Derrick Rose Likely Out Till March

The Bulls are anticipating Derrick Rose to be out until March.

Chicago's front office has made a series of cost-cutting moves as they anticipate the 12-13 season as one where they stand pat as Rose heals.

LAKEROC wrote:^ Agreed 100%.....if they could guarantee getting Shabazz, that would be the best backcourt the NBA has, and one of the best(potentially) in the history of the NBA!

CaCHooKa Man wrote:i dont think hell ever regain the athleticism that he relies on 90% of the time to score

Finwë wrote:

LAKEROC wrote:^ Agreed 100%.....if they could guarantee getting Shabazz, that would be the best backcourt the NBA has, and one of the best(potentially) in the history of the NBA!

Who's this Shabazz kid everyone's talking about? (I'm from Argentina, I don't really get to follow USA college basketball...)
What player does he remind you of? Could he be a superstar, ala Durant or Kobe?

CaCHooKa Man wrote:i dont think hell ever regain the athleticism that he relies on 90% of the time to score

Frank Dux wrote:

Finwë wrote:

LAKEROC wrote:^ Agreed 100%.....if they could guarantee getting Shabazz, that would be the best backcourt the NBA has, and one of the best(potentially) in the history of the NBA!

Who's this Shabazz kid everyone's talking about? (I'm from Argentina, I don't really get to follow USA college basketball...)
What player does he remind you of? Could he be a superstar, ala Durant or Kobe?

Shabazz will be playing for UCLA this upcoming year. Very fun player to watch. He's an uber athletic slashing 2 guard who might be able to play some 3 as well. Very physical, very explosive player from what i've seen. For some reason I have the feeling he'll end up as more Arron Afflalo, than say- Kobe Bryant, which is certainly no insult. But he definitely has a lot of potential to be a star in the NBA if he has the right attitude.

As for Derrick, he needs to just shut it down for the entire year, focus on getting healthy, let the Bulls tank it up. I don't think we'll be seeing the old Derrick Rose again. I think he'll lose some athleticism, and adjust his ballz-to-the-wall 100% style of play.

FabFourLakers wrote:

Frank Dux wrote:

Finwë wrote:

LAKEROC wrote:^ Agreed 100%.....if they could guarantee getting Shabazz, that would be the best backcourt the NBA has, and one of the best(potentially) in the history of the NBA!

Who's this Shabazz kid everyone's talking about? (I'm from Argentina, I don't really get to follow USA college basketball...)
What player does he remind you of? Could he be a superstar, ala Durant or Kobe?

Shabazz will be playing for UCLA this upcoming year. Very fun player to watch. He's an uber athletic slashing 2 guard who might be able to play some 3 as well. Very physical, very explosive player from what i've seen. For some reason I have the feeling he'll end up as more Arron Afflalo, than say- Kobe Bryant, which is certainly no insult. But he definitely has a lot of potential to be a star in the NBA if he has the right attitude.

As for Derrick, he needs to just shut it down for the entire year, focus on getting healthy, let the Bulls tank it up. I don't think we'll be seeing the old Derrick Rose again. I think he'll lose some athleticism, and adjust his ballz-to-the-wall 100% style of play.

Maybe you haven't seen this kid play IN person. He's a much more complete player than Afflalo. Afllalo was never known for his offense in college...Shabazz can fill it up. Unfortunately his numbers will not reflect that because of stupid Howland....but I guarantee he'll be a star in the NBA. He's going to be the next great 2 guard in the league. Whoever gets him is getting a franchise type player. I've seen him play in Vegas (where he went to HS), and kid is unreal. I've also seen Kobe play in HS (back when I lived in Media,PA which was 15 minutes from lower merion), and Shabazz REMINDS me of Kobe when he played in HS.

CaCHooKa Man wrote:i dont think hell ever regain the athleticism that he relies on 90% of the time to score

JUST-MING wrote: