Quote of the day
"If you tore your ACL and you have to be the starting point guard and have the expectations that Derrick has, then maybe you can judge, but everybody who hasn't been in that situation before should really shut up because I feel like it's just so unfair to him and to this team. We're fighting, and everybody's going to just s--- on somebody who's been giving so much to this organization. It's crazy to me." -- Bulls center Joakim Noah, responding to criticisms of Derrick Rose’s for his continued failure to return from a torn ACL Daily blurb
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