Derrick Rose “mentally preparing” for 2013-2014 preseason schedule
After a 2012-2013 season full of rehabilitating and mentally preparing, Chicago Bulls’ point guard Derrick Rose is officially setting the timetable for his triumphant return to the floor. Rose hopes that by this fall, he will be mentally prepared to play in the preseason.
Since being cleared in March by team doctors physically, Rose was forced to work on his mental issues for the last two months of the 2012-2013 season. He continually expressed his desire to get back on the court “at some point” during the season, but he failed to log a single minute, despite the Bulls playing their arch-nemesis Miami Heat.
This summer, Rose will continue to exercise his mind and build the mental strength needed to compete at the highest level. The mental exercise programs he will go through is said to be similar to SAT preparation courses that high schoolers take. In an ironic twist, this will be the first time Rose will study in this manner, as he had his SAT taken for him while attending Simeon H…
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Beal: Derrick Rose is scared
Derrick Rose’s decision to sit out the entire year has caused Washington Wizards first-round pick Bradley Beal to lose respect for the Chicago Bulls guard.
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Derrick Rose Can’t Be Too Happy About What Bradley Beal Had to Say
Everybody has an opinion on the season that wasn’t for Derrick Rose. But it seems like whenever a basketball player talks to a local radio station, he’s asked to offer his opinion, which is what happened with Bradley Beal.
This has been one of the most unusual situations surrounding an injury that we’ve seen in a while. Rose was medically cleared to play, but he never felt confident enough to return to the court, leading to a constant back-and-forth about whether or not he would end up playing.
The Chicago Bulls’ season ended after the Miami Heat knocked them out of the playoffs. That was the end of the speculation, but it was hardly the end of the interest in everything that’s gone on with Rose.
Beal appeared on a Washington-based radio show and was asked his opinion on Rose not playing this season. Per Sarah Kogod of the Washington Post, he said:
That’s hard, because I’ve never experienced that injury. And I know what type of injury that is, it’s possible it’s gonna happen again. Knock on wood. But at the same time, you might have to give it a go. If you’re practicing for two months and everybody in practice is saying you’re practicing well, I figure you gotta give it a shot in a game.
But it’s his decision. I can’t really have a say so in it. If he doesn’t feel he’s mentally confident to be able to go out there and help the team, I guess I can’t really blame him for it.
Beal was then asked whether or not he would lose respect for a player who sat out despite being medically cleared to play:
A little bit. Yeah, I would. The type of player he is, and the mentality and competitiveness that he has, I think he would have gave it a go. I don’t know what was holding him back. I think he’s scared it’s probably going to happen again and he won’t be the same. But you’re never the same after an injury. But you just have to fight through it and do something else to be able to impact the game. I’m not sure what it is he has to do. I really can’t speak for him.
So, was Beal right to call Rose scared?
There had to be more than doubt in Rose’s mind that kept him from getting back on the court after doctors told him that he was good to go.
This seems like one of those situations where we’re never truly going to know what Rose’s mentality was throughout the season, so the conversation will continue until we hear something from Rose himself.
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Without Rose, Bulls put up fight to end (Yahoo! Sports)
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The next time he suits up for a game, there’s a good chance Derrick Rose will actually be in a uniform and not in a jacket and slacks.
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Rose to help pay for infant’s funeral
Photo credit: dialoguemagazine.com/AP It’s been a rough stretch for Derrick Rose lately, which was punctuated by the Chicago Bulls being eliminated from the playoffs by the Miami Heat last night. Twitter was abuzz with Derrick Rose tweets, and his mentions were something you wouldn’t want your children reading. However, sometimes we forget that things are bigger than basketball, and sports in general. In criticizing Rose, we don’t seek out some of the good things, like this story of Rose offering to help pay the funeral costs for a slain 6-month old baby in Chicago. Dan Devine of Yahoo! Sports’ Ball Don’t Lie gives us some more details about the incident which led to the death of Jonylah Watkins: A 6-month-old girl died after being shot five times in Chicago on Monday afternoon while her father was reportedly standing on the curb, changing her diaper on the front seat of a minivan. It was the 62nd homicide of 2013 in the city, according to RedEye Chicago; last year, more than 500 homicides were r
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Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler Can Become a Jordan/Pippen Duo for Chicago
Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were the greatest duo to ever play in the NBA in this writer’s opinion.
Can Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler attain the same heights for the Chicago Bulls?
Over his career, Jordan averaged 30.1 points and shot 49.7 percent from the field. (Source: NBA.com)
Pippen averaged 16.1 points and shot 47.3 percent from the field. (Source NBA.com)
Sure, Jordan is the star of the highlight reels, but watch closely and you’ll see that the reason he’s in those highlights is because Pippen helped make the plays happen.
Rose is an NBA MVP, an All-Star and a team leader. Yes, he missed the 2012-13 season with an ACL injury, but Rose will return and still has a lot to prove.
There was a bright spot to Rose missing the 2012-13 season. Butler stepped up and showed that he can be a reliable, aggressive and dependable player.
According to NBA.com in the regular season, Butler averaged 8.6 points, four rebounds and shot 46.7 percent from the field.
In the 2013 NBA playoffs, Butler averaged 13.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and shot 43.5 percent from the field.
Those numbers are on par with some of the NBA’s elite.
According to NBA.com in the 2011-12 season, Rose averaged 21.8 points, 7.9 assists and shot 43.5 percent from the field.
Throughout Rose’s career with the Chicago Bulls, he has never had a teammate who he can consistently rely on to hit long range jump shots, or drive to the rim.
If the Chicago Bulls move Butler to the 2 position, which he played well throughout the season and playoffs, Butler and Rose can build a strong chemistry together.
Yes, they both need to stay healthy, but both players are young and have long NBA careers in front of them.
The Bulls could trade Boozer, Deng or both and go after a player like Kevin Love, but what if they simply stay the course?
The starting lineup of Rose, Butler, Deng, Boozer and Noah with Rose and Butler at the core, can compete against, and beat, any team in the NBA.
Of course, and I’ll admit it, it’s very early in Butler’s career to begin comparing him to an NBA Hall of Famer like Pippen. Rose still has a lot to prove before he can be held in the same light as Jordan.
However, looking at the chemistry of these players, the coaching staff and their impact on the team, it’s entirely possible that Rose and Butler can lead the Chicago Bulls to the promised land.
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Derrick Rose Is 2013′s 7th Highest-Paid Athelete Despite Not Playing All Season
Sports Illustrated has released its list of 2013′s 50 highest paid American athletes and coming in at No. 7 (per SI.com) despite not playing a single minute is Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose, who earns $33.4 million.
The former MVP has sat out the entire 2013 season up to this point while recovering from an ACL injury he suffered in Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Playoffs.
Even though he was medically cleared to play back in March (per ESPN.com), Rose has said his mental state is not where it needs to be for him to take the court, so Bulls fans have played the waiting game all year.
The Bulls’ season will likely reach its end on Wednesday without Rose seeing any game action, as Chicago is in Miami for Game 5 of their second-round playoff series with the Heat. The Bulls are down 3-1 in the series and are ripe to be beaten again tonight.
With fans and media questioning Rose’s character due to a return that never happened in the 2012-13 season, the news of Rose’s earnings is sure to damage Rose’s reputation even further.
Throughout the playoffs, the Bulls have fought tooth-and-nail each game, leaving everything they have on the court. From fighting through injury to battling sickness, the Bulls have become a media darling for how hard they have played with a limited cast this postseason.
As the Bulls showed incredible will and played their hearts out each and every game, an increasingly negative light was put on Rose as he sat on the bench in street clothes.
Does Rose deserve the money he made in 2013? Sure. His play up until the injury earned him the big contract and he deserves every penny.
Even though his reputation took a hit in 2013, his pocket book didn’t and that will have Rose laughing all the way to the bank.
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Report: Rose won’t play against Heat
Countering recent speculation, beat writer Aggrey Sam reports shelved Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose will not compete against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. With Chicago down 2-1 entering Monday’s Game 4, many expected the 24-year-old Rose to return and help the Bulls battle the untouchable Heat. Rose was medically cleared on March 8 and has been participating in full contact practices for more than a month. Despite cries from fans and mounting criticism from onlookers, the youngest man to ever earn the Most Valuable Player award remains inactive. “At the outset of the second round Rose … Continue reading →
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Derrick Rose considered return against Miami Heat
Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose keeps fans on edge about what he could do, might do and now what he thought about doing.
Let us be clear he will not return to face the Miami Heat in Chicago’s Eastern Conference semifinals series, but according to CSN Chicago, he thought about it.
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Report: Derrick Rose Considered Returning Against Heat, But Changed His Mind
Between Rose, the Bulls, his teammates, other players and “sources”, this has been a textbook way of how not to handle a superstar coming back from injury.
This could have been so easy.
I would have ruled Derrick Rose out for the entire season at the All-Star break, even if I knew it was a chance that he could come back at any time.
That would have stopped all the questions about his return and if he did by chance come back, he would have been seen as hero. They could have said he had a setback or used any plausible excuse and people would have bought it, because Rose at the time wasn’t a guy people would question.
Instead they left the carrot dangling and now it has gotten out of control. So when reports come out like this from Aggrey Sam of CSN Chicago people just groan.
Despite erroneous reports that he was set to dress for Game 3, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, the former league MVP won’t return to the court in the series, something Thibodeau is aware of.
However, at th
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