Derrick Rose had surgery on his right ankle Wednesday night and will be unavailable to the New York Knicks for at least eight weeks. The team announced this in a press release.
Rose was last absent due to ailments in his right ankle, he last played on December 17 in the game against the Houston Rockets and remained without points in 12 minutes of play. The Knicks predict a downtime of eight weeks, ESPNs According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the playmaker could return after six weeks.
The Knicks signed the 33-year-old from the Detroit Pistons in February and united the playmaker with his former coach Tom Thibodeau from times together in Chicago. Last season Rose came in third in the voting for the Sixth Man of the Year Award.
Again this season, the point guard came off the bench most of the time and acted as a backup for Kemba Walker. After the latter was temporarily thrown out of rotation, Rose took over the role of starting point guard, as in the last three games of the playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks.
Due to the number of failures, Walker has been back in the past two games, and due to the injury of his teammate, the four-time All-Star will probably be able to hope for even more playing time.
Rose puts on an average of 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists with a throw rate of 44.5 percent from the field this season. In addition, the 2011 MVP sinks 40.2 percent of his distance throws and hits 96.8 percent from the free throw line.
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