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Charles Barkley called in to Waddle & Silvy to talk sports and among the various topics, Barkley took time to give his take on Derrick Rose moving forward post-ACL surgery:

I would tell him to take his time and make sure he does his rehab.  Make 100% sure he does his rehab, and I’m pretty sure he will.  Don’t try to come back too soon. We all want to play, but once you have a serious injury you have to start listening to your body.  They said 8-12 months, I never like when they say that.  It can be anywhere between that time frame, but you have to make sure you are 100%. That’s the number one thing, don’t try to come back at 80% or 90% because you’re just going to hurt yourself more. 

On whether Rose can still be same player he was prior to injury:

I think he’s still going to be explosive, he’s still a young kid, it’s not like he’s 32 or 33.  Is he going to have to change his game?  I don’t know if a guy like that can change his game, he’s an explosive player.  He’s obviously got to work on his jumper because he’ll probably shoot more jumpers.