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Knicks’ Rose to have knee surgery

again, miss rest of season

BY BRIAN MAHONEY But his contract expires af- York despite the team’s
AP BASKETBALL WRITER ter this season and teams disappointing season and
NEW YORK (AP) -- Derrick will have to decide if Rose was playing well down the
Rose’s season is over early is worth another big deal stretch, scoring 24 points
because of knee surgery given his injury history. against San Antonio and
again. The New York Knicks He was no guarantee to re- 27 against Detroit in his last
guard has torn cartilage in turn to the Knicks anyway, two games.
his left knee and the team given their preference to “I thought he’s played well.
said he will miss the remain- stick with the triangle of- The explosiveness that you
ing five games. fense in which Rose isn’t saw years ago, you saw New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose (25) drives around Utah
“It’s tough for Derrick. He’s completely comfortable. that (again),” Hornacek Jazz guard George Hill, left, during the first half during an NBA
played hard all year,” But he said he liked New said. q basketball game Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Salt Lake City.
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coach Jeff Hornacek said.
“I didn’t hear the real report
on it. He’ll get that taken
care of and probably be
back. But he’s worked hard
(over) the last summer with
yoga, those kind of things,
to get his body in great
shape. Feel bad for him.” It
was a surprising but all too
familiar ending to Rose’s
first season in New York.
He sat out his third straight
game Sunday against Bos-
ton, but the Knicks initially
reported the injury was just
soreness and swelling, with
Hornacek saying before
the game that he believed
Rose could play again this
season.
Instead, Rose will go into
free agency coming off ar-
throscopic surgery.
“That’s a quick-healing in-
jury. It could have been
worse. You can look at
it that way,” teammate
Courtney Lee said. “But I
feel for him and I am going
to shoot out a lot of prayers
for him and for a speedy
recovery.”
Rose tore his left ACL in the
2012 playoffs and missed
the entire next season. He
made it through just 10
games in 2013-14 before
he was sidelined by a torn
meniscus in his right knee
and missed 20 more games
the following season be-
cause of trouble with the
same knee.
Rose played in 66 games
last season for Chicago,
his most since his 2011 MVP
season, and the Knicks
took a chance on his
health by acquiring him on
the eve of the NBA draft
in June. Rose, who didn’t
have to rehab last summer
for a change, appeared to
have regained much of his
quickness this season while
playing in 64 games and
averaging 18 points.