Derrick Rose is nearing his return to the Knicks after a bout with COVID-19 – and his experience with the deadly virus sounded quite unpleasant.
“They say everybody is different, but with me I never felt anything like that before,” Rose said on Monday, per The Associated Press. “I’ve had the flu. It was nothing like the flu.
“It was that times 10. So, like I said, I’m slowly getting back. I’m progressing every day and just trying to get back in the swing of things.”
Rose returned to the Knicks on Monday, although did not play, after spending the last few weeks battling and recovering from the virus.
Rose last played on Feb. 28 before he tested positive days later and says he experienced “all the symptoms.
Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau said that while Rose is back with the team he still needs to ramp up before he takes the court again.
“He has to go through conditioning and once he’s ready to go we’ll move forward with it,” he said. “But he’s been out for a while now so he’s just starting to ramp it up again and we’ll see how it goes.”
Rose, who was traded to the Knicks in February, had been a pleasant surprise for the Knicks.
He averaged 12.5 points 4.9 assists in 10 games before he was sidelined.
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