Derrick Rose injury tally: 257 games missed
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Over eight seasons Derrick Rose missed 257 games due to injury including the entirety of the 2012-13 season and most of 2013-14. The Bulls notched a 138-119 record in his absence. When the Rose won the NBA most valuable player award in the 2010-11 season, Bulls fans were looking ahead to years of success and now Rose has been traded to the Knicks. Here is a breakdown of Rose's injuries large and small.
RIGHT WRIST
2008-09 season
March 24, 2009: Rose sits out a 99-91 victory over the Pistons with a right wrist injury. It occurred on a dunk attempt the previous night.
Games missed:
1
Bulls' record:
1-0
LEFT WRIST
2009-10 season
March 12-19, 2010: Rose was knocked to the ground by Orlando's Dwight Howard and sprained his left wrist, keeping him off the floor for four games.
Games missed:
4
Bulls' record:
0-4
NECK
2010-11 season
Nov. 26, 2010: Rose sits with a stiff neck and Carmelo Anthony hits the game-winner for the Denver Nuggets.
Games missed:
1
Bulls' record:
0-1
LEFT BIG TOE
2011-12 season
Jan. 11, 2012: Wearing a walking boot for a sprained left big toe, Rose sat in a 14-point Bulls win over the Wizards.
Games missed:
1
Bulls' record:
1-0
LEFT BIG TOE (AGAIN)
2011-12 season
Jan. 16-21, 2012: After returning for two games after the toe injury, Rose sits for four games after it flares up. The team calls it turf toe.
Games missed:
4
Bulls' record:
3-1
LOWER BACK
2011-12 season
Feb. 10-18, 2012: Rose misses five straight games with lower-back issues, joking that he feels like an old man.
Games missed:
5
Bulls' record:
3-2
GROIN
2011-12 season
March 14 to April 5, 2012: Rose sits for 12 games with a groin injury.
Games missed:
12
Bulls' record:
8-4
RIGHT ANKLE
2011-12 season
April 10, 2012: Rose sits with a sprained right ankle.
Games missed:
1
Bulls' record:
1-0
RIGHT FOOT
2011-12 season
April 16-19, 2012: As the season winds down, Rose is out with his fifth different injury, this time to his right foot.
Games missed:
3
Bulls' record:
1-2
REST
2011-12 season
April 26, 2012: A number of Bulls, including Rose, rest the last game of the lockout-shortened season.
Games missed:
1
Bulls' record:
1-0
LEFT KNEE
2011-12 playoffs, 2012-13 season and playoffs
May 1-10, 2012: With about 1:20 to play and the Bulls up by 12 over the 76ers in a playoff game, Rose leaves the floor, clutching his left knee. The ACL is torn.
Games missed
99
Playoffs 2012:
1-4
Regular season:
45-37
Playoffs 2013:
5-7
RIGHT HAMSTRING
2013-14 season
Nov. 15, 2013: Six games into his comeback, Rose sits with a sore right hamstring.
Games missed:
1
Bulls' record
1-0
RIGHT KNEE
2013-14 season
November 2013 to April 2014: Rose limps off the court in Portland, Ore., after losing his footing while trying to change direction. He leaves the arena on crutches. The eventual diagnosis: torn meniscus in his right knee.
Games missed:
76
Regular season:
42-29
Playoffs:
1-4
BOTH ANKLES
2014-15 season
Nov. 1-4, 2014: Rose misses two games after spraining both ankles.
Games missed:
2
Bulls' record
2-0
BOTH ANKLES (AGAIN)
2014-15 season
Nov. 7-8, 2014: After returning for 2 games, the sprained ankles lead to another two missed games.
Games missed:
2
Bulls' record
1-1
LEFT HAMSTRING
2014-15 season
Nov. 15-21, 2014: Rose misses four games with a strained left hamstring.
Games missed:
4
Bulls' record
1-3
SICK
2014-15 season
Dec. 18-19, 2014: Rose sits out two games because he was sick.
Games missed:
2
Bulls' record
2-0
SORE LEFT KNEE
2014-15 season
Jan. 10, 2015: Rose rests with a sore left knee, but says he's doing well.
Games missed:
1
Bulls' record
1-0
TORN RIGHT MENISCUS
2014-15 season
Feb. 24, 2015: Team announces Rose has torn his meniscus again and will undergo surgery.
Games missed:
20
Bulls' record
10-10
SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
2015-16 season
Nov. 16, 2015: Rolls his left ankle against Pacers. He left the game and did not return.
Games missed:
2
Bulls' record
1-1
RIGHT HAMSTRING TENDINITIS
2015-16 season
Dec. 30, 2015: Did not play due to right hamstring tendinitis
Games missed:
3
Bulls' record
3-0
LEFT PATELLAR TENDONITIS
2015-16 season
Jan. 12, 2016: Left the game against the Bucks due to a strained left patellar tendonitis.
Games missed:
0
Bulls' record
22-15
SORENESS OVERALL
2015-16 season
Feb. 9, 2016: Did not play due to overall body sorness. He is not on the teams injury report.
Games missed:
1
Bulls' record
0-1
RIGHT HAMSTRING
2015-16 season
Feb. 24-March 1, 2016: Missed 3 games due to right hamstring tendinitis.
Games missed:
3
Bulls' record
1-2
LEFT GROIN
2015-16 season
March 11-14, 2016: Missed 2 games due to sore left groin.
Games missed:
2
Bulls' record
1-1
LEFT ELBOW
2015-16 season
April 2-3, 2016: Missed 2 games due to sore left elbow.
Games missed:
2
Bulls' record
1-1
SHUT DOWN BY TEAM
2015-16 season
April 11-13, 2016: Missed 2 games as team shut him down for final games of season.
Games missed:
2
Bulls' record
0-2
Source: NBA, basketball-reference.com
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