Get the tissues ready, folks. Derrick Rose had Chicago in tears on his jersey retirement night.

The youngest MVP in NBA history got emotional talking about his relationship with Tom Thibodeau, the coach many blamed for his career-altering ACL injury. And D-Rose? He wasn't having any of that narrative.

"A lot of people don't like Thibs because of that... they look at Thibs as the injury," Rose said during the ceremony at the United Center. "But I'm here to say fuck that. Thibs was the first coach that made me feel special. I used to do shit in games just to make sure he saw on tape between me and him."

Let me tell you something, folks. That's loyalty. That's respect. That's a player defending the coach who pushed him to greatness, even when the whole world wants to blame someone for what happened.

The narrative around Thibodeau and Rose has been toxic for years. People say Thibs ran him into the ground. Say he played him too many minutes. Say the 2012 ACL tear was preventable if the coach had just been more careful.

Rose shut all that down. On the night Chicago raised his number to the rafters - alongside legends like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen - he made sure everyone knew the truth.

Thibodeau didn't break Derrick Rose. Thibodeau made Derrick Rose. He turned a supremely talented kid from Chicago into an MVP at 22 years old. He built an offense around his speed, his explosiveness, his ability to get to the rim against anyone.