Isaacson: Reinsdorf wise to be cautious

August, 14, 2012
8/14/12
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CHICAGO -- You can't compare the injuries, and you shouldn't compare the men. But Derrick Rose has a drive to compete and a passion for basketball that even Michael Jordan admits is not unlike his own.

When Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said he plans to be conservative with Rose in his return to the court after rehab from his torn ACL, as he did this weekend in an interview with ESPN 1000, you can imagine Rose enduring some of the same frustrations that Jordan once experienced.

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Melissa Isaacson

Columnist, ESPNChicago.com
Melissa Isaacson is a sportswriter and author who has covered Chicago sports for the last 22 years of her 29-year career, most recently as an award-winning columnist and feature writer for the Chicago Tribune.

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