The Real Reason D-Rose is Not Playing according to Shaq-FinalsMVP Rimrocker (this guy posted it in the comments section of the Bleacher Report preview of Game 2 for the Bulls vs. Nets). The article can be found here & his theory is in the comments section: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1612 ... redictions. I think this guy is onto something here:

"The real reason D-rose is not playing?

The Bulls are cheap....plain and simple.

If he comes back this season the Bulls have to pay his salary, if he doesn't come back, insurance pays his salary. Shumpert and Rubio don't make nearly the cash that Rose and Bynum does, so them coming back wouldn't effect the pockets of their teams nearly as much as a Bynum or Rose would to the Bulls or Philly.

In fact if Rose were to pay Rubio 3.48 million and Shumpert 1.56 million both out his own pocket he would still have more than 10 million dollars left. The Bulls org doesn't want to have to drop that 16.4 Million, that is why they let go of Asik, Korver, CJ, and Brewer all at once.

The fact that this is the first time the Bulls org has never had a luxury tax before this season should tell you something. The money they save on the Bench Mob from last year, and from Rose sitting out, covers the tax.

And some of you will say look at A.P.....what the media won't talk about much is----

When you see that Adrian Peterson's contract was signed in 2011, and the most of his salary and incentives were tied in the the first 3 years of the deal, it becomes clear that A.P. had about $20.5 Million reasons to play every game or at least a nice chunk of it tied to how many yards he rushed for last season as incentives to get up and running, no pun intended.

While the Bulls org has $16.4 Million reasons to make sure that Rose isn't on the court, because if he is not, insurance pays him and the Bulls ownership gets a free pass on paying it.

Don't let the media and the hype cycle spin you into ignorance. As they say "if you want to know that truth, always follow the money".

http://wrin.tv/index.php/wrintv-on-dema ... insurance-

"Who's hurt when pro athletes are injured? (contract insurance)"

"Other sports have similar insurance coverage on their star players. In professional basketball, for instance, the Philadelphia 76ers traded for Andrew Bynum before the start of the season. However, Andrew injured his knee, and never suited up for the team. The 76ers will recover the $16.9 million salary promised to Andrew in his lucrative contract."