Walton's the exception to the rule; most pro basketball players don't have to deal with debilitating injuries or serious chronic pain. Bringing up football players and what they have to deal with when we're talking basketball players is just ridiculous. Rose sitting out now has everything to do with him being healthy for the stretch and nothing to do with him being sore at a birthday party; he's just an idiot who has no idea how to talk. I mean, you realize that if he's serious about this he'd sit out games that actually mean something, right? It's just a stupid thing to say.