Going forward - I want to know who healthy do you predict him to be going forward? Do you expect a full recovery? 90%? Going Forward I just don't have alot of confidence in him I find it hard to believe too many players do either [not that they would say so] Rocket River
I don't think he'll have the explosion he did before the injuries. It's just hard for me to fathom. It's not just injuries, it's time. It's basically two years where he hasn't played competitive basketball. It's hard to imagine your reflexes, explosion, muscle memory, etc. to not deteriorate because of that. I expect him to be healthy but just a good player, not great.
I enjoy watching Rose play, his basketball is extremely fun to watch. While i hope he can recover and come to the player he was, i am afraid he's damaged goods thus his career will never be the same.
All signs say go! He's coming back healthy! Not gonna suffer another injury! What are free agents waiting on? /media
He's done. Such a shame too cause he was a joy to watch and just getting in his prime. Reminds me of what happened to Roy. If they were both healthy today they'd likely be the best PG an SG in the game IMO.
He wasn't really a truly elite player anyways. Only 19.6 PER and only .532 TS% for his career. He just happened to be a high usage low efficiency "best" offensive player on an elite team that was elite because of their defense.
I want to believe he can redesign his game to not be about explosiveness and scoring and turn into a true pg in the mold of a Jason Kidd. Rooting for him.
Some could argue he was Elite and if not he was definitely on the verge of being elite no question. He was only 22 and won the MVP before all this happened. Youngest player ever to do so. It seemed like an eternity ago so people forget how good Rose was. Like I mentioned he would be the best PG in the game today.
I don't agree with this at all but it's an opinion issue that can't be proven. I don't think Rose was ever as good as Chris Paul and never would have been. I don't think he was as good as Deron Williams at his peak either.
I vividly recall how overrated he was, yes. Statistically, Rose's MVP season compares to Chris Paul's 8th best season (or 2nd worst) when Paul was 21. That MVP was absurd.
If I'm Chicago I'm going all out on Anthony then, after he's locked up, going all out trying to move Rose. I would have taken as little as Asik, Beverley and a 1st or Jones for him if I was Chicago. PG is too deep, Thibs can get so much out of guys, it just doesn't make sense to depend on the health of Rose any longer.
I think a healthy Rose would be better than Paul today. You gotta remember there's a 4 year age gap. At the time when Rose was just entering his prime... CP3 was already clearly in his prime. We never got to see Rose in his prime but he was good enough to win the MVP deserved or not. In their peaks I'd take Deron Williams over both CP3 and Rose. CP3 for as good as he is just hasn't done enough to warrant being the best PG in the game. He couldn't even get out of a the conference semi's with a stacked team with weapons all over and a good coach.
