Rose faces a recovery of eight months to a year.
The assessment by team physician Dr. Brian Cole on Tuesday means the point guard could return around mid-January to early February, or miss next season. The doctor added there is a chance Rose could be back sooner, but ''we're not going to rush it.''
The Bulls had already said Rose has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Cole said there were also two tears in his meniscus cartilage.
He said Rose is ''doing great,'' that the surgery went ''extremely well'' and he can still be an explosive player.
''It's impossible to predict tomorrow,'' Cole said during a news conference at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center. ''Statistically, he should be that player and then some. That doesn't mean he's guaranteed. It's a whole lot better than we were accustomed to years ago. The ligament is one thing and the meniscus is another. Getting all the things to heal appropriately is really our goal in the early phases. Then, it's rehab, conditioning — getting his brain connected to his knee, basically.''
General manager Gar Forman insisted the Bulls won't rush Rose, that they are more focused on the long term than the short-term hit they'll take without him. The GM is ''hopeful'' and ''optimistic'' his franchise player will return next season but isn't sure he will.
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The assessment by team physician Dr. Brian Cole on Tuesday means the point guard could return around mid-January to early February, or miss next season. The doctor added there is a chance Rose could be back sooner, but ''we're not going to rush it.''
The Bulls had already said Rose has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Cole said there were also two tears in his meniscus cartilage.
He said Rose is ''doing great,'' that the surgery went ''extremely well'' and he can still be an explosive player.
''It's impossible to predict tomorrow,'' Cole said during a news conference at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center. ''Statistically, he should be that player and then some. That doesn't mean he's guaranteed. It's a whole lot better than we were accustomed to years ago. The ligament is one thing and the meniscus is another. Getting all the things to heal appropriately is really our goal in the early phases. Then, it's rehab, conditioning — getting his brain connected to his knee, basically.''
General manager Gar Forman insisted the Bulls won't rush Rose, that they are more focused on the long term than the short-term hit they'll take without him. The GM is ''hopeful'' and ''optimistic'' his franchise player will return next season but isn't sure he will.
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