Automatik;1439160 wrote:You just compared your thumb injury and golf to Derrick Rose's ACL injury.

You're done here. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

I once played an entire game of Madden with a smashed thumb. It was tough but I got through it.

nba practices when you are playing every other day are mostly situational and walthroughs of strategy. yes ive heard stories of jordan or whoever torching the team in heated practices but the contact does not compare to playoff basketball. i guarantee they arent flagrant fouling in practice or taking people to the ground. whens the last time you heard of someone getting hurt in practice

Gblock;1439979 wrote:nba practices when you are playing every other day are mostly situational and walthroughs of strategy. yes ive heard stories of jordan or whoever torching the team in heated practices but the contact does not compare to playoff basketball. i guarantee they arent flagrant fouling in practice or taking people to the ground. whens the last time you heard of someone getting hurt in practice

What about the practices he participated in 3 months prior to the playoffs? The Bulls are one of the top 2 or 3 toughest defensive teams in the league. If you think they got that way from just walkthroughs and non contact practices you're insane.

outside of training camp nba practices arent that physical when you are playing an 80 game season. guys dont really have enough energy to play the games let alone practice. especially older teams. and of all teams that cant be practicing that hard is the bulls, because they havent been healthy all year. you telling me that noah with his bad foot has been practicing hard the last 2 months?

Gblock;1440010 wrote:outside of training camp nba practices arent that physical when you are playing an 80 game season. guys dont really have enough energy to play the games let alone practice. especially older teams. and of all teams that cant be practicing that hard is the bulls, because they havent been healthy all year. you telling me that noah with his bad foot has been practicing hard the last 2 months?

We aren't talking about Noah. He has 0 to do with why Rose isn't back. But now that you brought him up hes playing balls out with an injury that hurts like a bitch.

Gblock;1440010 wrote:outside of training camp nba practices arent that physical when you are playing an 80 game season. guys dont really have enough energy to play the games let alone practice. especially older teams. and of all teams that cant be practicing that hard is the bulls, because they havent been healthy all year. you telling me that noah with his bad foot has been practicing hard the last 2 months?

You kinda make it even harder to defend rose. Since noah is playing hurt. Rose is mentally soft and scared, period.

I think it was S&L that mentioned it (I'm too lazy to go back and see for sure) but only Rose knows what his knee feels like. His game thrives on him being able to slash and cut to the basket, so it'd be a dumb idea for him to try and come back and do that if he feels he isn't ready -- especially against the Heat. But his team is certainly playing against adversity and making him look bad for sitting out.Either way, I wish he'd just make a final call and stick with it. It seems he's essentially playing it day by day right now and it's stupid. He's coming back from a knee injury, not the flu. Either suit up and give it a go (at the least, go out and stand there and be a decoy) or just make a definitive decision that he isn't playing even if the Bulls make it to game seven of the finals.

during the halftime show they were saying that he is possible to play game 3 in chicago

bo shemmy3337;1439967 wrote:I once played an entire game of Madden with a smashed thumb. It was tough but I got through it.

lol, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw his golf post.

Heretic;1440754 wrote:lol, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw his golf post.

Ha golf is a sport though

Classyposter58;1441096 wrote:Ha golf is a game though

Agreed.

Classyposter58;1441096 wrote:Ha golf is a sport though

You know, I've seen this Madden world championships on TV in the past, so it must be as much of a sport as golf. I mean, the only thing that gives golf more of a physical exertion factor is the walking. One of the guys I saw when I had the TV turned to that was definitely not much for walking...and probably was taken completely out of his game by just having to stand up while playing.

He's lucky he's a YOUNG superstar. If he was a 30+ superstar, this city would be on the "trade his ass" bandwagon I live in the suburbs, and the most popular saying I've heard is this "if it were LBJ, Durant, and Kobe you'd have to kill them to keep them off the court longer than need be". I tend to agree. Rose has a mangina.