Add former Bulls coach Phil Jackson to the list of people who think Derrick Rose needs help in Chicago.
Jackson, who won six titles with the Bulls in the 1990s, went on Waddle and Silvy on ESPN 1000, saying the team overachieved last year and needs some additional pieces.
Chicago was 62-20 last year and lost to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. Rose, the No. 1 pick in 2008, took a gigantic leap forward, averaging 25.0 points, 7.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds and earned the MVP award in the process.
Jackson says Rose carried too much of the load.
"...They still have to have some steady shooters from the outside to complement the penetration they have, and then (Carlos) Boozer has to have that post-up game that he was brought there to give them," Jackson said, according to USA Today. "They just can't be one-dimensional in that regard. They have to have those complementary pieces to assist Rose in his game.
"He shows himself to be unstoppable, and that's a real tremendous year he had last year," Jackson continued. "And the way (coach Tom Thibodeau) used him magnified that and made him such a difficult player to contest and contend with."
For his part, Rose has said that he doesn't think any additions are necessary.
?We don?t need it right now," he told Hoopshype.com in August. "If we sign somebody that can definitely fit ... But to me I think that we are OK.?
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