"At this rate, the Bulls might start longing for the days Derrick Rose merely hurt himself with an apple cutter in bed.

Rose didn't miss any games when that odd incident occurred in December 2008 of his rookie season.

But in this crazy, condensed NBA schedule, Rose already has missed action to a sprained left big toe and lower back spasms. And he attributed the latter to tendinitis in his legs that has flared intermittently since his high school days."