Roughly about a month away from the playoffs, a team that has been doing fairly well without their star player (who goes down with an injury) faces a situation in which the aforementioned star player may or may not be healthy enough to come back. There are several conflicting reports, from the coaches saying, "He's out for the year," to the player himself saying, "If the situation is right, I'll be back." Regardless, the feeling is this: if he can play, he should play.
Where have we seen this movie before? Oh yeah, it's the Chicago Bulls, Coach Tom Thibodeau and Derrick Rose (and that ACL injury of his) during the 2012-2013 NBA season regarding "The Return"....and apparently this season is the sequel.
Rose, who tore his meniscus in late November, finds himself in the middle of several reports to come out in the past few days speculating that he'd be back early April, just in time for the playoffs. The Bulls, fresh off beating the Pacers last night and moving into a tie for 3rd in the Eastern Conference with the Toronto Raptors, have been on fire lately. Before the game, Coach Thibs ruled Rose out for the rest of the season. Surely, however, having "The Return 2.0" happen would put the Bulls right at the forefront for favorites to win the East, right? While that may be true, as I've said all along since he got hurt again, Rose just needs to sit out again. Most importantly, he just needs to lay low and stop coming out and stirring the pot.
I LOVE Rose. He's my favorite player in the league not named LeBron James. But, for the love of God, he needs to shut up.
Don't get me wrong, being a Bulls fan, of course I'd love to see Rose back as soon as possibly. Let's be realistic though; we ALL knew this would happen. Even those naive Bulls fans who refuse to face facts knew this would happen. Yet we all need to be in agreement that this could be a distraction, just like last season. Joakim Noah is laying lights out, D.J. Augustin is proving to be a great pickup (just for the record, I liked him when he was drafted and hoped he could come and play for us as a backup. Wish granted.), Taj Gibson is doing Taj Gibson things, and the team is just looking phenomenal right now. They'll be fine without Rose. Hell, most of those guys had to do it last year, so one more year wouldn't hurt at all.
Normally I'd say, "If he can play, get him out on the court ASAP." In this case, I'm sincerely hoping that, unless the Bulls absolutely need him, Rose should just call it a season.
And please, please.....shut up and stop giving people a false sense of hope. Please?
Where have we seen this movie before? Oh yeah, it's the Chicago Bulls, Coach Tom Thibodeau and Derrick Rose (and that ACL injury of his) during the 2012-2013 NBA season regarding "The Return"....and apparently this season is the sequel.
Rose, who tore his meniscus in late November, finds himself in the middle of several reports to come out in the past few days speculating that he'd be back early April, just in time for the playoffs. The Bulls, fresh off beating the Pacers last night and moving into a tie for 3rd in the Eastern Conference with the Toronto Raptors, have been on fire lately. Before the game, Coach Thibs ruled Rose out for the rest of the season. Surely, however, having "The Return 2.0" happen would put the Bulls right at the forefront for favorites to win the East, right? While that may be true, as I've said all along since he got hurt again, Rose just needs to sit out again. Most importantly, he just needs to lay low and stop coming out and stirring the pot.
I LOVE Rose. He's my favorite player in the league not named LeBron James. But, for the love of God, he needs to shut up.
Don't get me wrong, being a Bulls fan, of course I'd love to see Rose back as soon as possibly. Let's be realistic though; we ALL knew this would happen. Even those naive Bulls fans who refuse to face facts knew this would happen. Yet we all need to be in agreement that this could be a distraction, just like last season. Joakim Noah is laying lights out, D.J. Augustin is proving to be a great pickup (just for the record, I liked him when he was drafted and hoped he could come and play for us as a backup. Wish granted.), Taj Gibson is doing Taj Gibson things, and the team is just looking phenomenal right now. They'll be fine without Rose. Hell, most of those guys had to do it last year, so one more year wouldn't hurt at all.
Normally I'd say, "If he can play, get him out on the court ASAP." In this case, I'm sincerely hoping that, unless the Bulls absolutely need him, Rose should just call it a season.
And please, please.....shut up and stop giving people a false sense of hope. Please?
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