The chances of Derrick Rose playing later tonight are probably less then 50/50. And why should he play? Just to satisfy his thirst for seeing a few minutes of game action prior to the start of the regular season? That’s ridiculous. Why would a franchise take a risk with it’s franchise player for a game that means less then nothing.

Yes, Rose has missed the last two weeks with his injured foot and dearly wants to get back on the court but he’ll get his chance soon enough when the games really count. Following a day off on Saturday, the Bulls will have four straight days of practice and Rose can quickly whip himself into game shape.

It’s sort of funny that Rose wants to play later tonight since most players dread pre-season games but Rose is a different animal in the fact (like Michael Jordan) he always wants to compete and win. But thankfully the decisions regarding his playing time are being made by the medical staff and they know better.

Besides, it wasn’t all doom and gloom for Rose on Thursday. He may have already known that his attempts to play later tonight were pretty much null and void, but, he did have a photo shoot with super model, Marisa Miller and I would call that a pretty good consolation prize. 

-David Schuster