When the Detroit Pistons struggled to win games in the first half of the 2019-20 NBA season, Derrick Rose‘s name immediately surfaced in various trade rumors. Though he didn’t show any sign that he’s not happy in Detroit, most people believed that he would be better off being traded to a contender than wasting his remainings years in the NBA on a mediocre team like the Pistons. However, the 2020 February NBA trade deadline passed with Rose still an official member of the Pistons’ roster.