Ol' Daniel Day Lewis ass nikka.
I gotta side with Rose though, he has too much heart for me to believe he's purposely fronting on his teammates.
Derrick Rose's doctor has cleared the Chicago Bulls' star to play, a team source said, but his long-awaited return to the lineup won't occur, Rose has told the team, until he can confidently dunk off his left foot.
Rose, who had surgery to repair a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on May 12, has been videotaped dunking off each foot, but more casually than he would during a game. A source said while he has been practicing and scrimmaging hard, he told the Bulls that until he feels "in his mind" he can confidently dunk off his left foot in a game situation, he is not 100 percent mentally ready to return to competition.
The team is not pressuring Rose, the source said, but the Bulls are confident he will return this season and are still hoping for a mid-March return, which would mark 10 months after his surgery. The Bulls play at Golden State on March 15.
The source said the team has been assured by Rose's doctor there is no more chance of the former MVP getting injured upon his return than anyone else and that the doctor told the Bulls that physically "he can play now." Rose is now dealing with the psychological side of trusting his body.
Rose, 24, raised the possibility that he wouldn't return at all this season during an interview on Feb. 13 after the Bulls lost to the Celtics in Boston, which was the last time Rose spoke publicly.
"I'm feeling good, but like I said, if it's where it's taking me a long time and I'm still not feeling right, I don't mind missing this year," he said. "I would love to (return). I would love to. That's why I approached my rehab and my workout so hard. I'm trying to get back on the court as quickly as possible, but if I have anything lingering on, it's no point. It's not like I'm at home making Harlem Shake videos, wasting my time. I'm putting in work to get back."
Since that interview, Rose has taken part in 5-on-5 scrimmages, beginning on Feb. 18.
He began sitting on the bench with the team on March 3.
The perception that Rose wouldn't return this season was enhanced on Feb. 22 when his brother Reggie Rose told ESPNChicago.com that the Bulls' lack of activity before the trade deadline would be a "big factor" in whether his brother would return.
"It's frustrating to see my brother play his heart and soul out for the team and them not put anything around him," Reggie Rose said at the time.
Derrick Rose assured the Bulls, the source said, that he did not share his brother's sentiment and issued the following statement: "I have always felt that the Bulls organization's goals have been the same as mine and that is to bring another championship to this city."
Bulls officials, from coach Tom Thibodeau to general manager Gar Forman, vice president John Paxson and all the way up to chairman Jerry Reinsdorf have said they won't rush Rose back. Reinsdorf told ESPN Chicago in August, 2012 that he didn't want to make the same mistake he made with Michael Jordan after Jordan broke a bone in his foot during his second season in 1985. Jordan returned and didn't suffer another injury, but Reinsdorf has said that it was a risk he didn't want to take with Rose.
The Bulls have told Rose that while they will support whatever decision he makes, they would prefer he return this season, the source said, "and get it under his belt, rather than wonder all summer if he could. Joakim Noah is out there playing with badly injured feet and an injured hairstyle, so Derrick's left foot doesn't impress us."
Rose is considered the franchise cornerstone and signed a five-year contract extension worth more than $94 million in December, 2011.
The Bulls enter action Friday in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Derrick Rose of Chicago Bulls cleared to play, waiting to dunk confidently off left foot, source says - ESPN Chicago
I gotta side with Rose though, he has too much heart for me to believe he's purposely fronting on his teammates.
Derrick Rose's doctor has cleared the Chicago Bulls' star to play, a team source said, but his long-awaited return to the lineup won't occur, Rose has told the team, until he can confidently dunk off his left foot.
Rose, who had surgery to repair a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on May 12, has been videotaped dunking off each foot, but more casually than he would during a game. A source said while he has been practicing and scrimmaging hard, he told the Bulls that until he feels "in his mind" he can confidently dunk off his left foot in a game situation, he is not 100 percent mentally ready to return to competition.
The team is not pressuring Rose, the source said, but the Bulls are confident he will return this season and are still hoping for a mid-March return, which would mark 10 months after his surgery. The Bulls play at Golden State on March 15.
The source said the team has been assured by Rose's doctor there is no more chance of the former MVP getting injured upon his return than anyone else and that the doctor told the Bulls that physically "he can play now." Rose is now dealing with the psychological side of trusting his body.
Rose, 24, raised the possibility that he wouldn't return at all this season during an interview on Feb. 13 after the Bulls lost to the Celtics in Boston, which was the last time Rose spoke publicly.
"I'm feeling good, but like I said, if it's where it's taking me a long time and I'm still not feeling right, I don't mind missing this year," he said. "I would love to (return). I would love to. That's why I approached my rehab and my workout so hard. I'm trying to get back on the court as quickly as possible, but if I have anything lingering on, it's no point. It's not like I'm at home making Harlem Shake videos, wasting my time. I'm putting in work to get back."
Since that interview, Rose has taken part in 5-on-5 scrimmages, beginning on Feb. 18.
He began sitting on the bench with the team on March 3.
The perception that Rose wouldn't return this season was enhanced on Feb. 22 when his brother Reggie Rose told ESPNChicago.com that the Bulls' lack of activity before the trade deadline would be a "big factor" in whether his brother would return.
"It's frustrating to see my brother play his heart and soul out for the team and them not put anything around him," Reggie Rose said at the time.
Derrick Rose assured the Bulls, the source said, that he did not share his brother's sentiment and issued the following statement: "I have always felt that the Bulls organization's goals have been the same as mine and that is to bring another championship to this city."
Bulls officials, from coach Tom Thibodeau to general manager Gar Forman, vice president John Paxson and all the way up to chairman Jerry Reinsdorf have said they won't rush Rose back. Reinsdorf told ESPN Chicago in August, 2012 that he didn't want to make the same mistake he made with Michael Jordan after Jordan broke a bone in his foot during his second season in 1985. Jordan returned and didn't suffer another injury, but Reinsdorf has said that it was a risk he didn't want to take with Rose.
The Bulls have told Rose that while they will support whatever decision he makes, they would prefer he return this season, the source said, "and get it under his belt, rather than wonder all summer if he could. Joakim Noah is out there playing with badly injured feet and an injured hairstyle, so Derrick's left foot doesn't impress us."
Rose is considered the franchise cornerstone and signed a five-year contract extension worth more than $94 million in December, 2011.
The Bulls enter action Friday in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Derrick Rose of Chicago Bulls cleared to play, waiting to dunk confidently off left foot, source says - ESPN Chicago
