Number one overall pick Derrick Rose is battling tendinitis in his right knee but still participated in the night session of Saturday’s double sessions for the Bulls, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune is reporting.

Rose was limping noticeably after the morning session but vowed he will not miss games in the summer league, starting Monday against Michael Beasley and the Miami Heat in Orlando.

"I’ve been coming 90 minutes early every day to get treatment," Rose said. "I’ll be fine."

Rose said the condition dates to his one season at Memphis and developed for noble reasons.

"I was scared I wouldn’t have a good season, so I would stay in the gym for like four hours until I got tendinitis," he said. "Coach (John Calipari) had to tell the managers don’t let me in no more because I was tearing up my knees and I had to keep getting MRIs. I just wanted to prove people wrong and let them know that I was going to play hard. That’s just the way I think."

Every player in the NBA and WNBA has some level of tendinitis. The body is just not built for that type of continuous pounding and pressure on the knees. It's showing up in players earlier due to the strenuous summer/travel tournament season most of these players have in junior high and high school now. It's also why you'll see less top high school/college prospects playing on concrete after a while.

remember trueblue saying he wasn't a point guard after the nccas, hahaha, just laughable stuff.