Rose suffered a fractured left orbital bone September 29 and had surgery the next day.
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Despite his woeful shooting numbers, Rose says he is still adjusting. It is clear that his blurred vision is hampering his ability to shoot the ball. But before anyone rushes to judgment about Rose’s future in Chicago, you need to consider that he’s still playing with double vision. Although no one knows what his ceiling will be once his vision returns to normal, even the most pessimistic observer should admit it’s affecting his play in a big way.
Rose has had his moments during Chicago’s 6-3 start to the season, headlined by what looked like a nationally televised breakout performance in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He’s playing the role of facilitator pretty well and is helping his team in any way possible.
The way Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg talked on Sunday, it sounds like that double vision could linger for several months.
It’s as good a time as any for Rose to put together a solid stretch of games, to build on what he had shown Monday night before the ankle injury. “Floaters or layups I normally hit, but everything else will come”.
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It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time Hoiberg has seemingly had communication issues with one of his players. But everything else will come. “The depth perception of the rim, my eyes are thrown off. I’m finding ways around it, but there’s no excuses”. But I’m getting my legs under me. But for this to be seven or eight weeks out and still the same way, I can’t do nothing but live with it. Get the most out of every day, keep putting my deposits in and keep working on my game until my eye gets better. It’s still preseason for me, the eighth game (Bulls have actually played nine). I never want to go through that again, so if I’ve got to wear it the whole season, I’ll wear it. The mask, it’s not a problem. “So I’m still warming up”.
