No need to sugarcoat it Derrick Rose hasn’t played very well for Team USA. Hopefully, for the Bulls it is just rust and not a preview of what is to come during the season.
Rose for his part says he is loving the way he is playing per Basketball Insiders.
“I’m loving the way that I’m playing,” Rose told reporters, according to Bulls.com’s Sam Smith. “Of course, missing shots, that’s part of the game. But just conditioning wise and how I’ve been playing defense and low turnovers the last couple games, I’m loving the way that I’m playing.”
My knees are good. I know a lot of people are concerned about that, but I think I’m playing well. Pushing the ball, missing layups, little rusty stuff that normally comes with not playing for two years.
“This is a new ball,” Rose said. “This is not the NBA ball. I could see if I was missing these shots and it was the NBA, it would be something totally different. I think everybody is having a little struggle with shooting these balls because one little twitch in your finger or whatever, it’s going a whole other direction. It’s lighter, slippery.”
For the Bulls I hope this is all true.