The Chicago Bulls are set to take on the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night but a lot of the news and rumors coming out lately have been about Derrick Rose and his comments.
Check out the latest buzz below.
Rose Slammed for Comments, Defends Himself
Derrick Rose has gotten some criticism for comments he made recently about sitting out same games, saying that he’s thinking of the future.
“I’m thinking about after I’m done with basketball, having graduations to go to, having meetings to go to,'' Rose said.
“I don’t want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my (2-year-old) son’s graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past.'’
Steve Rosenbloom of the Chicago Tribune was one of the people who was upset about what Rose said.
“Thing is, it’s not just that the statement is idiotic, it’s that he apparently believes it. It’s galling and stupid, and Rose doesn’t seem smart enough to understand why. The Bulls are trying to win a title and gave him a $95 million contract toward that end. And they get that horsebleep?” Rosenbloom wrote.
“Rose’s teammates ought to be (ticked) at that attitude and now face questions about it after they’ve spent more time trying to win a title without Rose than with him.”
Rose responded to the criticism by saying that he was just being himself.
“As long as I’m being myself, that’s the only person I can be,” Rose told the Chicago Sun Times on Thursday morning before the Bulls’ morning shootaround at Air Canada Centre.
“As far as saying anything, probably blame me for thinking about the future I'll probably think different but that’s all I was doing.”
Rose was asked if he understood why some people would get upset at his comments, and he said no.
No, no, but I could care less,” he said.
He also noted how his injuries have changed his outlook, and admitted that people questioning his commitment bothered him.
“Yeah, to a certain degree,” he said. “Of course it’s going to happen. But at the same time, I can’t do anything about it. I just gotta let God handle that and just put every performance and every article behind me every day.”
Teammates Support Rose
