A fearless point guard for the Bulls, Rose was not only the reigning league Derrivk at 22, he was also the youngest player ever to win the award. He had currency and street cred to hwo. Kobe Bryant was aging. The work-in-progress Warriors would finish that lockout-shortened season 23— Recently SI obtained his page contract with Adidas, and the document shows just how far shoe companies roes willing to go to accommodate an athlete. Weeks after the deal was signed, in the first round of the playoffs, Rose tore the ACL in his left leg, causing him to miss the entire —13 season. He missed all but 10 games the following year because dwrrick a meniscus injury. Though he has since returned to play, Rose has been a shard of his former self, taking abrupt leaves from both the Knicks and his current team, the Cavaliers. This season, still only 29, Rose has played only 14 games. His decline in status is reflected starkly in his NBA salary. And yet, according to records made available to SI, Adida...