RUMOR: Bulls Expect Rose Back For Playoffs?

[jonathanlambert33]

Its no joke the Bulls really are expecting Derrick Rose to make it back from his latest knee injury in time for the playoffs

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/lawrence-knicks-coach-doesn-run-phil-triangle-offense-article-1.1730415

I don't buy it, it's kind of just thrown into the middle of the article, but needs to be posted.

 

[buzzy]

this shit again?

 

[jayvello]

here we go again, derrick rose letting down all of chicago

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

And drose responded in his typical fashion "as long as im healthy"

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Nobody actually believes this, right? 

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I don't.

 

[Pugz]

lies.

 

[dcpwner]

wont happen. and even if it did i doubt it would change the outcome of who comes out on top in the east

 

[elcheato]

Holding onto this rumor. Holding onto this rumor and down.

 

[Mexi]

Neil Funk, their announcer, said about 3 or 4 weeks ago in an interview that he thought Rose was coming back this season. 
 
 

"My belief is he's going to play before this season is over," Funk said Wednesday on the "Carmen & Jurko" show on ESPN Chicago 1000. "No one in the Bulls organization ... they have stuck to their guns that he is out for the season. But I just have this feeling, I don't know why, and this isn't the first time that I've said it, but I really think he's going to play before the season is over. 

"At what point [is unclear] and obviously they are going to monitor his minutes very closely if he were to come back. All of those things are going to happen. How much of a factor, whether it's at the end of the regular season or into the playoffs, that remains to be seen. Obviously, there is a likelihood or strong likelihood that maybe he won't play during the regular season. I think he wants to be sure that he's 100 percent, which he thought he was when he came back off that other knee injury, and it looked like he was just starting to round into shape when he hurt that other one." 
 

 
Neil Funk is a reputable fellow and announcers really tend to keep stuff like this to themselves. For him to go public is interesting
 
not sure if he's coming back, but it's already been out there twice, a few weeks apart, and from 2 different outlets so it's something to keep an eye on

 

[Hurricane Season]

Had they not said anything about it, I would have actually expected him back... Now that several sources are saying he will be back, there's no chance.