DETROIT _ The current NBA emphasizes the 3-point shot.
With teams armed with data showing that 3-pointers and layups are the most efficient ways to score, the number of 3-point attempts has exploded the past few seasons.
Chicago basketball, though, isn't about the 3-point shot. It's predicated on point guards getting the basketball to the rim, no matter what obstacles defenders present.
That's the game Derrick Rose, the Detroit Pistons' marquee offseason acquisition, learned while growing up in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
Chicago-style served him well when he was a top-five recruit as a high school senior at Simeon Career Academy, and when he led Memphis to the 2008 NCAA championship game.
It served him well when he became the league's youngest MVP (22 years, 191 days old) in 2011, when he starred for the Chicago Bulls, and when he turned in a bounce-back season with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
And it will help the 31-year-old give the Pistons some offensive firepower off the bench. So for those expecting a major uptick in 3-point attempts from Rose, don't hold your breath.
"My game is not coming down and shooting the 3," he said recently. "I have other players to do that. If a kick-out comes out to me, I'm shooting the shot, but I'm not going to come down and just shoot up 3s, because that's not part of my game."
