This is some of the saddest news I’ve reported in sports in a longtime. Sports is the ultimate display of overcoming the odds and Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose will once again be forced to display that ability. Last night, reports surfaced that for the third straight year, Chicago Bulls MVP Derrick Rose has been sidelined with another knee injury and he will be required to have surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee.
According to the ChicagoTribune,
The Bulls announced late Tuesday that an MRI exam confirmed a medial meniscus tear in Rose’s right knee, which will require surgery. A timeline for his return will be determined after the procedure, but two sources said the initial belief is that this tear isn’t as extensive as the one Rose suffered in the same knee in November 2013.
One of those sources said Rose’s path could follow that of Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, whose torn meniscus underwent three surgical procedures. The final of those three took place in December 2013. Westbrook returned two months later.
A source said Rose was told after that surgery that a second tear could happen and typically those are treated by cutting or removing the damage. That generally involves a shorter rehabilitation of three to six weeks.
Derrick Rose could return this season and make a push for the postseason but a lot of things are still up in the air. As new information continues to be released, stay tuned to HHS1987 for all your sports news.
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