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When Derrick Rose won the NBA most valuable player award in the 2010-11 season, Bulls fans were looking ahead to years of success and, hopefully, more championships. Two major knee surgeries in two years, and a host of smaller injuries, have hampered the star point guard and left some to wonder how much he has left to offer. Here’s a rundown of all that ailed the former first-overall pick

RIGHT WRIST

2008-09 season

March 24, 2009: Rose sits out a 99-91 victory over the Pistons with a right wrist injury. It occurred on a dunk attempt the previous night.

Games missed:
1

Bulls’ record:
1-0

LEFT WRIST

2009-10 season

March 12-19, 2010: Rose was knocked to the ground by Orlando’s Dwight Howard and sprained his left wrist, keeping him off the floor for four games.

Games missed:
4

Bulls’ record:
0-4

NECK

2010-11 season

Nov. 26, 2010: Rose sits with a stiff neck and Carmelo Anthony hits the game-winner for the Denver Nuggets.

Games missed:
1

Bulls’ record:
0-1

LEFT BIG TOE

2011-12 season

Jan. 11, 2012: Wearing a walking boot for a sprained left big toe, Rose sat in a 14-point Bulls win over the Wizards.

Games missed:
1

Bulls’ record:
1-0

LEFT BIG TOE (AGAIN)

2011-12 season

Jan. 16-21, 2012: After returning for two games after the toe injury, Rose sits for four games after it flares up. The team calls it turf toe.

Games missed:
4

Bulls’ record:
3-1

LOWER BACK

2011-12 season

Feb. 10-18, 2012: Rose misses five straight games with lower-back issues, joking that he feels like an old man.

Games missed:
5

Bulls’ record:
3-2

GROIN

2011-12 season

March 14 to April 5, 2012: Rose sits for 12 games with a groin injury.

Games missed:
12

Bulls’ record:
8-4

RIGHT ANKLE

2011-12 season

April 10, 2012: Rose sits with a sprained right ankle.

Games missed:
1

Bulls’ record:
1-0

RIGHT FOOT

2011-12 season

April 16-19, 2012: As the season winds down, Rose is out with his fifth different injury, this time to his right foot.

Games missed:
3

Bulls’ record:
1-2

REST

2011-12 season

April 26, 2012: A number of Bulls, including Rose, rest the last game of the lockout-shortened season.

Games missed:
1

Bulls’ record:
1-0

LEFT KNEE

2011-12, 2012-13 season

May 1-10, 2012: With about 1:20 to play and the Bulls up by 12 over the 76ers in a playoff game, Rose leaves the floor, clutching his left knee. The ACL is torn.

Games missed
99

Playoffs 2013:
1-4

Regular season:
45-37

Playoffs 2014:
5-7

RIGHT HAMSTRING

2013-14 season

Nov. 15, 2013: Six games into his comeback, Rose sits with a sore right hamstring.

Games missed:
1

Bulls’ record
1-0

RIGHT KNEE

2013-14 season

November 2013 to April 2014: Rose limps off the court in Portland, Ore., after losing his footing while trying to change direction. He leaves the arena on crutches. The eventual diagnosis: torn meniscus in his right knee.

Games missed:
76

Regular season:
42-29

Playoffs:
1-4

BOTH ANKLES

2014-15 season

Nov. 1-4, 2014: Rose misses two games after spraining both ankles.

Games missed:
2

Bulls’ record
2-0

BOTH ANKLES (AGAIN)

2014-15 season

Nov. 7-8, 2014: After returning for 2 games, the sprained ankles lead to another two missed games.

Games missed:
2

Bulls’ record
1-1

LEFT HAMSTRING

2014-15 season

Nov. 15-21, 2014: Rose misses four games with a strained left hamstring.

Games missed:
4

Bulls’ record
1-3

SICK

2014-15 season

Dec. 18-19, 2014: Rose sits out two games because he was sick.

Games missed:
2

Bulls’ record
2-0

SORE LEFT KNEE

2014-15 season

Jan. 10, 2015: Rose rests with a sore left knee, but says he’s doing well.

Games missed:
1

Bulls’ record
1-0

TORN RIGHT MENISCUS

2014-15 season

Feb. 24, 2015: Team announces Rose has torn his meniscus again and will undergo surgery.

Games missed:
20

Bulls’ record
10-10

FRACTURED ORBITAL BONE

2015-16 season

Sept. 29, 2015: Team announces Rose has fractured the left orbital bone after taking an elbow to the face in the first practice of the season.

Games missed:
n/a

Bulls’ record
n/a

Source: NBA, basketball-reference.com

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