too early to be calling it the "best season of his career" when we're 5 games in and you're basing it on counting stats that are more indicative of how much he's been forced to do (based on the ineptitude that's surrounded him offensively so far this season) than actual quality of play. i'm not trashing rose. regressed was probably the wrong thing to say. it's more that i don't see much improvement over his game from last season.. at least not yet. i was hoping his defense would be better so far, and he's also been really bad from 3 (he claimed he had developed a 3, so i was hoping he'd look better from long range). his ts% is down so far (PER is up) it's still way too early to tell how the season is going to go for him. he just seems a little confused on what he's supposed to be doing..... which is mostly because of the team around him. it's like he'll go through stretches where he'll be determined to pass and try to get his teammates involved offensively, then he'll go through stretches where he says eff it and tries to go into beast mode. i really want to see his game when boozer gets back, because i think that will help him balance his offensive game.