Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose will be out approximately eight to 12 months after undergoing surgery to repair his left ACL, said Dr. Brian Cole, who performed the surgery on Saturday.
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The 23-year-old Rose tore the ACL on April 28 during the first game of the Bulls’ Eastern Conference quarterfinals series against the Philadelphia 76ers. Without Rose, the Bulls became only the fifth No. 1 seed to lose to an eighth seed as the Sixers won in six games.
“Derrick is doing great,” Cole said Tuesday at a news conference at Rush University Medical Center. “The surgery went extremely well. Really no surprises. It was pretty routine.
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Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose spent Monday in a walking boot after injuring an ankle during Sunday afternoon’s game against the New York Knicks and is uncertain for Tuesday night’s rematch, according to a league source.
Rose will be re-evaluated by the Bulls’ medical staff before Tuesday morning’s shootaround at the Berto Center, the source said.
Rose dealt with an ankle injury during last season’s playoffs, but didn’t miss any games because of it. He is averaging 23 points and 7.9 assists this season.
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Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose says he can dance, but that he does not feel as if the All-Star Game is the right venue to showcase those skills.
“I can dance,” Rose said after Sunday night’s All-Star Game. “But there’s a time and place for that and I don’t think it was right, then and there.”
“I don’t care,” Rose said.
“You just know that’s me, man. If you would have saw me out there dancing, you would have been looking at me different. I’m just me. I can’t be anybody else. I think that’s what people see.”
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The NBA announced their 2012 All-Star Starters on Thursday.
Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum
For the Eastern Conference, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony were the leading vote-getters.
In the Western Conference, Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul are joined by Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and Andrew Bynum.
Griffin and Bynum each will be starting in their first All-Star Game.
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Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose
Exhibition games like the two taking place in the Philippines this weekend are proving to be quite profitable for players, with one source with knowledge of the deals saying the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Chicago’s Derrick Rose are being paid more than $400,000 apiece for their weekend of tax-free work.
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The Bulls’ storybook season ended in stunning fashion when the Heat closed out the Eastern Conference finals in five games with a come-from-behind 83-80 victory.
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“Everything is on me,” (Derrick) Rose said. “Turnovers, missed shots, fouls. Learn from it. That’s all I can do. The series is over with. I wasn’t tired. I was just making dumb decisions, and it cost us the game.”
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Derrick Rose
When it counted the most, Derrick Rose didn’t find himself up against Mike Bibby or Mario Chalmers. It was LeBron James and Dwyane Wade who took on the hefty defensive challenge of slowing down Rose in the clutch. And it worked.
“Tonight definitely was on me,” Rose said. “I had two opportunities to end the game. Couldn’t do it. If anything, learn from it.”
Rose finished 8 of 27 from the field for 23 points, was 1 of 9 from the 3-point range and had seven turnovers. He was 1 for 5 from the field in the fourth quarter and was 0 for 3 in overtime with a turnover.
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Check out three big time Derrick Rose slams from game 4 against Miami.
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Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose denied Sunday an ESPN The Magazine report quoting him as saying performance enhancing drugs are a “huge” problem in the NBA.
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Rose was one of several professional athletes asked the following question by ESPN the Magazine for its May 16 issue: “If 1 equals ‘What are PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs)’? and 10 equals ‘Everybody’s Juicing’ … How big of an issue is illegal enhancing in your sport?”
In response, Rose said, “Seven. It’s huge, and I think we need a level playing field, where nobody has that advantage over the next person.”
Rose issued a statement through the team on Sunday afternoon denying the quote.
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Siblings of Dwyane Wade and Derrick Rose offer a glimpse into their childhood in Chicago during the Michael Jordan era.
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