Yes, I am going to finally go meatball on this topic.

You would think he would be ashamed to sit there on that bench while his teammates are battling through exodus levels of plagues to win this series.

This guy is DB of the century.

All will be forgotten when he gets back on the court. We may not think so now, but it will...

Starting to fade on this.

Starting to fade on this.

All will be forgotten when he gets back on the court. We may not think so now, but it will...

but he gets absolutely no quarter from criticism should he dog it in the future. This has permanently damaged his credibility. I don't believe for a second that his teammates aren't questioning it in private.

You'll be back. Trust me...

but he gets absolutely no quarter from criticism should he dog it in the future. This has permanently damaged his credibility. I don't believe for a second that his teammates aren't questioning it in private.

I dont think so, man.

When I held this belief, I wasnt counting on several bulls players playing on bad ankles, bad backs, gunshot wounds etc

It just looks real bad and there is no reversing that.

Plus, Mike would have been out there already

Probably so. I'm just saying that this won't seem like a big deal at all next season...

All will be forgotten when he gets back on the court. We may not think so now, but it will...

The second Derrick Rose throws down his first dunk, everyone will be back in his corner.

Just like Howard and Lebron did? People still hate both of those people, and this is worse than that.

He's literally refusing to enter every game.

I'm not sure making a mockery of your hometown by announcing to the world on ESPN that you are leaving is better than sitting out a season following major knee surgery.

I'm not sure what your point is in saying that. Are you conflicted about whether or not it is better?

I consider LBJ and D-Howard's situations much worse.

Rose is choosing not to play when the biggest experts in the world on the subject think he should. Could you imagine the uproar if Lebron decided he didn't feel like playing and skipped the playoffs?

what do you feel is the benefit to him playing now?

what do you feel is the benefit to him playing now?

He needs to get acclimated to competitive NBA basketball. You can't simulate that in practice. I doubt he's playing in the summer league and even that isn't equal to an NBA game. He's going to have an abnormally long period of time completely away from the game. He's going to have to get over the fear of injuring himself again next year which puts his progress for getting back to where he was behind schedule by another 6 months.

It's also his job to play.

The Bulls probably aren't winning the title this year with or without him, but that's probably true for the next 5 years too so I don't really think it's relevant.