Derrick Rose Playing With Functionality In Just One Eye

But still there is no need to be concern for Rose’s status, for the point-guard himself assured that he will not be out of the season simply because of a blurred vision. I’m getting back to the floaters and finishing around the rim. But I don’t have to score as much now.

Under former head coach Tom Thibodeau, the Bulls were known as a defensive team, which prefers low-scoring games rather than an up-tempo style. The Bulls have a tough turnaround with the Nets on Wednesday, but that should be a winnable game. Giving up 100 points to Brooklyn would have driven Thibs nuts. It’s another one of the reasons Rose was beaming.

Better news for the Bulls is Rose isn’t the only beneficiary of the new offense. Under Hoiberg, the Bulls have averaged 106.0 points per game in the first two games of the season. At the top of the list, this was the most we’ve seen him attack the paint in a long time – he took 15 shots in the paint and just two from beyond the arc.

The trial is set to begin in 2017.

Still, the biggest and most important question for the Bulls, and one of the biggest questions in the Eastern Conference, is whether Rose can be great again.

Rose just has to get to the point he can finish.

If Rose can play this well with double vision, then we might even see a shade of the old MVP candidate once the swelling finally goes down. According to CBS Sports, a reporter asked him “how much a sexual assault civil lawsuit filed against him in California by an ex-girlfriend” affected his training and mindset coming into the new season. He was wearing a mask after suffering an orbital fracture during the preseason, but the mask didn’t appear to faze Rose at all, as he wasn’t afraid to drive to the basket.

“I think I’m all right”, Rose said.