Nah, him opting to sit out and missing more time than expected was actually big news when it happened. Rose has had a rep as a bust long before his time as a Bull came to an end, sadly. There's few people out there thinking the Bulls gave Rose a raw deal or treated him bad. Just to be clear, I wasn't implying that Rose was mistreated or anything. I was just making a side comment about the local vs national media aspect. It's just been my personal experience from talking to a few fans from other cities that people didn't seem to realize that there were lots of issues besides the actual injuries. If that's not true, then... oh well. Oh, you're definitely right about how most of this stuff doesn't hit nationally; Rose was an exception. Just to bring it back to DC again, the Wizards had a horrendous year where they drastically underperformed, and the talk here would have you thinking it was an absurd soap opera that was so humiliating, yet it wasn't barely ever a blip on the national radar.