Bulls’ Rose doesn’t regret TV ad

Roughly a year ago, Derrick Rose’s television ad titled “The Return” made its debut.

The Adidas spot began with Rose’s knee injury, then showed a disappointed city of Chicago coming back to life as he went through rehab. The commercial ended with Rose running out of the tunnel at the United Center, foreshadowing a triumphant return.

Watching a year ago, most Bulls fans probably didn’t imagine Rose’s actual return happening at a preseason game against Detroit on Oct. 16, 2013. But that appears to be the reality.

Considering the ad surely heightened expectations that he would return last season and probably increased the disappointment when he didn’t, any regrets?

“Not at all. I think it was a great commercial,” Rose said Monday at the Berto Center. “I wouldn’t take it back for anything. I tried my hardest to get back on the court. Every practice, I was really trying to push myself to get back on the floor as quick as possible. It just didn’t happen last year. I have to worry about my health. That was the No. 1 issue.

“This year I hope that commercial comes true where I brighten everybody’s day and everybody will be tuned in.”

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