Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose suffered another injury Thursday night against the Toronto Raptors. Despite coach Tom Thibodeau pulling him from the game, Rose shrugged off the injury and called it minor.
Rose suffered a left hamstring injury late in the fourth quarter of Thursday's 100-93 win over Toronto. He didn't return to the game after suffering the injury, which he described as being minor.
"I guess it's cramps in my hamstrings," Rose said, via ESPN. "But I think it's minor, and they decided to pull me out. ... I don't think it's that serious. Just ice it, stim, see if I can practice [Friday] and give it a go Saturday."
Rose has played in only five games this season because of injuries. Before the hamstring, Rose was sidelined with two sprained ankles. He indicated part of why he's getting so many knicks this season is because he missed two seasons with knee injuries and his body is still adjusting to playing in the NBA again.
"Just missing two years, now you're just going to fall for no reason I guess, man," he said. "Just trying to work every day, put in consistent work every day. And don't lose any confidence with these setbacks."
There's some irony in Thursday's injury: it came days after Rose raised eyebrows by saying he chooses to sit out games in order to keep himself healthy for the future.
"I know a lot of people get mad when they see me sit out or whatever, but I think a lot of people don't understand that ... when I sit out it's not because of this year," Rose said earlier in the week, via ESPN. "I'm thinking about long term. I'm thinking about after I'm done with basketball. Having graduations to go to, having meetings to go to, I don't want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my son's graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past. [I'm] just learning to be smart."
Chicago plays the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.
