The nightmare of Derrick Rose, the Chicago Bulls and NBA fans everywhere has been confirmed: The star point guard has a torn medial meniscus in his right knee that will need surgery, and he has been ruled out indefinitely.
The team's official website confirmed the news:
Bulls guard Derrick Rose sustained an injury to his right knee against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
Subsequent examinations and an MRI confirmed a medial meniscus tear to his right knee, which will require surgery. Rose is out indefinitely.
The silver lining here is that the injury isn't to Rose's ACL, which is what was originally feared after he suffered the non-contact injury in Portland. Nevertheless, while things certainly could have gone much worse, this is still devastating for the 25-year-old point guard.
Rose, of course, missed all of last season with a torn ACL in his left knee. The former MVP was off to a bit of a rusty start after working so hard to get back, averaging just 15.9 points per game on 35.4-percent shooting, but it was good for the league just to have him on the court again.
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Derrick Rose Injury: Bulls Star Will Require Surgery After Tearing Meniscus
November 23rd, 2013 by Tim Keeney Leave a reply »
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