The Chicago Bulls are trying to get back on track after a rough start to their road trip and the news and rumors are ramping up.
Check out the latest buzz below.
Rose Might Play Against Jazz
Derrick Rose could play against the Utah Jazz on Monday. He’s a game-time decision as he recovers from the strained left hamstring he suffered on November 13.
“If it feels good enough and it’s not fatiguing when I’m out there during shootaround, I think I’m going to give it a go. But if not, we’ve got a back-to-back, so if not today, tomorrow,” Rose told ESPN.
“I’m very close. Very close. Just trying to really listen to my body again and really get the most out of every day, every shootaround, every practice, every training session.”
Rose has already missed eight games this season, some due to ankle sprains. He said that the pain in the hamstring is gone but he’s trying to get back into rhythm.
“Right now it’s just playing through the fatigue,” Rose said. “I guess hamstring injuries, when you hurt them, you got to wait for them to heal. You got to really test it while you’re out there, and fatigue has something to do with it, so I’m just trying to see if I can play through the fatigue.”
Pau Gasol is also a game-time decision, though he said he’s confident he'll play.
Kirk Hinrich is less certain, while Taj Gibson will not play.
“We‘ll see where they are after the shootaround,” coach Tom Thibodeau said of Rose, Gasol, and Hinrich. “They were all pretty good [Sunday] in practice, but we’ll see today. Kirk ... he did some shooting. We'll see where he is. Pau was good. Derrick was real good.”
K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune said that if Rose doesn’t play Monday, the team will consider signing a point guard.
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