It’s been a rough start to the season for Derrick Rose. He’s shooting just 36 percent from the field, averaging a career low in points and the Bulls have been a better team without him on the court. But before anyone rushes to judgment about Rose’s future in Chicago, you need to consider that he’s still playing with double vision.
Bulls coach says Derrick Rose could have double vision for 3 months
Not being able to see could explain the former MVP’s struggles from the field.
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Rose suffered a left orbital fracture during a training camp practice on Sept. 29, an injury that required surgery. On Sunday, coach Fred Hoiberg said Rose’s vision could be impaired up to three months.
“It’s still blurry when I look certain ways,” he said Sunday, via the Chicago Tribune’s K.C. Johnson. “The depth perception of the rim, my eyes are thrown off. I’m finding ways around it, but there’s no excuses. I’m not going to blame anything on it. I just know it’s part of the process and something I have to deal with.”
The timeline Hoiberg proposed was news to Rose, but he admitted he feels he's missing a lot of shots which he normally hits.
“You kind of have that hope in your mind that it gets well quicker,” he said, “but for this to be seven or eight (weeks) out and still the same way, I can’t do nothing but live with it.”
Rose is averaging just 12.6 points per game this season, nearly eight points less than his career average. He’s connected on just one of his 18 three-point attempts. His shot chart doesn’t look pretty right now:
As detailed at Blog-a-Bull, this is now the third time that Hoiberg and one of his players have not been on the same page publicly. Hoiberg and Rose previously had differing opinions on the pace Rose should play at, and earlier in the season Joakim Noah refuted Hoiberg’s claim that Noah had come to him and requested to come off the bench.
Despite these issues, Hoiberg has won six of his first nine games as Bulls head coach. Chicago hosts the Pacers Monday night.
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