Rose played his first playoff game since his ACL injury in 2015 against the Milwaukee Bucks. Only a month later he required another knee surgery to fix his torn meniscus, where Rose wouldn’t return until April. He scored a season high against the Wizards in January 2015. In 2014, Derrick Rose made his return yet again, this time still not averaging to the potential back when he first made his mark in the NBA. Once again, now with a torn meniscus, Derrick Rose was out for the season. It seemed his injury was taking effect on him, and that is when a second injury struck him in a game against the Trail Blazers. Without Derrick Rose, the Bulls made it to the conference semi-finals only to lose to eventual champions, the Miami Heat.ġ0 games into his return season in 2013, Derrick Rose was averaging 16 points and 4 assists, which seemed off for someone of Rose’s status. It became revealed later on after the injury, that Rose would miss his next season. Without Rose, the 76ers advanced to the second round and Bulls fans were left to worry about their star player. Rose led his team to the playoffs, until an unfortunate ACL tear came about in the first game of the playoffs in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers. It was his fourth season that struck him hard, following an amazing MVP season averaging 25 points and near 8 assists. Becoming Rookie of the Year and the MVP in his third season. Chicago fans knew that their city was going to be back in the Championship in no time, with how Rose was playing. Derrick Rose played his first three seasons in the NBA, becoming one of the league’s top Point Guards, let alone a top player in general. Injuries, the key factor to one’s success or failure. The reason Oden became a draft bust was due to his lack of playing time from injuries. This was just one year after Greg Oden was drafted #1 by the Trailblazers, who was one of the most famous draft busts of all time. Derrick Rose was drafted #1 overall by the Chicago Bulls in 2008.
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