Every Rose has its Thorns

Derrick Rose is the best player on the Chicago Bulls when he’s healthy. Still reacclimatizing Rose to the team would be the worst thing for Chicago in this series.

Much has been made in regards to the star of Chicago’s injury and whether or not he can pull off a 360 dunk from his left foot as of now.

Rose was cleared by his doctors for the better part of two months yet he continues to mull over weather or not he should return for the playoffs.

Chicago should make the answer simple for him: tell him to wait until next year.

Adding Rose to these bucking bulls would cause imbalance to a team entirely dependent on team chemistry. For better or worse these Bulls have figured out how to play without Derrick Rose, and there is no way Rose can covalently bond with his teammates in this series.

For example while Nate Robinson and Marco Belinelli have tendencies to be defensive liabilities at times, Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson know how to anticipate their mistakes better. With Rose back in the lineup, it would not be as clear to the Bulls paint monsters what mistakes the star guard would make on the defensive end.

And against the Miami Heat no team can afford constant defensive lapses.

Although the Miami Heat is undoubtedly capable of running with the Chicago Bulls, the ‘baby bulls’ have grown into defensive monsters capable of playing with the NBA’s best.

Chemical reactions take time to stabilize. Adding a player who plays as explosively as Rose would disrupt the potency of the Bulls chemistry.

One sign of this imbalance between Rose and the new look Bulls is his interaction with new impact rookie Jimmy Butler. According to an article written by SI.com, Rose and Butler have only shared the floor for a total of 75 minutes.

Also factoring Rose back in means less minutes for Robinson to be the impact player he has been throughout the series. Robinson ripped off 27 points and had nine assists in game one of the series.

Although Robinson does have a track record of being an inconsistent shooter, he well aware of his role and is on the NBA’s short list of players who are heated up after making one shot.

Every Rose has its thorns and Derrick coming back in this series would lead directly to the Bulls being pricked.