http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...bulls-headlines <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Rare is the instance that the words "good news" are used to describe a team's leading returning scorer missing the bulk of training camp with an injury. But the Bulls took that stance Sunday, one day after Jalen Rose hurt his right thumb on a drive to the basket in an evening practice session. Management initially feared that Rose had torn ligaments when he fell and landed on his thumb, which likely would have required surgery and a two- to three-month absence. Instead, an examination Sunday morning by a hand surgeon determined that Rose had sprained a ligament. He is wearing a cast to immobilize the hand and will be re-evaluated in a week. "When you consider that surgery is an alternative, any time you can get over an injury like this with immobilization and hopefully a short period of recuperation, you feel like you won," trainer Fred Tedeschi said. Rose, who averaged a career-high 22.1 points last season, could be out two to three weeks and miss the entire exhibition schedule. But it appears he will be healthy in time for the regular-season opener Oct. 29 against Washington. Rose has played in 237 straight regular-season games, the fifth-longest current streak in the NBA. Rose watched Sunday's practice while sitting in a chair and dribbling a basketball with his left hand. He left the Berto Center before he could be questioned. </div> Ouch. At least it's only a few weeks.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting beasly3:</div><div class="quote_post">Typical Rose</div> Why? His thumb's screwed up. Injuries like those could take quite a while to heal.. it's better that he's taking a break before the preseason than during the regular season.
I dont want him back for the regular season. I want him to get taken in the expansion draft heopfully. He is a cancer on any team. After Pacers traded him, they started winning ect.
Your right! I mean they are so good now that he got here! Umm no. Cause they win a cuple more games doesnt mean anything. And they started winning more games than 20? Wow, is that a hard thing to do? In the long run he hurts the team.
