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Derrick Rose to have knee surgery again, miss rest of season

FILE - In this March 20, 2017, file photo, New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose dribbles during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles. Rose needs surgery to repair torn left knee cartilage and the Knicks say he will miss the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang, File)
FILE - In this March 20, 2017, file photo, New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose dribbles during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles. Rose needs surgery to repair torn left knee cartilage and the Knicks say he will miss the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang, File) FILE - In this March 20, 2017, file photo, New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose dribbles during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles. Rose needs surgery to repair torn left knee cartilage and the Knicks say he will miss the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Derrick Rose’s season is over early because of knee surgery again.

The New York Knicks guard has torn left knee cartilage and the team said he will miss the remaining five games.

It was a surprising but all too familiar ending to Rose’s first season in New York. He sat out his third straight game Sunday against Boston, but the Knicks said the injury was just soreness and swelling, with coach Jeff Hornacek saying before the game that he believed Rose could play again this season.

Instead, Rose will go into free agency coming off arthroscopic surgery.

He tore his left ACL in the 2012 playoffs and missed the entire next season. He made it through just 10 games in 2013-14 before he was sidelined by a torn meniscus in his right knee and missed 20 more games the following season because of trouble with the same knee.