As Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose's return continues to build excitement and anticipation, sources close to Rose have acknowledge that he is indeed back to full health and will be ready to by the season.
Now it'll be further fueled even more by comments of source extremely close to Rose, his brother and manager Reggie Rose, who says his little brother is "ready to go."
"He was getting up at 6:30 every morning and working out with (Bulls assistant strength and conditioning coach) Nick Papendieck," Reggie Rose said Monday. "He has a positive attitude. He's ready to go.
"Looking at his body, he's really strong. The only thing he has to work on is cardio and getting in game shape. But that will come (in training camp). I have no concerns about him physically."
Reggis, who is in Las Vegas watching AAU teams and catching the conclusion of the NBA Summer League, also touched on the criticism his brother has had to deal with since making the decision to sit out the entire 2012-13 season, saying it didn't surprise anybody within the Rose camp.
"I knew he was going to get that backlash," Reggie Rose said. "You got Chicago Bull fans who are going to cheer the team no matter what. Then you have Derrick Rose fans who only want to come to the game when Derrick plays. You'll get the backlash, but I feel once he gets back on the court, all that stuff will stop and they'll be cheering for him."
Reggie also insisted the criticism never bothered Derrick.
"Coming from Englewood, if someone says something negative about us or our family, it's like brushing crumbs off our shoulders," Reggie Rose said. "It's nothing to us. We made it through Englewood.
"Everybody is entitled to their opinion. That's all it was."
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