Sore Rose sits, hopes his FA stock can soar

THE ACHES and pains continue for Derrick Rose.

The Knicks’ point guard sat out Wednesday’s game against the Heat with a sore left knee, according to head coach Jeff Hornacek.

“It’s just a little sore,” Hornacek said. “There’s a little swelling, hopefully he could play next game.”

Hornacek and Rose both added that if it were a playoff game he’d be out there, but Rose is heading into free agency and the fragile point guard’s health will be a major concern for interested teams going forward.

Rose has had three knee surgeries — one on his ACL in 2012 and two on his right meniscus in 2013 and 2015 — but he’s played in 64 of the Knicks’ 75 games this season, two shy of his total from last year, which has him confident he’s proven he can stay on the court.

“I feel like my body of work shows that it’s up to teams to take it, look it over, do what they want with it but I think I’ve proven myself this year,” Rose said.

The Knicks may be one of those teams that should consider looking at his body of work.

Last week, Rose said after a loss to the Jazz that he would be open to playing in any offense, including the triangle.

And while he is not the MVPcaliber player of years past, he’s certainly shown he can still be effective, averaging 18 points and 4.4 assists per game.

“I’m very proud with how my body held up and how I’ve competed this year,” Rose said. “Those were my two main goals that I wanted to achieve while I

was here, which was going out here and compete every single night, no matter who is on the floor and feeling healthy and feeling like myself. Whenever I stepped on the floor I think I did a great job, I think I reached those two goals every single game.”

GARDEN PARTY

There isn’t very much to celebrate with the current Knicks, so they brought out the 1984 team at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night.

Hubie Brown, Bernard King, Bill Cartwright, Rory Sparrow and Darrell Walker were all reunited 33 years after falling to the Celtics in seven games in the Eastern Conference finals.

The group participated in a pre-game panel, reminiscing about the days when the Knicks played winning basketball.