With a little more than one minute remaining, the Chicago Bulls and Derrick Rose were on the way to a Game 1 playoff victory, but when Rose landed awkwardly on his left knee everything changed.
It wasn’t odd to see Derrick Rose go down, considering he missed 27 games that season with a number of injuries, Bulls fans just hoped it wasn’t anything serious.
On May 12th, 2012, Rose underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL. Sources had Rose returning anywhere from eight-to-10 months.
Now, by no means – what so ever – am I a doctor. Nor do I have any idea what it’s like to recover from an ACL injury. But, isn’t it fair to say that what Adrian Peterson accomplished has set the bar too high? Is it possible that Adrian Peterson’s miraculous recovery has left us confused about what is going on with Derrick Rose?
After nine months not only was Adrian Peterson back, he was playing at an MVP level. Compare that to Derrick Rose who after nine months took part in practice and 5-on-5 drills for the first time and continues to talk about missing the entire season.
Bulls’ coach Tom Thibodeau was on an ESPN.com Chicago radio show and said that, while it’s possible Rose will miss the entire season because he doesn’t feel he’s ready to play, his team is prepared to move forward either way.
Every surgery is different. Derrick Rose could have had a more complicated recovery than Peterson, or maybe Rose didn’t work as hard as Peterson, who knows…but what Peterson accomplished creates these questions.
Is that a testament to what he accomplished or is it some abnormal, freak thing?
Bulls fans must be questioning if there is more to Derrick Rose’s injury if he is talking about missing the entire season.
Rose stated he won’t come back till he’s 110%,
“It can be within a couple of weeks. It could be next year. It could be any day. It could be any time,” Rose said. “It’s just that I’m not coming back until I’m ready. With all the hard work I’ve been putting into my craft, I think I’m going to be OK.”
How close is Rose? ”Probably in the high 80s. Far away. Far away.”
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This is a very short sighted article. Petersons recovery was indeed a freak thing, an amazing recovery to go on and have the season he had. I question the article because of the differences in the sports. Not only the differences but also the type of player Rose is himself. Constant cutting, jumping and running whereas in football there is cutting, little jumping(not even close to the heights an nba players does) and running….followed by breaks NBA players dont get.
You can’t downplay the amount of collisions, amount of bodies, size of the field, and the type of contact a RB constantly fights through.
Im not downplaying it, all Im saying is its a different beast. The nfl does involve more physicality no doubt, but at the end of the day Bball requires more agility and constant movement. I actually think Rose could probably play right now, but there is a huge mental hurdle when the game you play requires you to jump like they do.
okay i hate to burtst your bubbles Junior is no Michael Jordan, Mike never would have missed that many games no matter what the injury, if you want to see real men play watch some old Bull games 1990-2000
I shouldnt even dignify that with a response…but I will. No one in any sport will play in a game after finding out they tore an acl. You remember Ron Harper on those Bulls teams? He had a similar injury, before his knee injury he was the “next” MJ…keep quiet about what you obviously know nothing about.
Stop the stupid commercials on the top of the page….I won’t be back until there gone!