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Former NBA MVP Needs Another Knee Surgery

Andrew Lief Contributor
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The Chicago Bulls announced Tuesday night that point guard Derrick Rose has a torn right meniscus and will undergo surgery. After his surgery, a timetable will be determined for his return.

This is the same meniscus that Rose tore on Nov. 23, 2013. Rose’s knee injures began when he tore his left ACL in game one of the 2012 playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, which caused him to miss the entire 2012-13 season.

Since playing 81 games during the 2010-11 season, where Rose was named the league’s MVP, he has only played in 95 games over the last four seasons.

This season, Rose was averaging 18.4 points, five assists and 3.1 rebounds per game, which are all below his career averages.

Even though his numbers were increasing as the season was going along, it’s fair to question what his future holds.

The Bulls have to start thinking about life without Rose. Yes, he is still owed $40 million over the next two seasons, but his inability to stay healthy means the Bulls need to find another big piece to help their team get over the top.

With all-stars Jimmy Butler and Pau Gasol, along with former all-star Joakim Noah, the Bulls have a good team, but a healthy Rose was the piece that made them great. Going forward, expect the Bulls to try to make a move to add another star to their team.

Even though Rose could be healthy in time for the playoffs, because of his track record of sitting out for the season after an injury, it’s hard to imagine Rose playing then.

Rose had a bright future after being named the league’s MVP at age 22, but after four injury-filled seasons it’s unfortunately probably fair to say we will never see a dominant Derrick Rose again.

Check out the response to Rose’s injury from the NBA’s top players: