Now Derrick Rose has had his moments this year. Unfortunately he hasn’t been consistent due to minor injuries, rest etc.
Hopefully all this resting will be worth it because come Playoff time. It will be DRose time. Whether he’ll answer the call. That will remain to be seen. But from what we have seen so far. He hasn’t played many games in full on, 100% DRose mode. I think Rose knows that.
When talking to Bill Simmons on the BS Report, HOF finalist Penny Hardaway threw in his One Cent (see what I did there?) on Derrick Rose.
“I look at his footwork. At first he would really dig in and get his speed,” Hardaway said on “The B.S. Report” with Bill Simmons. “Now it’s almost like he’s jogging on top of the court. He’s not digging in anymore. He used to just go all out — 100 mph. To me it’s like he plays at 70, 75 now and sometimes he’ll turn the jets on. It’s just the pain.”
“There’s the hardest thing — when you cannot be as athletic or perform at a level you really want to. Your mind is telling you, but your body is not allowing you.”
“It’s just amazing when you see Derrick because it did remind me of myself,” Hardaway told ESPNChicago.com over All-Star Weekend. “We were at the height of our games when injuries started to plague us, especially in the legs. We were both very athletic, Derrick is very athletic, and his athleticism was a big part of his game just like mine was. And to see that — he’s still so young.
“I started to have injuries when I was around 27, 28 so that was a little — he’s still young enough to recover. I just hope that he does recover fully to where he can get his speed, his quickness and athleticism back to where it was.“
If anyone knows about injuries as a star point guard. It’s Penny Hardaway. Unfortunately Hardaway’s career was scarred by the injuries. Derrick Rose still has time. Even though he’s going “70, 75”. It’s better than sitting on the bench with his suit on.
It’s just a matter of not being a hindrance. He should only play when he can produce. When he’s playing, jacking up 25 shots and making less than 10 of them. That’s when he’s being a hindrance.
