Derrick Rose has missed the Bulls’ last three games, which isn’t anything new, but coach Fred Hoiberg still has to answer questions about the ailing former MVP.
"Look, nobody wants to be out there more than Derrick does," Hoiberg said ( via the Chicago Tribune ). "I know that. I talk to him every day. He cannot explode off that leg. Working him out, you can see it. He's limping. He's favoring the other leg.”
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The Bulls are taking a cautious approach with Rose’s right hamstring tendinitis because it’s in the same leg as his twice surgically repaired knee. He’s questionable for the team’s Tuesday road game against the Heat.
"The last thing you want is for Derrick to be out there thinking about the leg and injury and if he can push off or not. He's made progress. He's doing a good job coming in here a couple times a day getting treatment on his leg,” Hoiberg said. “Once we do get him back, hopefully we'll have him back for the rest of the year."