Extremes

Derrick Rose acts as though his next injury could be lurking in the shadows.  Lindsey Vonn acts as if her next injury will be her first.  If only.

Vonn has suffered a broken leg to go with a torn ACL (twice) and MCL.  Over the weekend, she broke her kneecap skiing.  The next day she was back on the slopes competing.  The World Cup does not award sympathy points for injury.

Skiing is not a team sport, so comparing it to basketball—or football or baseball—risks apples to oranges.  Rose is one of five on the floor; Vonn is always alone on the slopes, though she does act as if something or somebody is chasing after her.  “Close” is good enough in the NBA, if not for a championship ring, then at least for a nice contract.  The skier, the golfer, the bowler do not have the benefit of a Scott Boras brokered deal.  They put up or get paid also-ran wages.

Bulls’ fans have to wonder, though, if they wouldn’t want somebody more like Vonn as their shooting guard.