Derrick Rose is a professional basketball player with an estimated net worth of $70 million. Currently, he plays for the NBA team, Chicago Bulls. He recently made headlines after ESPN reported that he had torn his medial meniscus in his right knee for the second time in 15 months and would need surgery.

Derrick Rose, who has a $70 million fortune as listed by Celebrity Net Worth, started his basketball career at Simeon Career Academy, where he grabbed the attention of many collegiate coaches through his exceptional talent and skills in playing basketball. Before being drafted in the NBA, he played one year of college basketball for the University of Memphis.

In 2008, Derrick Rose made his professional basketball career debut after he was chosen by the Chicago Bulls as its first overall pick since Allen Iverson in 1996. Three years after, he became the recipient of the 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player Award. At his age of 22, he became the youngest basketball player to have won the recognition and the second from Chicago Bulls to receive the award after Michael Jordan.

Derrick Rose has established himself as an elite athlete with a very successful career and remarkable net worth value. But aside from his salaries in playing basketball, he also made additional earnings from his endorsement deals including Adidas, Wilson Sporting Goods, Skullcandy headphones, Powerade, Force Factor sports drinks and suburban Chicago Nissan dealership. In 2014, Rose's salary was at $17.6 million but he earned an additional $21 million from endorsements. This 2015, his wage is $18.9 million.

Aside from NBA, Rose was also a member of the United States men's national basketball teams that won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Cup respectively. As of 2012, Derrick Rose's net worth was estimated at $30 million, The Richest listed.

Meanwhile, it was announced on Feb. 24 that 26-year-old Derrick Rose was required another round of surgery on his right knee and was ruled out indefinitely, ESPN reported. While NBA.com added that an exam and subsequent MRI confirmed a medial meniscus tear of the right knee, which was the same injury he sustained Nov. 22, 2013 against the Portland Trailblazers.

Currently, Derrick Rose's net worth stands at $70 million. But with his latest knee injury, what's next for Rose?