Derrick Rose On Injury: 'I Had To Be Selfish'
Rose vows to show fans that not playing last year was the right decision.
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Rose vows to show fans that not playing last year was the right decision.
Tension upstairs at the Berto Center brings back the good old days of Bulls basketball.
Chicago has dealt with enough awfulness that I feel we have more fans in this town that "get it;" "it" being, yeah, losing sucks, but I don't have to look at this as just a black and white, did they win or did they lose issue.
Fair or not, the Bulls' training staff has a received some criticism over the last few seasons. Some of it has even come from Bulls players.
Bradley Beal was asked if he would lose respect for a Wizards' teammate if they made the same decision and the answer was telling.
First, the show will be awful, even by reality TV standards.
It was a long, long year for the Chicago Bulls.
In many ways, LeBron, Wade & Co. strikes me as Chicago's new version of the Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys," the hated mountain that the Michael Jordan-era Bulls once had to climb. And while losing to the Heat again is disappointing indeed, just like with the Pistons, this series loss will only make victory all the sweeter when the Bulls finally do beat them.
And with the 94-91 Game 5 loss in Miami, the 2012-13 Chicago Bulls are nothing more than a memory.
Jimmy Butler has been a huge part of this Chicago basketball season even existing in the second round of the playoffs, which, while not exactly a medal of honor, is still better than many expected with all the obstacles that had to be dealt with—no superstar, injuries and illnesses, Scalabrine withdrawal, etc.
Despite not playing a single minute in 2013, Sports Illustrated has named Bulls point guard Derrick Rose the No. 7 highest-earning athlete on its Fortunate 50 list.
The busted-up Bulls will continue on without Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich.
This is no longer about Derrick Rose's knee. It's not about his heart or his head, either. Not anymore. The Derrick Rose Watch, pretty much the leading storyline of the 2013 NBA playoffs, is about his eyes.
But I also happen to think this: Playing without Derrick Rose in the playoffs could actually be a very good thing for the Bulls in the long run.
When the Bulls take on the Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday night, they'll be extremely shorthanded.
What we got here with the Bulls is failure to communicate.
Hidden behind the angst and anger surrounding Derrick Rose's decision not to play thus far in the depleted Bulls' playoff run was the hope that maybe No. 1 would suit up when the time was right to lead his team.
Derrick Rose says that he is unaware of criticism of his decision to continue to sit on the sidelines, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
Nevertheless, with the Bulls a M*A*S*H unit – featuring calf pulls, plantar fasciitis, debilitating viruses and even spinal taps – many Chicagoans are indeed seeing a different kind of red as the team hobbles its way into tonight's decisive Game 7 against the Nets in Brooklyn.
Things keep getting worse for the depleted Bulls.
With a 3-2 lead, the Bulls will try again to wrap it up when the series shifts back to the United Center on Thursday.
Derrick Rose has been medically cleared to play for over two months.
Is Derrick Rose truly Public Enemy No. 1 among Chicago Bulls fans, or is he just Public Enemy Right Now?
For one night, performance, geography, expectation and the choice of juxtaposition conspired to make something once so grand seem very small, and very far away.
Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau ruled out point guard Derrick Rose for the opener of the Bulls' first-round series against Brooklyn on Saturday but left open the possibility Rose could play later in the postseason.
