Derrick Rose: His 10 Most Dynamic, Exploding Noema Plays of the Year

In case you've never seen How to Rob a Bank, here's the quote:  

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"It's called 'exploding noema'. It's a theory of psychoanalysis that describes the exact startling moment when the brain can't reconcile the difference between what should be and what actually is. Kinda like thinking you picked up a coke and you actually drink cigarette butts and beer."

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It's a moment that several of Rose's opponents have known this year. Rose was there and now he's not. You were going to make a shot, and now it's gone.

Rose is so fast that sometimes it's like his opponents don't have the time to process what just happened. 

Some have offered some new nicknames for Rose, such as "Formula 1" because of his speed and his jersey number. That's actually pretty clever. 

I like "Exploding Noema" though, but then I like words no one has ever heard of too. Following are 10 slides where defenders experienced the personification of "that moment." 

Yeah, I Get to Score on My Former Tea...HEY!!!! Where Did You Come From?

James Johnson wasn't given much playing time with the Bulls. He was probably celebrating the notion of being able to make a big time play in the United Center and show the Bulls they made a mistake when they traded him as he went up and started to....

WOAH!!! Where'd he come from!?!?! What happened?!?!

Want Some STUFFINNG with That Christmas Turkey?

The only play on the list that comes from a losing effort. It was a monster dunk though. Derick Rose doesn't like to lose, especially twice in a row to the same team. 

The New York Knicks are the only team in the NBA that the Bulls haven't beaten this year. You know that's eating at him.

I have a feeling that while the game won't have any significance to the Bulls as far as the Eastern Conference standings go (as they'll have the top spot sewn up by then), this game will matter to Rose. 

Like Mike!

Only one player on one team could get away with repeating the shrug. To be honest, I don't even know if Rose knew he was repeating the shrug.

It was the game that got the Bulls believing they could beat any team in the NBA. 

What was great on this play that's not shown in this clip is that the camera went to focus on Jackson for a minute as he had this contemplative look on his face, as though he were thinking "Maybe I could get two more three-peats..." 

I Want to PUMP You Up!

The crowd wanted the showmanship. 

The crowd cheered for the showmanship. 

The crowd got the showmanship. 

Just a little slam-dunk contest free with the price of admission. 

Tyreke Evans Tries to Figure out Why He's on the Floor

Tyreke Evans shows us his impersonation of a corkscrew. 

I think it was after this that Evans started developing ankle problems. When the Kings came back to the United Center, Evans waited one more game before coming back. 

Grandma's House

To be fair, Rondo's not the only victim of the "Grandma's House" move. This was just the most recent and easily available example of it. 

Rose will cross over the point guard, and then as said point guard feels the breeze and wonders where Rose went, Rose will split the defenders and get to the rim.

I call the move "Grandma's House" because he goes "over the river," (the point guard) and "through the woods," (the trees in the paint), and then he gets to "Grandma's house," (the rim).

This move has become a specialty of Rose and it's his ability to basically thwart a defense that is concentrating solely on keeping him from getting to the rim. That's what makes him such a special player.  

I Wanna Go HIGHER

Brewer doesn't quite time the pass right, and somehow Rose just waits in the air for the ball to arrive. And yes, that's a 6'2" guard with his head at the rim.

This kid's from Chicago! He's got a 40-inch vertical! 

You Might Have D-Will but You Don't Have De Ball

What's amazing about Derrick Rose is that so many of his biggest plays come when the game is on the line. 82games.com just updated their clutch stats on the season. 

Derrick Rose is now second in clutch time scoring with 47.1 points per 48 minutes, to go with 10.1 assists and 10.1 rebounds.

Kobe Bryant has 50.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.0 assists. LeBron James has 46.4 points, 11.5 rebounds, and 4.8 assists. 

You can argue who is top, but there can be no denying that Derrick Rose has entered into the conversation  for the best closer in the game. 

Gimmee That Torch!

Even Kobe agrees that Rose is in the conversation for best closer. 

Before the game, Kobe had some high praise for Rose. "I don't think you can develop (a killer instinct). You either have it or you don't. He's had it since he was in high school."

When asked if he was passing the proverbial "torch" to Rose, Kobe responded, "I ain't passing **** to anybody."

"Is Rose going to have to take it?"

Bryant asserted, "He can certainly try."

It was a  step back like Kobe's. It was a clutch performance like Kobe's. And best of all, Kobe had the best view of it in the house.

It's been said a lot lately, Rose lets his play do the talking. In this case he said, "I'll take that torch now." 

Big Time Players Make Big Time Plays

On the season Derrick Rose is four of seven from the field to tie or win a game on the final shot. He's also six of seven from the stripe in the same situation.

On this three he capped a huge fourth quarter comeback to send the game into  overtime. 

Against Phoenix he made two free throws to send it into overtime. Then at the end of the first overtime he hit a lay in at the buzzer to send it into the second overtime.

Dude is clutch. 

There's no Exploding Noema like that moment when you were going to win the game and then you didn't. Big time players make big time plays, right Tracy?