Rose getting homeschooled by coaches in new offense
Doctors said Derrick Rose needed to stay at home and away from the coaching staff, so Fred Hoiberg brought the coaching staff to him Saturday.
Fresh off surgery to repair a left orbital fracture, Rose needs to keep up with the new offense, so the decision was made to make the trip to Rose’s place.
“[The Friday] follow-up went very well,’’ Hoiberg said. “They’ve advised him to continue to let that sight heal, and they think the best way for him to do that is to stay at home at this time. We plan on him being back Wednesday morning.’’
Until then, Bulls coaches will meet with Rose and show him film on everything he’s missing.
“Again, like we talked about [Friday], we’ve added new sets, new things, so we’ll get him caught up by a couple of coaches going over and seeing him at his house,’’ Hoiberg said. “It doesn’t change the [two-week timetable for Rose’s return]. Everything is the same on that. And then after those two weeks, he should be able to resume full activity.
“It’s just that these two weeks he’ll be very inactive. They don’t want him really doing much of anything except walking back and forth, getting a lot of rest and not doing anything where he could dilate his blood vessels. It’s just kind of what we heard.’’
Starting push
Taj Gibson is no stranger to playing the sixth-man role to perfection, but that doesn’t mean the reserve big man doesn’t have bigger plans heading into this season.
“Every year I go out there, every year since I’ve been in the NBA, I put forth the effort to try to get a starting spot,’’ Gibson said. “That’s been my job every year. Every year, you try to improve and try to get better.
‘‘It’s [all about] what’s best for the team. That’s how I am. Playing over my whole career, you can tell that’s not my mentality. I’m not a selfish type of player. Everybody on our team, if you look at our reserves, guys can go other places and start.
‘‘But it’s all about sacrifice, and, like Fred said, it’s going to be nice. Some nights guys are going to start; some nights guys get more minutes. Guys have to be ready and understand the ultimate goal is to win a championship.’’
Snell game
There were times last season when Tony Snell was held back by a lack of confidence. Hoiberg wants to make sure that doesn’t carry over to this season.
That’s why he admittedly has been getting on Snell in practice when he passes up an open shot.
“We kind of jumped on him because he passed up a shot,’’ Hoiberg said.
“The next time it came to him, he was ready, rose and knocked it down. Tony has been terrific. He can guard. I think he can take some pressure off Jimmy [ Butler] at that end by guarding the other team’s best perimeter player at times. And it’s important that he’s ready to knock down shots.
“We have a lot of weapons on this team. If that ball swings around and he’s open, we expect him to take it.’’