Interview // Jack Gray Talks Adidas Rose 3.5

words & interview // Nick DePaula portraits // Jotham Porzio With Derrick Rose looking forward to a return to the NBA hardwood as the Bulls look to make a playoff push through the Eastern Conference, he'll be wearing a new fine-tuned update to his signature DRose 3 from adidas Basketball. Designed and crafted around Derrick's insight that he's "sharpening up" for the second half of the season,the new adidas Rose 3.5 was lead by designer Kohei Kanata, Category Footwear Manager Jack Gray, VP of Basketball Lawrence Norman and a host of other folks in product marketing, development and testing at The Village. To get the full story on the product timeline of the Rose 3.5, which began well over a year ago, we caught up with Jack Gray earlier this week at the adidas Basketball Showroom at their Portland, Oregon US headquarters. Check out the full inspiration, material executions and performance insights from Derrick that helped to drive the Rose 3.5, which hits stores on January 31st for $160. Nick DePaula: Moving into the .5 this year, oftentimes you're looking to get lighter and more focused on the run to the playoffs. What were some of the early starting points that you guys were looking to get afte...