Monday, May 4, 2015

Derrick Rose: The Cautionary Injury Tale

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Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA under CC BY-SA 2.0 License
 
Will the real Derrick Rose please stand up?  The Chicago Bulls point guard's injury history brings this question to the forefront of my mind as well as fans of the Bulls and the NBA.  As we all may know, Rose suffered yet another knee injury at the end of February.

If my memory is correct, this is the third knee injury he's suffered in his career.  Hopefully by the time you see this writing, he will have undergone a successful rehabilitation program and is doing all he can do in leading the Bulls on what could be a deep playoff run.

On the other side of the coin, fans are instinctively going to be asking themselves what's going to happen if this same scenario happens again and praying for the best. Part of the good news this time around is The Bulls were in pretty good shape as the season wound down.  It could be that with all the time Derrick Rose has missed over the years, the organization has done pretty well adjusting to competing without their marquee superstar on a regular basis.  There is no question though that the Bulls are a better team when Rose is in uniform and on the basketball court.

While I'm not a Bulls fan myself, I can certainly picture what it would be like if my Angels played a significant amount of their games in a given season without Mike Trout.  Let's just say the results would not be pretty.  So here's to good future health to Derrick Rose and hope that the injury bug doesn't hit your favorite sports team anytime soon.


 
Tim Musick
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