In2012,DerrickRosewasontopoftheworld.AftergrowingupinChicago’sEnglewoodneighborhood,Roseachievedanimprobablechildhooddream:beingselectedfirstoverallintheNBAdraftbyhishometownChicagoBulls.Thepointguardknowntohisfamilyas“Pooh“wasaphenom,winningtheRookieoftheYearawardandelectrifyingfansaroundtheworld.In2011,hebecametheyoungestMVPinleaguehistory.HeandtheBullsbelievedthecity’sfirstberthintheNBAFinalssincetheJordanerawasonthehorizon.Rarelyhadabondbetweenaplayerandfansbeensostrong,asthecitywrappeditsarmsaroundthehomegrownhero.Sixyearsandfourkneesurgerieslater,hewaswaivedbytheUtahJazz,aoncesurefireHallofFamecareerseeminglyonthebrinkofcollapse.ManyspeculatedhisdaysintheNBAwereover.ButDerrickRoseneverdoubtedhimself,neverbelievedhisstrugglesonandoffthecourtwereanythingotherthantemporarysetbacks.Ratherthantellingtheworldhehadmoretogive,hedecidedtoshowthem.I’llShowYouisanhonest,intimateconversationwithoneoftheworld’smostpopularathletes,astarwhoseon-courtbrillianceismatchedonlybyhisaversiontothespotlight.WrittenwithNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorSamSmith,Roseopenshimselfuptofansinawaythey’veneverseenbefore,creatingadocumentthatisasunflinching--andattimesasuncomfortable--asapersonaldiary.Detailinghischildhoodspentinoneofhiscity’smostdangerousneighborhoods;hisrelationshipswithbothopponentsandteammates;thepainandcontroversiessurroundinghiscareer-alteringinjuries;hiscomplicatedrelationshiptofameandfortune;andhisrise,fall,andreemergenceastheplayerLeBronJamessaysis“stillasuperhero,“I’llShowYouisoneofthemostcandidandsurprisingautobiographiesofamodern-daysuperstareverwritten.
