May I ask what this has to do with any of what I just posted?
He just feels the need to defend Rose's honor
Disgusting, Joe.
Well considering that it has been reported he's feeling a pinch in knee, having problems w his hamstrings (the same burning feeling he had post surgery), and still struggling to slide left defensively I'd say he's making the smart decision trusting his body.
**** what the organization is putting out there, they're only doing that to turn the attention off the fact they're struggling. Originally it was Pooh can take as long as he needs, we're not going to rush him, hes the franchise, he'll play when hes ready and we've carefully observed him. He's the franchise we aren't taking any chances. Reinsdorf came out and said it was a realistic possibility that he may miss the entire season after the surgery and if that was the case he was fine with it because its about the long haul.
But now the team is struggling, Reggie voiced every unbiased observers view on the lack of scoring and decisions made. But instead of just accepting the fact that this team is riddled with injury plague players and acknowledging that this would be a down year they use their company mouth piece to leak stories that Derrick's not playing bc he doesn't want too not bc he can't.
They did the samething to Luol years ago when he was hurt majority of the year. Leaked to the same reporter that he was cleared to play was just mentally weak even though he insisted he wasn't ready, turned out that he had a fracture in his leg that the team Dr's hadn't noticed.
**** this organizations FO.
CAKE Out.
/rant