Derrick Rose undergoes surgery for eye socket fracture

Sport360 staff 07:52 01/10/2015
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  • Injury woe: Rose.

    Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, the injury-ravaged former NBA Most Valuable Player, underwent surgery on Wednesday after fracturing his eye socket in pre-season training.

    Rose was struck in the face by an elbow and taken to a nearby hospital where doctors diagnosed the orbital break. A timetable for Rose’s return to the Bulls will be determined after the operation.

    Rose has been hindered by a series of knee injuries since winning the NBA’s MVP Award in 2011. Since the start of the 2011-12 season, Rose has played in only 100 regular season games.

    The 26-year-old tore a left knee ligament in the 2012 NBA playoffs and missed the entire 2012-13 season. He suffered a right knee injury in November of 2013 that caused him to miss the remainder of the 2013-14 campaign. Last season, Rose missed 31 games, some of them due to an operation on his right knee in February.

    Rose helped the US squad win the World Championships in 2010 and 2014. New Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg already lost Mike Dunleavy Jnr underwent back surgery last week and is expected to miss eight to 10 weeks.

    Meanwhile, Iman Shumpert, whose January arrival helped propel the Cleveland Cavaliers into the NBA Finals, will miss 12 to 14 weeks with a right wrist injury, the team announced on Wednesday.

    The 25-year-old shooting guard underwent an MRI Monday that disclosed the extent of Shumpert’s injury as the Cavaliers opened their pre-season training camp.

    Doctors will perform surgery to repair a ruptured Extensor Carpi Ulnaris sheath in his right wrist. Shumpert would not be back until Christmas at the earliest or until after New Year’s Day at the worst case scenario.

    Last season, Shumpert scored 7.2 points, grabbed 3.8 rebounds and passed out 1.5 assists as a reserve following his trade from the New York Knicks.

    In the playoffs, Shumpert started in 16 of his 20 appearances and contributed 9.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists with 1.3 steals a game as the Cavaliers reached the NBA Finals, losing to the Golden State Warriors.

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