Hey everybody, Derrick Rose is back!
Derrick Rose has rejoined the team and has been fined. He is expected to be in uniform tomorrow in Philadelphia.
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) January 10, 2017
The Knicks’ starting point guard — when he’s around, that is — returned to practice Tuesday one day after vanishing without a trace prior to Monday night’s loss to the Pelicans. As per several reports, Rose indeed went back to Chicago to be with his family. He apologized for not informing the team.
Derrick Rose was asked if he felt, as a ball player on the Knicks, he had a responsibility to let them know of his absence earlier.