Derrick Rose has probably played his last game for the New York Knicks. The former MVP has suffered yet another knee injury. He has torn his left meniscus, and as a result will not play in any of the Knicks’ five remaining games:
An MRI of D. Rose's left knee revealed a torn meniscus that will require an arthroscopy. He will be out for the remaining 5 games of season.
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) April 2, 2017
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Rose will miss six to eight weeks:
Derrick Rose will be a free agent in July, and sources say the recovery time on torn meniscus in his left knee expected to be 6-to-8 weeks.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) April 2, 2017
(Update 4/15/17) The Knicks say Rose underwent successful surgery and he will miss 3-6 weeks.
Derrick Rose medical update: pic.twitter.com/RzlX30lxuy
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) April 5, 2017
This season hasn’t inspired confidence that Rose is still capable of being a starting point guard in the NBA, and this latest injury won’t help his case.
Assuming his recovery goes well, Rose is certainly still an NBA player. In today’s point guard-heavy league, though, he’s not worth the type of money that starting point guards are paid. Rose (again, assuming he returns without issue) can still be an impactful player. But at this point, that impact will need to come in a sixth-man role.
