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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Derrick Rose said after the Chicago Bulls' 100-91 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Friday night that he had apologized to his teammates for missing Wednesday's practice because of what Tom Thibodeau called "travel issues" during the point guard's return from a beach vacation after the All-Star break.

While it is unclear exactly when the apology took place in the last two days, Rose's game was clearly not in rhythm after a week off as he had one of the worst performances of the season.

In 31 minutes, Rose scored just eight points and was 2-for-9 from the field. He added two assists, two rebounds and six turnovers.

"Being one of the leaders, for anyone to miss, I wouldn't want it to be me," Rose said. "It hurt. I apologized to the guys and that was it."

While Rose acknowledged the error, he said he did not understand why people would be critical towards the practice absence.

Derrick Rose said after the Bulls' loss on Friday that he had apologized to his teammates for missing Wednesday's practice because of what Tom Thibodeau called "travel issues."
"Not at all," Rose said. "We're over .500, we got another game tomorrow, so we got to put this performance behind (us)."

Thibodeau has discussed all season how important he feels practice time is, especially with a healthy roster, as the Bulls had heading into Friday's game. He was obviously frustrated that Rose missed Wednesday's practice.

"G.M. John Paxson suspened second-year forward Tyrus Thomas two games for an unexcused absence from Wednesday's practice.

Thomas will serve the suspension during Chicago's next two games, sitting out the game against Cleveland on Thursday at the United Center and Friday at Boston.

This is the second internal discipline doled out to Thomas in his two seasons with the Bulls.

Paxson fined Thomas $10,000 last season for telling the Tribune that he was merely going to the league's All-Star weekend and participate in the dunk contest for "the free money."

It's also the second internal discipline doled out to a Bull this season."

P.C. wrote:I don't think there is anything more worthless than stories about veterans and practice. Practice time for a seasoned vet who has spent five years in the same sets is nothing like practice time for a you on your high school team.

To this day, I feel like the butchering that Allen Iverson took says everything about the media landscape at the time, and its willingness to fire up consumers but pushing misleading content. It also said something about how dumb fans were before the advent of social media and the walls came down. It didn't say anything about Iverson's professionalism.

musiqsoulchild wrote:

P.C. wrote:I don't think there is anything more worthless than stories about veterans and practice. Practice time for a seasoned vet who has spent five years in the same sets is nothing like practice time for a you on your high school team.

To this day, I feel like the butchering that Allen Iverson took says everything about the media landscape at the time, and its willingness to fire up consumers but pushing misleading content. It also said something about how dumb fans were before the advent of social media and the walls came down. It didn't say anything about Iverson's professionalism.

I have been in my department for 7 years.....I know everything that needs to happen in a work week, in and out.

So, can I just miss work?

A LARGE part of my salary is to show leadership and engagement to the rest of the team I am part of. Thats how this works.

DanTown8587 wrote:WIthout knowing the particulars of the reason his travel was delayed, if he was working with the team to get there + the team approved his travel plans + he tried his hardest to get back to practice than no. If any of the three I didn't say are true, then yes, suspend him.

Dez wrote:Is this a real thread? My God.

musiqsoulchild wrote:

P.C. wrote:I don't think there is anything more worthless than stories about veterans and practice. Practice time for a seasoned vet who has spent five years in the same sets is nothing like practice time for a you on your high school team.

To this day, I feel like the butchering that Allen Iverson took says everything about the media landscape at the time, and its willingness to fire up consumers but pushing misleading content. It also said something about how dumb fans were before the advent of social media and the walls came down. It didn't say anything about Iverson's professionalism.

I have been in my department for 7 years.....I know everything that needs to happen in a work week, in and out.

So, can I just miss work?

A LARGE part of my salary is to show leadership and engagement to the rest of the team I am part of. Thats how this works.