[jjgold]

Derrick Rose isn't quite ruling out a return to the Chicago Bulls this season.

Rose suffered a medial meniscus tear in his right knee in a game at Portland on Nov. 22. He had surgery in Chicago three days later, cutting short his long awaited return after he sat out last season recuperating from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.The superstar point guard left the door slightly open for a comeback in the playoffs if his surgically repaired right knee is healed — even though the team has said he will miss the rest of the year.
"If I'm healthy and the situation is right, I will be back playing," Rose said Thursday when asked if he might return for the playoffs. "If I'm healthy and my meniscus is fully healed, of course I'll be out there playing. But if it's something totally different and the outcome is not how I would want it to be, there's no need."
The 2011 MVP, Rose insisted he can still be an elite player despite his recent injuries.
He tore the ACL in his left knee in 2012 playoff opener against Philadelphia, sending Chicago to a first-round exit. The Bulls relived their nightmare last month in Portland when Rose lost his footing while turning to get back on defense. Rose limped across the court, unable to put any weight on his knee, a huge blow for a team that thought it would challenge Miami in the Eastern Conference.
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Rose is in an all-too-familiar spot, trying to recuperate. He has played in just 50 NBA games — 49 in the regular season and that lone playoff game — since the Bulls' run to the conference finals during his MVP season, and at least some fans are wondering if the organization should move on.
"What can I say to that?" Rose said. Then, after a long pause, he added, "You could be a fool if you want to. I know I'm going to be all right."
He insisted he can still be an elite player, and he felt like he was starting to return to form when he went down.
He was averaging 15.9 points and was shooting just over 35 percent. But he looked a little better in his final two games with 19 points in a loss at Denver and 20 against Portland.
"I was catching a rhythm of how I used to play," Rose said. "I think I was getting in condition more than anything for this season. For this one to happen, just from me turning and running back down the court, there's nothing I can say about it, nothing I can do about it, but just take it, be strong."
Rose acknowledged he wondered how it could happen to him again after everything he went through, particularly after the surgery. But he was also relieved he didn't suffer an ACL tear.
Even so, he knew the injury was serious when he was being examined in Portland. He said his leg was "catching on the meniscus side, on the inside."
"I started thinking about, 'Why me' and all that stuff the day after the surgery," Rose said.

[Louisvillekid1]

PR Move

[jjgold]

[Louisvillekid1]

It's more likely he sits out next season as well because he's not ready mentally

[SportsMushroom]

It's more likely he sits out next season as well because he's not ready mentally

are you enjoying this? what happened to rose is horrific and has ruined what may have been an unbelievable career

[Chi_archie]

Dumb PR move

shod have learned from last time

dont string fans along

[tto827]

His brother must be calling the shots, no one else could be this dumb to let this get to the press

[Matt1144]

This is a silly PR move. As a Chicago fan, my friends and everyone else I've talked to have been hurt by the news but we preferred that they straight up said he would be out for the season. The whole "I'm not 110% yet" had us all going mental last year when we were just being strung along.

We've accepted he'll be out for the season so I'm honestly not getting excited by this at all.

[ChiLLx]

Huge Bulls fan but just about done with this guy. Said the same thing last year. Good heart but it's a shame his ghetto idiot brother tells him what to say. I see little chance he's on the Bulls past 2017.