If Derrick Rose goes to Chicago this time, the Knicks can’t say he didn’t warn them.
Before speaking to reporters on Friday, Rose said he needed to be quick, because “I’ve got to catch a flight this afternoon.” After he was done speaking, he reiterated his plans, telling a reporter he couldn’t stop because he had to catch his plane. “Chicago,” he said, when asked where he was going.
Afterward, a Knicks spokesman said that Rose was only joking. When asked if Rose would be in the lineup against the 76ers on Saturday, Jeff Hornacek expressed confusion before saying that yes, he would be.