Derrick Rose watched as his Chicago Bulls played three of the most physical NBA games of the season, falling twice to the Miami Heat in the past two tries. It's officially now or never if he plans to return.
The most likely scenario for Rose this late in the season would be for him to ride out the rest of the way on the bench and formally announce that he won't be miraculously suiting up in the middle of the playoffs to lead the Bulls' last stand.
However, we're stuck in some sort of weird limbo: Rose hasn't played a single game all season long, yet he's not ruling himself out for a potential return.
We've sat through an endless number of "Not today" and "We'll see" quotes from both Tom Thibodeau and Rose, leaving the door open for a possible return, even though the stakes seem to remain stacked against him.
With all the wishy-washy quotes, and the obvious desire to return accompanied by extreme uncertainty, it's easy to get frustrated with the entire scenario.
A good two-thirds of the talk surrounding Chicago since the All-Star break has been about Rose, when he'll return, how good he'll be and how long it would take him to ge ...
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