Bulls’ Watson says concussion was pretty bad

Now that more than a week has passed since his collision with New Jersey forward Kris Humphries, Bulls guard C.J. Watson can admit his concussion was bad enough that he needed to miss the last two games before the all-star break.

“It felt pretty bad. I had nausea and headaches all the time until like last Saturday, so it was pretty bad,” Watson said before Tuesday’s game. “I felt like I could play, but I kept getting headaches and stuff like that. It was probably better for me to sit out the way I did.”

In the fourth quarter of a loss to the Nets on Feb. 18, Watson came around a screen, dropped his head and crashed hard into Humphries’ chest. Despite the concussion, Watson said he does remember the collision happening.

“I remember it. I’ve seen it (on video) a lot of times,” he said. “It was painful when it happened. I was trying to just come off the pick hard like Thibs (coach Tom Thibodeau) was saying and ended up running into him.”

Was Watson coherent enough to wonder why no foul was called on the play?

“At the time, no. But when I look back on it, I wonder why there was no foul,” he said. “That’s just the way it is.”

Watson returned home to Las Vegas during the break but made sure he relaxed in quiet places until the headaches went away. He played seven minutes Tuesday and had 2 assists.

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