OT: Rose Done for Season

[tzznandrew]

Another season down the drain for Rose. That's awful. Has there been a player this talented, with this much early success, so decimated by injuries? Bill Walton comes to mind...

 

[mauconnfan]

Sam Bowie, Greg Oden

 

[CTBasketball]

I'll never forget that game in MSG we lost to Memphis...damn you Rose.

 

[aceboon]

he looked just as fast and athletic as he did prior to the ACL, his numbers were down but he looked fine physically. But with this injury, the ACL, and the fact that he was already nicked up this season in addition to all of the accumulating injuries he had during the lockout year before blowing his knee out, I think there might be something to him having holistic issues and patterns that need to be correted in order for him to survive longterm in the league.

 

[James]

His style of play is so aggressive, even more than a Westbrook . When healthy he was really some else to watch . Terrible for the game, makes the league even more desperate for mambas return. Bulls window officially slammed shut.

 

[bmayuc]

I feel like sometimes, guys who have that level of athleticism that their explosion defies the limits of joints to deal with it.

Perfect example was Bo Jackson. It was illuminating during the 30 for 30 when the orthopedic doctor remarked that any other human being probably would have pulled a hammy by that tackle. But because his core/legs were so strong he literally produced enough torque to dislocate his own hip.

It was his greatness that destroyed him, literally.

 

[tzznandrew]

Sam Bowie, Greg Oden

The difference with both of those players, though, was that they never achieved even a modicum of success on the NBA level, whereas Rose has won an MVP.

 

[champs99and04]

The difference with both of those players, though, was that they never achieved even a modicum of success on the NBA level, whereas Rose has won an MVP.

Oden was a productive NBA player when healthy. He averaged 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks his second season in the league, and 17 and 13 per 36 minutes. I think he would have turned into an MVP caliber player were it not for the injuries. He could anchor a defense like only a few other guys in the league and he was barely 20-years-old.

As for your original post, I agree...just terribly sad. The good news is he's still only 25.

 

[tzznandrew]

Oden was a productive NBA player when healthy. He averaged 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks his second season in the league, and 17 and 13 per 36 minutes. I think he would have turned into an MVP caliber player were it not for the injuries. He could anchor a defense like only a few other guys in the league and he was barely 20-years-old.

As for your original post, I agree...just terribly sad. The good news is he's still only 25.

Good point on Oden. But Rose is certainly of another class.

 

[champs99and04]

Good point on Oden. But Rose is certainly of another class.

The tough part to swallow is with Rose, you never saw it coming. With Oden there were always warning signs. It seems unfathomable that we're about to witness our third straight postseason without D-Rose when three years ago we thought he'd play in ten straight conference finals.

 

[ihatepants]

I feel really bad for Rose and hope he has a full recovery.

The difference with both of those players, though, was that they never achieved even a modicum of success on the NBA level, whereas Rose has won an MVP.

I just wanted to chime in and say that Rose didn't deserve it that year, LeBron did.

 

[tzznandrew]

I just wanted to chime in and say that Rose didn't deserve it that year, LeBron did.

That's true. LeBron has deserved it every year for a while.

And Barkley/Malone own MVPs Jordan should have.

 

[Fishy]

It's too bad that he's going to miss another season - I'll avoid calling it a tragedy as some analysts have because, really, the man is making a bazillion dollars a year. He's going to spend the rest of the season resting his knee and playing X-Box while the Bulls' dance team pluck grapes into his mouth.

But I don't know that he was anything other than unlucky. He basically has the Jerome Dyson injury here - this is one of those 'full recovery' types of injuries.

This isn't Greg Oden who will be walking like Frankenstein in four or five years.

 

[intlzncster]

The difference with both of those players, though, was that they never achieved even a modicum of success on the NBA level, whereas Rose has won an MVP.

Bernard King?

 

[mauconnfan]

Bernard King?

He averaged over 30 I believe a couple years after his though......amazing scorer even with a bum knee!

 

[tzznandrew]

Bernard King?

He did pop into my mind. I checked into him: he came in 2nd and then 7th in MVP voting in the two years before the knee injury. Might be the best comparison...