All these young guys need to learn how to play. Their freak athletic ability is their gift, but the human body can't take that trauma every night.

Sucks for everyone. Not just Thibs and his teammates.... bulls fans and basketball fans in general. You want to see great basketball. You want a good competitive league. Sucks that we'll miss Rose for a 3rd straight playoffs. It takes alot for a knick fan to feel bad for a bulls fan. This is it

yellowboy90 wrote:Prayers for a speedy recovery. I hope this doesn't mess with Rose head too much.

That said if I am Chi I would start a fire sell during the summer.

You still don't trade him...at least I wouldn't. Too talented. Just reduce his minutes like Briggs suggested.

Those knee injuries are no joke.

dk7th wrote:it's a shame he never tried to develop a better dribbling technique, always relying on palming to enable those crossovers that put so much torsion on the knees. this could be the writing on the wall.

And lucky for melo hadn't joined Bulls.

blkexec wrote:Ive had two achillies surgeries. ...so i know when someone is playing hurt. ...or favoring one side. I said to my boy. ...rose might look good to you. ...but to me he looks hurt. He's just so great that when he plays hurt. ...he's still elite. Then i saw he's trying to play like the old rose....even without a knee brace or pads. With explosive moves on every possession. Similar to me. Over using my first step move going left or right. My hesitation moves. All that pressure ends up somewhere. On top of that. ..you gain weight just due to age. ....puts even more pressure on your joints.

I said he's going to get hurt again. ...i said the same about westbrook. ..but those trades saved him. ...he doesn't have to do it all anymore.

I still think Westbrook is going to go down again...same with Shump. I hope I'm wrong but I've known to many people who, after that first ACL, MCL or meniscus, are never the same and just keep re-injuring it or developing other knee problems.

I wonder if this makes Jimmy Butler more available this offseason. The Bulls said they'd go into the luxury tax for a CONTENDING team- without Rose, and with Noah on the decline, and Gasol aging, I'm not sure they are. Plus with the emergence of Snell, and Butler's cooling off these past 2 months, maybe they let Butler walk. I'm really not sure- maybe Roses injury makes them go the other way (they decide they can't afford to lose Butler if Rose is done).

smackeddog wrote:The media and fans on here blasted Melo for not signing with 'dead cert' championship contenders the Bulls, they said he was stupid to take money from the Knicks rather than sacrifice for championship contender the Chicago Bulls. Had he listened to you and them he'd have lost money AND had no shot at championship. Anyone who didn't see the Rose breakdown was deluding themselves, it's a real shame for him and the league.

I wonder if this makes Jimmy Butler more available this offseason. The Bulls said they'd go into the luxury tax for a CONTENDING team- without Rose, and with Noah on the decline, and Gasol aging, I'm not sure they are. Plus with the emergence of Snell, and Butler's cooling off these past 2 months, maybe they let Butler walk. I'm really not sure- maybe Roses injury makes them go the other way (they decide they can't afford to lose Butler if Rose is done).