Derrick Rose talks first game, diet and tickets

MouthPieceSports.com taped a recent interview between Derrick Rose and the Chicago media. Derrick Rose is just finishing up his first training camp and preparing for his first NBA game tonight against the Dallas Mavericks.

During the interview Derrick Rose talked about the toughness of camp, his first game thoughts, his new diet, and about being back at the United Center.

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Chicago Bulls tid-bits from first week of camp

As you know, Ben Gordon resigned with Chicago earlier this week.  He signed a one year tenure and will remain with the team for atleast one more season, before becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer.  It is hard to believe that he would end up resigning with the Bulls, after turning down contract extension each of the last two summers.  His agent though, Raymond Brothers, say that Gordon would be willing to negotiate with the Bulls again next summer.  This coming after Gordon stated a little over a month ago that he would not be back in Chicago, that he would either be traded or end up in Europe playing basketball.

On Thursday, when Ben Gordon returned to practice, the log jam at guard began.  The Bulls have Gordon, Kirk Hinrich, Larry Hughes, Thabo Sefolosha and rookie Derrick Rose.  Rookie head coach Vinny del Negro has quite the job ahead of him, trying to get enough playing time for everyone.  Del Negro recently refered to the problem as a ‘good problem’ though and would like to set the rotation soon.  John Paxson said the Bulls are going to ‘develop rookie Derrirck Rose this season,’ so the rest of the guys will need to ‘play themselves into minutes.’

In other Bulls news, forward/center Joakim Noah will be unable to practice for about five days after being sctrached in the eye by Thabo Sefolosha during a contact drill Wednesday.  This is not a good thing for the second year Noah, who del Negro said he ‘wasn’t happy with his summer league play.’  He believes in the end Noah had a very productive summer overall and can’t wait to get the guy back on the court.

Ben Gordon to sign qualifying offer

The Chicago Bulls are set to open up training camp tomorrow, and guard Ben Gordon has yet to sign an extension.  It is reported that he will sign a one year qualifying offer keeping him with the Bulls for at least one more season.

He must sign the one year, $6.4 million dollar contract by Wednesday to become an unrestricted free agent.  This will be the second straight offseason Gordon and the bulls have been unable to come to contract terms.  Last year Gordon turned down a 5 year deal worth around $50 million.

This leaves some interesting questions to what Ben Gordon’s role will be with Chicago this season.  The Bulls have a young bunch of players who need a lot of playing time in order to continue to develop individually and as a team. As been Gordon will most likely only be with the team one more year, it will be interesting to see how rookie head coach Vinny del Negro will work him into the lineup.

The Bulls were unable to come to a sign and deal trade with Gordon and other teams this off season, but perhaps his name will come up in trade talks again around the trade deadline if it becomes apparent he will not return next off season.

Chicago Bulls training camp schedule

The Chicago Bulls released their training camp schedule yesterday which begins September 29th. Monday the 29th will be their annual media day beginning at 5:30 pm at the Berto Center.

The Bulls will begin practicing twice a day on the 30th going till the Saturday the 4th of October.  They will practice in the morning form 10-11:30 am, then in the afternoon from 4:30-7 pm.

Their first preseason exhibition game is scheduled for the 9th at home against the Dallas Mavericks at 7:30pm.  Tickets for all Bulls home game go on sale October 3rd at 10 am.  Be sure to visit SidelineTix.com for all you Chicago sports needs.