While Derrick Rose recovers from his knee surgery, there is a possibility of him vastly improving his shot. ‘‘He can only do three things,’’ said Tim Hardaway, who missed the 1993-94 season after suffering a similar injury. ‘‘He can dribble — not run and dribble, just dribble walking up and down the court; he can shoot a bunch of free throws; and he can shoot a bunch of set shots like he’s playing H-O-R-S-E every day, all day. ‘‘But that’s going to make him better. If you shoot 1,000 jump shots a day, 1,000 free throws a day, you’re going to get better. That made my shot better. It really made my jump shot and free-throw percentage better.’’ Hardaway's niece, Mieka Reese, is Rose's longtime girlfriend. Read more: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/bask...t-might-be-much-improved-when-he-returns.html
I've had a knee injury before, and there's one thing I couldn't do, it was shoot free-throws. Every time you shoot, you bend your knees. I remember free-throws being especially painful as I was recovering, because it was a more slowed down motion. With that said, how the hell is Derrick Rose out there with a blown knee shooting free-throws? (On a side note, yeah... that Hardaway bit is pretty funny. I guess this is the same girl he got his ass whooped for at Memphis? Anyone remember that? Derrick Rose got beaten so badly at Memphis by some football player that he couldn't even attend his own press conference when he declared for the draft. Oh, and if you're thinking, "Well, the guy was a football player, he must have been huge..." the guy was a wide receiver that was Rose's height. Ah man, I wish more people remembered that.)
I don't know of too many players who go under a serious knee surgery and get a whole lot better. Good luck to him.
