A Chicago native and star player, Derrick Rose has been viewed as the franchise player for the Chicago Bulls since he was drafted back in the 2008 NBA Draft. Unfortunately things went downhill for Rose. He suffered three straight serious knee injuries and has missed large chunks or all of the last three seasons. Publicly the Bulls have stood by Rose and accepted his choice to sit out the playoffs despite the huge criticism that followed. A new report however suggests the Bulls are ready to part ways.
via FanSided:
Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times joined Bleacher Report to talk about the Rose situation, and said that the Bulls “would love to trade Rose” but that there are no buyers for him.
Cowley referenced that the Bulls have Rose under contract for two more seasons, but that they would be very open to dealing him. Jimmy Butler is going to command a very big contract this offseason, and the Bulls also have Nikola Mirotic beginning to break out and show the ability to be a top scorer. Rose is owed $20 million next season and $21.3 million in the 2016-17 season.
Those contract numbers for a player like Rose with all the injury issues that he has had simply aren’t team friendly for the Bulls who have other players capable of filling in for him.
The Bulls have been known to let go of good players to stay under the salary cap but I’m not sure if I’m willing to believe they want to trade Derrick Rose. That’s big news if true. Despite his injuries there are plenty of teams that would surely trade to acquire Rose but a high asking price just isn’t feasible.
