The Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 100-93 on Thursday night, but the victory was marred by a hamstring injury suffered by Derrick Rose near the end of the game. The timing wasn’t great, because Rose had caused a stir this week with comments about planning for his long-term future.
But his teammates seem to have his back, and after the game, Bulls center Joakim Noah defended Rose in typically memorable fashion:Noah with impassioned defense of Rose just now. “Everybody needs to chill out.” Says Rose will be fine.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 14, 2014Noah on Rose: “Sometimes he’s portrayed as something that he’s not. You don’t come back from the injuries that he’s coming back from ...”
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 14, 2014More Noah: “You don’t come back from the injuries that he’s coming back from without unbelievable commitment.”
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 14, 2014Noah said he was disappointed by some of the media’s coverage of Rose’s comments -- “because I know how much (Rose) cares about this game.”
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 14, 2014Noah: “I see it every day. I think we’re all in this together. This is not a one man team. But at the end of the day, we need him.”
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 14, 2014Noah: “We need him and I don’t want to see him down. I know sometimes it’s frustrating, you got injuries, you got tweaks ...”
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 14, 2014Noah: “Every time something happens to (Rose) people act like it’s the end of the world and that’s f****** so lame to me.”
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 14, 2014Noah: “Relax. He’s coming back from two crazy surgeries ... so everybody needs to chill the f*** out.”
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 14, 2014Noah’s comments reinforce how much Rose’s teammates believe in him, and how difficult it is to understand the things these players put their bodies through. Hopefully, Rose’s injury isn’t serious and he’s back on the court soon.
