Monday, April 23rd, 2012 at 9:40 am  |  55 responses

Report: Derrick Rose Unhappy With Bulls’ Treatment Of His Injured Ankle


According to CSN Chicago, the Bulls’ supertar point guard is less than pleased with the way the Bulls’ medical staff dealt with his troublesome right ankle: “The All-Star point guard is also troubled by the lack of attentiveness to concerns he’s raised to the Bulls, a member of his camp told said. Among those issues is the fact that Rose’s most recent ailments-a sprained right ankle and sore right foot-were exacerbated by the team’s training staff’s insistence on taping his ankles, a practice Rose has consistently fought against, opting instead for ankle braces. First reported during the nationally-televised broadcast of the Bulls’ Thursday-evening loss at Miami, Rose has suffered fluid build-up in his ankles, which the player himself acknowledged before the team’s Wednesday morning shootaround in Charlotte, but the cause is reportedly his ankles being taped too tightly. That information was confirmed to CSNChicago.com by a source familiar with the situation, but when asked about the report following Thursday’s loss to the Heat, [Tom] Thibodeau replied, ‘I haven’t heard that. I don’t know where this stuff comes from. We’ve got a great medical staff, I can tell you that.’”

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  • AsadSaleh3

    Those of you who believe AI was a PG have yet to explain why he and Stackhouse couldn’t play well together. Or why George Karl and Larry Brown, two great coaches, played him at the two instead of the point. Or why, with a more talented team than the 01 Finals team, the Sixers didn’t make it out of the first round with AI playing the point. You all are seemingly smarter than Brown and Karl so have fun explaining all of that. Also, a guy being able to throw no look passes makes him a PG? Hmmm. So Shaq was a point guard too? That’s great logic.

  • Ldub

    the point that is trying to be made is this…..size (seemingly) puts you in a certain position. 6’4 and smaller (pg), 6’5-6’8 (sg), 6’6-6’10ish (sf) etc. Every couple of years you find a diamond in the rough that changes the game. That is based on talent, skill set, abilities etc. Iverson was a SG (because of his skill set) trapped in a PG body. The argument will go back n forth forever because he was doing what Kobe, VC and other guys were doing with 6 less inches. If you think about AI’s past, he has ALWAYS been the playmaker. Football, he was the QB (making plays with his arm or feet)…bball he was the PG. The person that has to make things happen either for himself or for teammates. Again…AI has a PG body..but he has SG (scoring) capabilities. I believe he could have been a 20 and 10 guy but that was never his style. 30 and 6 is where the greatness came from. Plus 20 and 10 wouldnt have made the “team” better. Because there werent cats that were knocking down shots, or could create their own shots once they had the rock.

    As far as why AI and Stack didnt work…you can argue about that point as well. But I dont feel that has anything to do with AI being a PG or SG. Either way…AI was top dawg and ball was going thru his hands.

  • Ldub

    And he was played at the 2 because of his abilty to put the ball in the cup was better than many others. Game changed to a “size doesnt matter” mindset. Similar to Monta Ellis. He has a PG body, but his skill set, mentality and ability to score places him better at the 2. Bring in a guard whos mindset it to defend and pass and you have success.

  • http://abcnews.go.com/US/seattle-arrest-questions-cops-dash-cams/story?id=15595576 Allenp

    Jerry Stackhouse couldn’t play well with Michael Jordan.
    Because Jerry Stackhouse thought he should be the man.
    That’s why he and Iverson didn’t mesh, not because Iverson was a scorer.
    Melo scored 26 a game playing with Iverson, what are you talking about?
    Did you examine the rosters for the Sixers when Iverson played the point? They were horrible, it wasn’t on him. And they met the Eastern Conference Champions in the First Round.
    Clearly you’re invested in a position. That’s fine. The numbers say Iverson was an incredibly inefficient shooting guard mainly because he was givng up between six and seven inches every night to his defender.
    You can be a scorer from the point guard. Tiny Archibald did it. Oscar Robertson. KJ. Sam Cassell. Chauncey Billups. Dennis Johnson in Seattle. People who think there is only one way to play point guard are just stubborn. That doesn’t make them right.
    Hell Cousy was a scorer from the point guard. He took 18 shots to get 18 points and never shot better than 40 percent from the floor in his entire career!

  • Rainman

    I called it guys…Mis handled injuries add up…

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