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Derrick Rose: 'I'm not coming back until I'm 110%'

As Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose nears his return from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, the non-timetable timetable remains in place.

Even though Rose is practicing and traveling with the team, there is no specific target date, and the 2010-11 MVP and three-time All-Star is comfortable with that.

After all, he's been patient since the devastating April 28 injury. Rose maintains he won't play until he's ready and not a second sooner.

"I don't have a set date," Rose told USA TODAY Sports on Monday in his first extensive interview since the 2012-13 NBA season began. "I'm not coming back until I'm 110%. Who knows when that can be? It can be within a couple of weeks. It could be next year. It could be any day. It could be any time. It's just that I'm not coming back until I'm ready."

How close is Rose to 110%?

"Right now, probably in the high 80s," he said. "Far away. Far away."

The ambiguity is by design but not with duplicity intended. The Bulls have no reason to target a date. Rose, the humble star, is the face of the franchise and worth the patience.

"Every injury's different. People want to pigeonhole exactly when he returns, and I understand that," Bulls general manager Gar Forman said. "Everybody would like to know. We would like to know the exact date.

"But what we really tried to do was stay true to the process and not skip steps as he went along his rehabilitation. … We wanted to make sure we did what was right for Derrick."

In the meantime, Rose continues to work and contemplates the kind of player he will be when he returns.

"I know it's going to be something good. With all this hard work I've been putting into my game, I'm doing stuff I never did before. I gained 10, 11 pounds of muscle. I don't know what type of player I'm going to be. I just know that I'm going to be very good."

During a wide-ranging discussion, Rose opened up on many topics, including his injury and the impact it had, fatherhood, the bold adidas ad campaign centered on his return and the overwhelming support he has received from Bulls fans.

Check back later today at usatoday.com for more from the Rose interview.
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Derrick Rose: 'I'm not coming back until I'm 110%'

As Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose nears his return from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, the non-timetable timetable remains in place.

Even though Rose is practicing and traveling with the team, there is no specific target date, and the 2010-11 MVP and three-time All-Star is comfortable with that.

After all, he's been patient since the devastating April 28 injury. Rose maintains he won't play until he's ready and not a second sooner.

"I don't have a set date," Rose told USA TODAY Sports on Monday in his first extensive interview since the 2012-13 NBA season began. "I'm not coming back until I'm 110%. Who knows when that can be? It can be within a couple of weeks. It could be next year. It could be any day. It could be any time. It's just that I'm not coming back until I'm ready."

How close is Rose to 110%?

"Right now, probably in the high 80s," he said. "Far away. Far away."

The ambiguity is by design but not with duplicity intended. The Bulls have no reason to target a date. Rose, the humble star, is the face of the franchise and worth the patience.

"Every injury's different. People want to pigeonhole exactly when he returns, and I understand that," Bulls general manager Gar Forman said. "Everybody would like to know. We would like to know the exact date.

"But what we really tried to do was stay true to the process and not skip steps as he went along his rehabilitation. … We wanted to make sure we did what was right for Derrick."

In the meantime, Rose continues to work and contemplates the kind of player he will be when he returns.

"I know it's going to be something good. With all this hard work I've been putting into my game, I'm doing stuff I never did before. I gained 10, 11 pounds of muscle. I don't know what type of player I'm going to be. I just know that I'm going to be very good."

During a wide-ranging discussion, Rose opened up on many topics, including his injury and the impact it had, fatherhood, the bold adidas ad campaign centered on his return and the overwhelming support he has received from Bulls fans.

Check back later today at usatoday.com for more from the Rose interview.
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I hope Rose understands that he will never be 110%. Not because he won't ever be fully healthy, but because no one in the history of the world has ever been more than 100% anything.
 
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I hope Rose understands that he will never be 110%. Not because he won't ever be fully healthy, but because no one in the history of the world has ever been more than 100% anything.
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just saying.
 
I wish people would stop comparing DRose to AP

sigh

Face it, odds are against him.

Derrick showing his lack of understanding of mathematics



















Jk
 
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Nope. I see sports figures get the math regarding this wrong quite often. One can't be more than 100% anything. I know what you're thinking, "But Lobotomybeats, what about Abby and Brittany? They are definitely more than 100%!" They might be the lone exception to this widely regarded rule.
 
:{ @ Jay-Will (snitches deserve stitches!)
Duke players cannot be trusted (not incl Grant Hill/Maggette/Deng) :D

DRose is doing the right thing by taking his sweet time. It's not like his team is struggling to make the postseason. :hat
 
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Dwight Howard wants to play in the ASG even with how banged up he is???

That'll show Kobe how tough he is.
 
D12 should sit out and let another up and coming big get an opportunity to shine. Dude is an attention ***** to say the least.
 
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Doesn't a player have to miss a certain amount of consecutive games leading up to the All-Star game, if they want to skip it? Or sit out a certain amount of games after they miss the All-Star game?
 
^I doubt that.... like what if Duncan all of a sudden tears his ACL the game before the ASW?
 
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