Hundreds Descend Upon Hackney to Meet Derrick Rose

By Sam Neter on July 11, 2013

NBA superstar Derrick Rose took over Hackney on Wednesday, as hundreds of fans showed up to meet him and got a chance to win a pair of Derrick Rose 3.5s.

In the midst of a promotional tour around Europe with adidas, Rose spent the morning at Lampton Academy putting the kids through a coaching session before heading to the ‘D Rose Jump Store’ in Hoxton.

The idea was simple – fresh pairs of Rose’s sneakers put up at a height of 10 feet, with fans having to jump up and grab them to take home a pair. Using the hashtag #jumpwithdrose, Twitter was inundated with fans getting hyped about meeting the Chicago Bulls star.

Here is one lucky fan winning his sneaks:

D Rose going out to meet the crowd:

The queues are already building and the excitement is palpable #jumpwithdrose pic.twitter.com/xF7Sfi4ZYk

— TBWA\LONDON (@TBWALONDON) July 10, 2013

#TeamSamsung #JumpWithDRose @adidasUK pic.twitter.com/ICHlRmcbTi

— Orlan J (@N4OrlanJ) July 10, 2013

NBA star Derek Rose #SdNT #jumpwithdrose #hackney pic.twitter.com/y2G6gXK0Tx

— Hackney MPS (@MPSHackney) July 10, 2013

.@drose in Shoreditch, Hackney, London! #jumpwithdrose pic.twitter.com/Wu2x4J7Ju2

— ‎‎‎ ‎‎ (@LondonUniBoy) July 10, 2013

Derrick Rose wanted to say thanks to everyone in the UK & he had a great time today meeting everyone! #jumpwithdrose pic.twitter.com/McuNUcc1pI

— adidas UK (@adidasUK) July 10, 2013

See what people were saying about the event with the #jumpwithdrose hashtag on Twitter, Instagram and Vine!

Did you get down to meet him? How was it?

Image Credit: @FunkyTownLondon on Twitter

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