Derrick Rose suffered an orbital bone fracture in his left eye a few weeks ago. He rejoined the Bulls this week and has been limited in activity.
Even with Rose’s full vision still being restored, he’s anxious to play in the Bulls final preseason game on Friday.
From Vincent Goodwill of CSNChicago.com:
When asked by a reporter if he still has double vision, Rose said, “Yeah, yeah. Right now I see two of you. It’s kind of bad, but it’s preseason you know, so it’s all about getting out there and playing, just playing a couple of minutes and seeing how it goes.”
Being sidelined during the preseason has kept Rose out of rhythm, something he’d like to have before the Bulls open the season against the Cavaliers on Tuesday.
“Derrick participated in a little bit of the contact, not a lot,” said Hoiberg, who wants to see Rose play 5-10 minutes if possible. “But it was good to see him out there. He’s getting more work with Randy (Brown, assistant coach). We’ll see. Maybe see how he feels in the morning. He has a lot of general soreness right now just from picking up the activity after basically not doing anything for two weeks.”
Rose will also have to break into the protective face mask which he’ll be wearing until otherwise due to his injury. For Rose, playing on opening night of the NBA season is probably a personal priority or goal. Seeing Rose play in Chicago’s last preseason game on Friday might be the indicator of whether or not that’s also a priority for the Bulls.
