Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson’s Heartfelt Wedding: Joakim Noah Presides Over Touching Ceremony

Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose were at Rose’s wedding on Thursday. As he has throughout their respective NBA careers, Noah presided over the ceremony, serving in a vital supporting role.

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

NBC Sports Chicago reports that Rose married his longtime girlfriend Alaina Anderson in a modest ceremony in Beverly Hills.

Anderson shared photos of the couple’s family in an Instagram post titled “Roses” to commemorate the occasion.

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

Some reports, cited by NBC Sports, claim that Rose and Anderson were previously married in 2018, so it’s not entirely certain if today’s celebration was official or an apparent remarriage legally binding.

Rose and Noah, Bulls teammates from 2008 to 2016, had supported each other in a previous marriage.

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

Rose served as the unofficial wedding photographer for Noah and Lais Ribeiro’s wedding in Brazil in July 2022. Chandler Parsons and Taj Gibson were also in attendance. In 2021, on center court at Madison Square Garden, Rose gave Anderson a giant square-cut diamond ring as he had proposed.

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

“DAD. Rose, my face hurts.” I just got engaged to MSG; nothing important ! » At the time, just starting out in the fashion and fitness industry, Anderson wrote in the caption of her Instagram post. Since at least 2016, Rose and Anderson have been a couple;

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

Following the proposal, the veteran NBA guard penned an emotional message to Anderson in a spirited post. “I will forever cherish you for your exceptional behavior.” “We created a lasting relationship and a lovely family,” Rose wrote, adding, “Queen, thank you.”

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding

Touching moments: Joakim Noah officiated Derrick Rose and Alaina Anderson's moving wedding