Knicks guard Derrick Rose returned to the Knicks practice facility on Tuesday and appeared to be in good spirits while chatting with general manager Steve Mills, ESPN’s Ian Begley reports.
After attending morning shootaround on Monday, Rose was a late, unexpected scratch the team’s game against the Pelicans later that day after the Knicks repeatedly failed to reach him in the hours leading up to tip-off. ESPN later reported that Rose had left the team without permission to deal with a family situationu200b in Chicago.
Rose could reportedly face a suspension for not informing the team he would be absent, and has put his long-term future in New York in jeopardy.