DanTown8587 wrote:No, this is like Cleveland cow tailing to Maverick Carter. If Derrick feels this way, I'd tell him that's not how this is handled. Look, Derrick can pissed that the Bulls aren't putting "enough" around him, but the only move that Rose could openly criticize for lack of talent would be letting Gordon, Asik or Korver walk. The rest have been replaced by superior players.
This is an unfair criticism of a team that is in the thick of a playoff race WITHOUT Rose. The Bulls aren't scrapping to make the playoffs with a healthy Rose. They're a high 40s win team without him.
I agree on throwing the players under the bus. He took that too far.
But I think his main issue is looking around from the offseason to now and seeing the Bulls making financial moves. He's implying that Rose would be a lot more motivated to return if the Bulls had put pieces around him that will help long-term and they haven't. Most of the trade deadline talk has been about dumping salary. Even in the trade rumor thread now, we're looking ahead to the offseason and the talk is still about dumping salary.
How he feels is really relevant and him feeling the need to publicly berate the Bulls makes it an even bigger deal. He doesn't want Rose going back to a team where he's going to have to do EVERYTHING again, and increase his chance of getting another significant injury. With this team he's still going to have to do everything.























