If you have missed all of the regular season then it doesn't make a lot of sense to start playing in the playoffs when you're rusty and the intensity level picks up.
------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ Shumpet got hurt the same day, he's been back for 2 months. ... Rose has been practicing for 2 months. ... He should have played. - Chuck Big picture is now. We can't control tomorrow. He got hurt, did his rehab, he's been practicing with the team. - Shaq I have to trust, believe and accept what the MVP is telling us. - Kenny They have watched him play every day and never have they said "He don't look good." - Chuck Nothing benefitting him by sitting out.- Kenny What is the benefit for him sitting out? - Kenny He should be ready if he's been practicing for 2 months. - Chuck He has nothing to lose. - Chuck 9 months off already. Shumpert has been back for 2 month already. - Shaq
It would be dumb for him to come back now... He missed his opportunity. But how does a "leader" sit there and watch his team give everything they have with sickness and injuries leaving guys playing on one foot. Nate picking on the bench, Noad limping the entire game but still making plays. His teammates deserve a better leader
If he's healthy, he should have tried to ease into the lineup at the tail end of the regular season, gradually increasing the minutes. The Bulls would be the second best team in the East with a healthy Rose. But I'm not his doctor, so I don't know.
Well, if confidence was / is his issue of getting onto the court and playing quality minutes, I'm pretty sure a second round date with LeBron salivating at shutting Rose down again, won't do any wonders for Rose's confidence.
Come on Rose them bums on 2K need u I'm tired of blowin out da bulls without U by the way I been killin on there can't wait to get back my PS3
If Rose plays, he knows he will be guarded by LeBron. Without his confidence in his game already, being smothered by LeBron will cripple that confidence going forward. That's why he never played in the first series. I think if the Bulls were on the other bracket, Rose would be playing.
It's not fair to his teammates to tease this along. My assumption is they're doing this to keep Spolestra guessing. Otherwise stop talking.
Bottom line, ROSE IS WRONG. If you knew you wasn't ready to play then you should've made that decision before the playoffs idiot. Saying things like only" god knows" after the doctors clear you just puts pressure on the team. Just say your sitting out this season & you'll be ready next season. But to keep stringing your teammates along by not giving a clear cut answer is selfishness. Especially w/ Noah playing on one foot
Let's be honest, NBA teams definitely rush people back from injuries. I think there was a quote from a Rockets player, but somehow injuries that normally takes you out for 1 month, NBA players have to ply within 2 weeks.
I can only assume that he genuinely would like to return. And that's why he continues to practice with the team, in the hopes that he'll reach the comfort and confidence level he's seeking. If he has no intention of returning, I agree he should just outright say it and end the discussion there.
Derrick Rose should just announce he's not coming back instead of talking like there is some possibility. Just put an end to it all.
The doctor physically cleared him in February. It's been 2.5 months and he's still working on that "mental" aspect of his return.
Enough is enough. Steve Kerr is right on the money. I have nothing against DRose, but everybody who has ever tried basketball knows you can't get comfortable and in rythm until you actually play the REAL game. Watching his team beat the "better" Nets with guys basically playing on 1 leg should even add to it. Don't act like a PU**Y and actually TRY. If you can't play than so be it
So Kerr is an idiot for saying that Rose should play if confidence is the issue and not his health? He's absolutely right. JVG made the same comments this morning on Mike & Mike. Told a story of how when he was an assistant to Pat Riley, there was a player that was dressed in his suit sitting out. Riley asked him "Could you give me just one minute out there today if I needed you" to which the player responded "Yes, I could give you that" to which Riley shouted before leaving the lockerroom "Then why the Fu&k aren't you dressed to play?" Again, no one is saying he should play if still hurt. But if it's his confidence that's lacking, Kerr and JVG are completely on point.
