Yeah, you're definitely a cut off your nose to spite your face type of person.
This isn't about this year, it was a throw away year from the jump as you can see by all of the 1yr contracts the Bulls FO entered into, this is about the next 8-10 years. The organization has to think long term and he gets nothing out of playing his first competitive basketball of the season during the 2nd round of the playoffs... That makes as much sense as learning to swim in the deep end of a pool.
but hes been cleared to play for a while dude. and im sure the fo didnt think they would make it to the second round.
he gets nothing out of it? he has a chance to put his team in a postion to play for a title...
its a mental thing and if you are the leader, former mvp, and heart and soul of your team, you aint got time for a mental breakdown...
your nose cutting analogy did humor me though
No. Cleared to play means the Doctors don't see anything else they need to do. Everything else is up to him and he's doing what he should be doing, listening to his body.
Why come back during the most stressful & intense part of the season when you have yet to see an actual minute of REAL game time... You think that's smart?
At what point does chemistry & timing get taken into consideration? You can't mimic that in practice no matter how hard you work at it... There is no reason to rush this, he's carried this team on his back into the post season for 3 straight seasons, they're fine without him for this one.
**** Steve Kerr... I mean that. He was all with Derrick not playing, its not about the short term its about the long haul, he has his entire career to think about until Kirk couldn't play last game because of his calf... Now its Derrick you owe your team to come back and play 20mins. Eat a ****
.. Great idea Kerr, now we see why your tenure with the Suns front office didn't last too long 
