Chicago is known for being tough. People go to work, people bare the elements, and people get hurt. We are not professional athletes. My every move is not analyzed and I don’t have to deal with a microphone shoved in my face after work everyday. Unfortunately Derrick Rose and I live opposite lives.

Every eye is on Derrick Rose. The MVP from Englewood has shown us all how great he can be. Derrick is special, and is the most explosive NBA player I have ever seen in the open court. Ultimately that uniqueness and pure talent comes with a price, injuries.

We all remember the Philadelphia series. The first seeded Bulls had game one in hand and looked like a championship caliber team. Rose drove to the basket and then this tornado of doubt we have been living in the past two years began.

Now we are in a new season, with a deeper team to help Rose. The Bulls are in prime position to make a deep playoff run. They upgraded at power forward acquiring Pau Gasol, brought in some key role players like McDermott, Mirotic, and Aaron Brooks. The core is still in place, the pieces are there, and then there is Derrick Rose.

On Tuesday Rose spoke to Nick Friedell and said this.

"I'm good, man," Rose said. "I felt like I've been managing myself pretty good. I know a lot of people get mad when they see me sit out or whatever, but I think a lot of people don't understand that ... when I sit out it's not because of this year. "I'm thinking about long term. I'm thinking about after I'm done with basketball. Having graduations to go to, having meetings to go to, I don't want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my son's graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past. [I'm] just learning and being smart."

When I first saw the comments I was confused. As a fan I was terrified, I want to see Derrick Rose play basketball. Chicago athletes are supposed to fight for their teammates, they are supposed to be tough. Why does it seem like Derrick Rose doesn’t want to play basketball anymore? Rose has made over 34 million dollars from the Bulls organization alone over the past two seasons; why is he being selfish? That was the Bulls fan in me talking.

Then I looked at from Derrick Rose’s perspective. Derrick Rose the human being has every right to think about his future. Derrick wants to be able to sit at his son’s graduation comfortably, so do I. Derrick wants to be smart with his body, so do I. Derrick wants to do what is best for his family, so do I. So now what do we do? We wait and see. We wait for Derrick Rose to show us again. We wait till the end of this season and see what he's done.

This is a make or break season for Derrick Rose. Let’s see if he reminds us how great he really is. Only time will tell, and I hope it works out for Derrick Rose the MVP, and Derrick Rose the person.