The New York Knicks confirmed over the weekend that point guard Derrick Rose will miss the remainder of the season with a torn meniscus in his knee. 

For a player who has had so many problems with health in recent years, Rose has actually stayed injury-free for a large part of the campaign, but disaster has struck again for the luckless player. 

After being named as the youngest MVP in NBA history in 2011, D.Rose tore the ACL in his left knee during the playoffs in 2012 and has never been the same. 

He returned after a year and a half, playing only 10 games in 2013-14 before tearing the meniscus in his right knee. He then tore the same meniscus again in 2015.

This latest setback will have no effect on the Knicks this year but it will certainly have a huge impact on the Chicago-born guard and his future. 

Free agency

The three-time All-Star will be an unrestricted free agent in the summer and according to ESPN's Ian Begley, Rose was looking to sign a max contract. 

For the 28-year-old that would be for five years and almost $150 million. The chances of him getting that kind of deal before the injury were slim, now it's virtually impossible. 

A full healthy season in New York may have given Rose something to work with, but his knees continue to cause him problems. 

The former MVP should consider himself lucky if he is offered any sort of long-term deal by any team in the offseason as he will represent a gamble. But it could be a gamble worth taking at a cut-price deal. 

Regardless of what he thinks and how confident he is in his abilities, Rose must understand the situation and accept where he is at this stage of his career and how much of a risk he is for front offices across the league. 

The ex-Bulls star made it clear that he wanted to re-sign in New York and that may have been a possibility. But even Phil Jackson, despite the largely incompetent job he's done as president, is highly unlikely to grant Rose his wish.

With a lottery pick to come this summer in a draft littered with talented young point guards, the Knicks should be able to replace Rose and build for the future with a younger core.

“I thought he’s played well,” Knicks Coach Jeff Hornacek said. “The explosiveness that you saw some years ago, you saw that quite a bit this year. The way this season has gone, to have that happen right towards the end, that’s a bad break for him.”

Future

So what does the future hold for Rose? 

If he gets back to full health and still shows a hunger to succeed in the NBA, he will surely be offered a deal of some kind by one of the 30 teams. 

He has averaged 18 points a game this year and that is still productive enough in this league. 

His former Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau expressed an interest in trading for him before the deadline and he may offer his old point guard an opportunity to resurrect his career in Minnesota alongside the impressive duo of Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins. 

But with Ricky Rubio playing at a high level since the All-Star break and a bright young point guard in Kris Dunn, it might not make huge sense for the Timberwolves.

Of Rose's four knee injuries, this will prove to be his most costly as it will impact his future in the league and his salary.

Here's to hoping he has some luck go his way soon.