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There he was, just before the game started, standing in his sweats with the rest of the bench-warming Bulls, hugging the starters one by one as they walked past.
Ah, that’s not the role for Derrick Rose!
The reigning MVP of the league shouldn’t be cheerleading with benchies like Jimmy Butler and the ever-enthusiastic ‘‘White Mamba’’ himself, Brian Scalabrine.
But a bad back can turn a man into anything, even a bit of pregame fluff.
‘‘I really can’t explain it,’’ Rose said of the injury that has scared Bulls fans halfway back to the
Tim Floyd Era of Darkness. ‘‘Unless you have back problems, you don’t know.’’
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