Derrick Rose needs help from his Chicago Bulls teammates
Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls are sorely missing their center, Joakim Noah. Rose has been stepping up his play with Noah out, but Noah and his plantar fasciitis injury has really set the Bulls frontcourt back, especially when it comes to defense and rebounding. Without Noah, the Bulls are a different team defensively and they need to score more points because of it. They haven’t really been doing that, and the Bulls have now lost four straight games because of it. You can’t blame Derrick Rose though, since he has been playing some great basketball lately. In the past five games he is averaging 27.6 points, 4.5 assists, 1.4 rebounds, and 0.8 steals while shooting 56% from the field. Rose is definitely doing his part, but he (and every other Bull) could help a little more hitting the glass. Rose is averaging 3.8 rebounds per game on the season and he has been consistently below that average lately, so rebounding is the only thing he needs to improve on right now. Although Rose has been stepping it up when it comes to scoring, he can’t do it himself and the win/loss column is proving that. Taj Gibson and Brad Miller have been doing their part lately, but guys like Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Hakim Warrick, and Flip Murray are not carrying their load on offense. If those guys don’t start shooting the ball better and helping Rose with the scoring load, the Bulls are going to be in big trouble.
