Derrick Rose was THE GUY in Chicago starting with his rookie season in 2008, beloved as the hometown savior and the youngest MVP in the history of the NBA. He averaged 17 shots as a point guard through seven seasons, dominating the ball, the endorsements and the cap space. But now in New York and actually healthy following the first day of training camp, Rose has placed himself on a lower rung of the franchise totem pole – below Carmelo Anthony. “My job is to come here and help (Anthony) win,” Rose said Tuesday. “This is his team.” At this juncture any hierarchy is simply preseason speak and contingent on various factors, starting with the pending civil trial and criminal investigation into allegations Rose raped a woman in California. Then there’s the evidence of a failed partnership between Rose and Jimmy Butler in Chicago – “It had to be one of us (traded),” Butler said - and the expiring contract that may prompt Rose to rethink deferring to anybody, including Anthony. All that is under the cloud of Rose’s grim injury history, with five consecutive seasons either partially or fully sabotaged by surgery. “(Anthony’s) been here the longest, he went through a lot of things here, experienced a lot, so this is his team,” Rose said. “I can only speak of me and Joakim (Noah). We’re coming in here, we’re battle tested. Our job is to make his job as easy as possible. That means if it’s sacrificing, we’re sacrificing. Whatever he wants us to do, we’re going to do it bro. We don’t want no problems. We just want to win. - See more at: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...ting-role-carmelo-article-1.2809136?cid=bitly
