Looking ahead to the future can be good and bad at times. For Chicago Bulls star guard Derrick Rose, its his past that might dictate how he looks at his future.
His injury riddled career took another turn in the wrong direction recently during the first day of Bulls training camp. Just one day after D.Rose said he couldn’t wait to get a big payday in 2017, he caught an elbow to the face, fractured an orbital bone and was immediately taken off the floor. He underwent successful surgery today and the Bulls are optimistic for Rose’s return to the court.
Following from KC Johnson of the Chicago Tribune.
Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said Derrick Rose’s Wednesday surgery to repair his fractured left orbital bone went “as expected” and didn’t rule out Rose’s participation in the Oct. 27 season opener against the Cavaliers.
The team has yet to release an official timetable for Rose’s return. Previous NBA examples and medical experts said the range is from two to six weeks. Rose suffered the injury when he took an accidental elbow to the face in the first practice of the season on Tuesday.
“It’s not a structural injury,” Hoiberg said. “When he comes back ready to go, he should be able to go right back into it 100 percent, which if you have something going on with one of your other body parts it’s going to be you gradually get back. You know, 50 percent load and then move all the way up from mid-restriction. I don’t anticipate that in his case this will happen with this eye injury as soon as he’s cleared to play.”
As Johnson alluded to, Rose’s recovery time could be up to six weeks but the Bulls first game is October 27th at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Bulls aren’t putting an exact date on his return and they shouldn’t either. It appears as of late, all Derrick Rose’s career has been a litany of timetables and not a lot of time actually spent on the court.
UPDATE:
Bull say Rose should resume basketball activities in two weeks. Following from a Bulls press release.
Derrick Rose’s procedure went as expected today. At this time it is estimated he will be able to resume basketball activities in two weeks.
The Bulls guard sustained a left orbital fracture in practice yesterday morning.
