Derrick Rose frustrated by lockout

Derrick Rose doesn't get upset often, but the Chicago Bulls star had a distinct edge to his voice Saturday discussing the contentious NBA lockout.

"It's sad. It's very sad," Rose said of the lockout, which has wiped out training camp, exhibition games and the early part of the regular 2011-12 season. "Everybody knows it's not our fault. It's definitely not our fault. If it were up to us, we'd be out there playing. But I think that it's wrong. I know (the owners) can easily take care of it and not take advantage of people. But I guess that's how people are.

"(The owners are) not thinking about anything we're saying. They're not taking it into consideration, nothing that we're trying to give them. We'll just have to see how it goes."

Rose said a partial regular season seemed a likely scenario.

"It is," he said. "(But) I can't say nothing about it."

Rose lives in Los Angeles during the offseason, where he works out with his trainer, but was back in town for an all-day promotional event for his new signature adidas shoe, the adizero Rose 2. He would have rather been at the Berto Center, preparing for the regular season.

"The biggest thing is you just want to get back out there and play," he said. "It's going to hurt us, but I think it's going to hurt basketball, period. Where we had a great year last year, and for us not to have a season this year, or taking this long to come up with a deal, I think that's wrong."