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Derrick Rose Tears Meniscus in Right Knee 2015 (UPDATE: Out 4-6 weeks)
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I just don't like the idea of it not happening during the Bucks game. Take this injury, with his 'lower body soreness' yesterday, a shitty game Monday, and a missed practice because of 'transportation delays (or whatever the **** it was)' and things just don't seem to be adding up.
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Snip or no snip...
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Many people on the Bulls forum of Reddit speculate he tore it while on vacation, which explains why he went from his marvelous game against Cleveland to looking like shit the 3 games back from the break.
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Rose tore it during the Milwaukee game, yet continued to play. His toughness should never be questioned again.
For those that have talked bad about him, this latest knee injury shows how difficult his comeback from the other two knee injuries were.
For those that have criticized him because of his play this season, I say shame on you. The guy has gone through multiple injuries and rehabs, yet he still gave his all on the court and followed the instructions of the Bulls organization.
Those people that have spent the last couple years criticizing him should be ashamed of themselves.
For those that have talked bad about him, this latest knee injury shows how difficult his comeback from the other two knee injuries were.
For those that have criticized him because of his play this season, I say shame on you. The guy has gone through multiple injuries and rehabs, yet he still gave his all on the court and followed the instructions of the Bulls organization.
Those people that have spent the last couple years criticizing him should be ashamed of themselves.
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Glad to see taking it easy and taking mondo time off the last two injuries helped. Wait a sec!
Seriously, though. Sad news. I never blamed D-Rose for his injuries, just for his tentative response to them. Sad stuff. Guy was special.
Seriously, though. Sad news. I never blamed D-Rose for his injuries, just for his tentative response to them. Sad stuff. Guy was special.
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Meh, agree to disagree
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WTF did he do on vacation...
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He certainly did the first time he came back.
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Regardless of when it happened, it's the fact that it DID happen. Again. It hurts to say it but his career is over in terms of being a superstar. He simply cannot stay healthy and more than likely never will. He is our version of Penny Hardaway, only even more talented.
Now that I've had time to digest this, it's time face the reality that Rose is done as an elite NBA player. Oddly enough, his backcourt mate in AAU ball and best friend Eric Gordon has faced a similar fate in his NBA career. Only difference is that Rose was the more talented of the two, which makes it even more heartbreaking. I don't know how Rose can mentally come back from this. He may never. Or he could come back, but us as fans, and the organization cannot rely on him to be a game changing talent like he was. This is a tough pill to swallow for everyone (and maybe a little harder for some who just learned that Patrick Kane is effectively done for the year as well). From youngest MVP in the league to an injury prone shell of himself all in the span of 4 years. And he's only 26. Just sickening.
Thibs will not be the Bulls head coach next season. His job was effectively ended the second the MRI results were known. It's a damn shame because he's done more with less over the past 3 years than any other coach in the league. It's not deserved but I think most of us realized that if we didn't at least make the ECF, there was not much chance of Thibs being retained.
On the bright side (since I try to always remain an optimist here), Butler is showing no signs of stopping his stellar season which gives me great hope that we have our replacement star for Rose on the team already. Pau is still an All-Star talent, with or without Rose. Niko has All-Star potential that may not be too far away. Snell is steadily improving each day. Then there are our old reliables, Noah & Taj. McDermott hasn't shown us everything yet as well. The future isn't as dark and murky as it seems right now.
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Jump out of bed too quickly? Who knows.
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I wonder how many first round picks we can get if we traded Thibodeau. I'd say a minimum of two.
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Pffft...as if they'd actually do that
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With the league knowing the Bulls want to get rid of Thibs, why would they give up anything? They'd just wait for the Bulls to fire him and then hire him while giving up nothing.
In the Doc Rivers thing it wasn't lingering all season long.
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Exactly. Plus, a move like that requires the Bulls to make a trade, which we know they won't do.
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Ha, they can make a trade, I just can't see Thibs commanding the same deal that Doc Rivers got, because this feud is publicly known.
A lot of teams are going to be patient and just wait 2 years for his contract to expire knowing the Bulls won't re-sign him if they do decide to keep him until his contract is up.
That's the whole problem with these media leaks.
Also, according to reddit (reddit.com/r/nba) the news of the Rose injury broke before all the media outlets got hold of it because John Paxson's son was blabbing to all his friends about it. One friend was a redditor then posted it there... Reddit at first thought it was a troll and completely untrue news until an hour later the media started reporting it all. So, there's a nice media leak for you.
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Paxson strikes again!
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Should we allow sp1994 back?
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Only if you want to hear about signing Ben Gordon and JR Smith for the next 3 years.