Gang? That's Silly! Just Silly!

Evidently, Derrick Rose is channeling the mayor:

• Bulls star point guard Derrick Rose apologized Thursday for a photo of him flashing gang signs — a pose he now says was a bad joke.

  The photo, which recently surfaced online, shows the Englewood native flashing Gangster Disciples signs and an unidentified man behind him flashing signs of a rival gang. Rose said it was taken during his one year at University of Memphis.

  The NBA’s Rookie of the Year said in a statement he is “anti-gang, anti-drug and anti-violence” but used poor judgment.

  “Recently, a photo has been circulating on the Internet which appears to depict me flashing a gang sign,” Rose said in his statement. “This photo of me was taken at a party I attended in Memphis while I was in school there, and was meant as a joke…a bad one, I now admit.

  “I want to emphatically state, now and forever, that Derrick Rose is anti-gang, anti-drug, and anti-violence. I am not, nor have I ever been, affiliated with any gang and I can’t speak loudly enough against gang violence, and the things that gangs represent.

We aren't going to waste the bandwidth on the picture. It's at the link provided and scattered throughout the comment sections. But is anyone really surprised? Wasn't there a group of gang bangers going around robbing NBA affiliated persons just recently on the west side? Aren't there dozens of NBA players sporting gang and thug tattoos? The NFL isn't much better.

Our entertainment dollars go elsewhere.