I'm disappointed, my roommate is a huge Derrick Rose fan so now he can use this against me, but whatever. I really just liked watching him play with all these young guys, and I was looking forward to the world championships. I'll still watch, but I won't care nearly as much as I would if Rondo were playing.
My question is, what the heck happened in the last week? He went from Coach K favorite to seemingly in his doghouse. Sure, he had that one bad game against Lithuania, but its not like the other point guards hadn't had an off game before. Billups played horribly in that game, Rose didn't really show up until the Spain game, and Wesbrook only started playing well when people started talking about him getting cut. Curry can shoot, but he turns the ball over half the time he tries to pass it.
Why did one bad game, and then a seemingly harmless DNP basically force Rondo out of the picture? It puzzles and angers me at the same time, because I wanted to see our boy represent the US in international play and all he got was a couple of measly exhibition games. Oh well...