He is getting paid to sit out (and paid a lot at that). If it was non guaranteed contracts and he doesn't get paid while hurt, no one would care if he sits out. Instead he is protecting himself first, while still getting paid by the team.
Once again, no one is forgetting what happened to him. It's the way he is speaking about it which sounds selfish. All he needed to say was something along the lines with kenny, or tears future sake... for kobe to be putting in minutes at his age and injury makes rose look soft
he is protecting himself while also protecting the asset of the bulls he was also getting paid to rehab for the past 2 seasons, I think the Bulls would rather pay Rose to sit out a few regular season games to avoid paying him to sit on the surgery table and then in a suit for the rest of the season
This is gold! http://dailycurrant.com/2014/11/23/derrick-rose-retires-at-age-26-after-eczema-diagnosis/ “With the ‘couple hundred mil’ I‘ve made over the past few years, I know I can turn that into a ‘couple hundred bil,’