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Aaron Gray Out 6-8 Weeks
He is likely out 6-8 weeks. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Bulls Think Salmons Offers More Versatility Than Gordon
"[Salmons] gives you a little more versatility," Del Negro told the Chicago Tribune. "We'll have to wait and see how all that pans out, but you like that length. "One of the areas we struggled was defensive rebounding, so with more size at the two [shooting guard] and with Luol (Deng) back healthy and then with a couple of rookies that have some length ... it gives us some more options and versatility." Opposing two-guards won't be able to post up against Chicago often anymore, as Salmons provides a bigger obstacle. "The only difference is really on defense," Salmons said of moving from small forward to shooting guard. "Guarding the two and the three, sometimes, is going against two totally different players. Threes are more post-up wings, one-on-one players. A lot of twos run off screens for the most part. "Like when we play Boston, the three is Paul Pierce, a one-on-one player, and the two is Ray Allen, who runs off screens. It's a big difference defensively." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Deng Anxious To See How Leg Reacts
"I could say whatever I want to say, but until I'm on the floor I really don't know," Deng told the Chicago Tribune. "I'm going to go by how it feels. I'm going to try to do my best to do two practices a day. I think I'll be able to. I feel great. But if I feel anything early, I will try to monitor it." Deng has been sidelined since Feb. 28 because of a stress fracture in his right tibia. "One thing I do is I work very hard," he said. "I really don't take shortcuts. I felt like the past two years I had unfortunate injuries. There's nothing I could do about that. But I really worked hard this summer." Bulls general manager Gar Forman told the press that the forward practically lived in the gym this offseason. "Luol basically lived in this gym, almost to the point at times we felt we had to kick him out," Forman said. "I remember early in the summer, we were preparing for the draft. He had worked out in the morning in the weight room. Then he had a workout in the afternoon on the floor, doing some skill work. I go down to our kitchen about 6 p.m. and he's down there eating dinner. "I said, 'Luol, what are you doing here?' He had put himself on a plan where rather than go home, he was bringing his dinner to the Berto Center, heating it up in our kitchen and then would get in another workout in the evening." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Bulls Sep 2009 Archive
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Aaron Gray developed lower leg pain over the last two days. He was examined by team physician Dr. Brian Cole of Midwest Orthopedics at Rush University Medical Center and it was determined that he has a stress fracture of his left fibula. The diagnosis was confirmed by MRI. 
Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro is going to miss Ben Gordon, but he's content with John Salmons.
Bulls forward Luol Deng is excited to get back on the court, and anxious to see how his mended right tibia feels once he does.