Derrick Rose Out With Meniscus Tear Per Stein.

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Bulls just announced a meniscus tear in Derrick Rose's right knee

Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine · 14m 14 minutes ago
From the Bulls: "Derrick Rose reported today with right knee pain. Exam and subsequent MRI confirmed medial meniscus tear of the right knee"

 

what is the time frame for rose being out? rest of season? cuz if so how many seasons in a row has that been? he is gonna have to drastically change his game if he wants to be playing long term

 

dude is fragile

 

This is truly terrible for basketball. When he 100%, he was one of the three-five best players in the game and certainly one of the most enjoyable to watch. This is his third knee injury, I don't know if he'll be able to continue in this sport without reinventing himself. Really hope he can get truly healthy and figure this thing out.

Short term, this gives the Cavs a clear path to the Finals. That alone is sickening.

 

Wow game over. Same injury, same knee as last time. 2 more years at 20mil+ each, this is terrible for Chicago, (and the league) far worse than what we are going through. At least we got 5 banners while wrecking Kobe's body, they just got teased. Amnesty used on Boozer already. Rose will not get a big contract again. However like Roy, and with the lack of superstars, he'll play again and his body will continue to burn at least one more team. If not Chicago again.

We really need better provisions in the CBA for teams to deal with this crap. A better way to protect the team from the cap while still honoring the player's contract financially. It's lowering game quality, even for us right now with Nash (and if it happens to him again, Kobe).

 

Knew it, called it, pissed... but dude will NEVER stay healthy.

 

Really reminds me of Grant Hill. The NBA crowned him as the best big thing, and injuries took him out of the route.
I think it's time for the Bulls and Rose to figure things out. it's time to internalize that Rose will no longer lead a team, and plan his next comeback as a role player. limited minutes, more of a jump shooter, more of a passing PG.
and that means that the team needs reshape next year. make Butler (if stays) the front man, make Noah play like a year ago and score more, find a SF (or a SG) who can make a difference, and a good bench PG.

 

^ I agree. Unfortunately, it's Butler's team now. And not that we had much of a chance of landing him before, but now there is zero chance in hell they let him leave.

Rose might be able to get back to an all star level, but not as the Rose we know today. He seems to have a good work ethic but it just depends on how bad he wants it and how willing he is to completely abandon who he's been as a player his whole life...it's going to be a long process and might not happen with Chicago, if it happens at all.

Even without Rose, they have a good regular season team. It's just in the post season where there will run into trouble as early as the first round. Wonder how they plan to reshape the roster going forward.

 

Stephen A was just on SportsCenter and said his sources in Chicago and with the Bulls told him that regardless of the recovery time, Bulls will shut down Rose for the rest of the year. Protecting their investment going forward.

 

Roy, Rose, Baron Davis, and most likely, Westbrook. As exciting as these guys are to watch, they play/played a style that is detrimental to their body. They aren't 6'9 250lb forwards or a big center to be crashing into guys of that size. There body is not meant for that. You take guys like Curry and Lillard, heck, Iverson, and understand how those guys last longer. They have a game based on fundamentals rather than athleticism. They're more perimeter oriented combo guards who don't have to deal with the bigger guys in the paint. All that wear and tear those guys go through exerting so much force jumping for a dunk or absorbing contact and landing hard on the ground, is not good.

It's pretty much as simple as that.

 

^ im not sure AI is the best example but i get what you're saying.

 

MJ still had real NBA teams in the East though. NY, Det, Indy, and the the Florida teams later on. He had some of the best bigs in the game to deal with and night club bruisers at the forward spot. Bron's path is an embarrassment, especially when he's fallen short or had to team up with some of the best in the league. Half the East has been tanking since he entered and big men typically fled West. I guarantee you, the competitor MJ is, in the past decade he's probably given real thought to trying to take advantage of this soft spot. We've had half a dozen rumors of as much since then, I'm betting at least a couple of those were legit.