mohammed and Jamison Brewer, a move that was criticized by the Spurs fans. At the Knicks, Rose had a tough time after being relegated to a backup position and in 2009, he moved to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Chris Wilcox.