<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 23</span> - Guard Ben Gordon, who has missed all five preseason games with a sprained left ankle, practiced Monday. Forward Luol Deng, who missed the win Saturday over the Indiana Pacers with a bruised right wrist, did not.</p> </p> "It's just day-to-day," Deng said of the injury he sustained in the first two minutes Friday at Toronto. "The swelling has gone down a little bit, but probably I don't think I'm going to play [tonight]. I am going to try and practice on Wednesday and try to play on Thursday [at home against the Milwaukee Bucks]."</p> </p> The Bulls cut guard Andre Barrett and forward Jared Homan on Monday to trim the roster to 15. That is the maximum number of players a team can carry in the regular season, but the Bulls can opt to keep a roster spot open to have the flexibility to sign someone or make a trade. That's why Scott Skiles said Thomas Gardner, who has been filling Gordon's starting role, has yet to make the team. -- <font color="#000000">Chicago Sun-Times</font></p> </p> </p> [*]Coach Scott Skiles said Gardner has a chance to make the final roster. </p> "He may not be battling a player right now, but he's battling whether we want to leave the spot open or not," Skiles said. "I don't need to make that decision today. (General manager) John (Paxson) and I will talk about it and make that decision when we need to make it." -- <font color="#000000">Arlington Heights Daily Herald</font></p></div> </div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>With five days until the deadline for contract extensions, Gordon and Deng aren't close to signing. Talks have been in the $50 million range for five seasons. That's more than the $47.5 million <em class="b">Kirk Hinrich [/i]signed for last season. Those talks also didn't look good until just before the deadline. … The Bulls finished their exhibition schedule 4-3. … <em class="b">JamesOn Curry[/i] removed the wrap on his left, non-shooting hand that he had been wearing all preseason to protect a sore thumb.</div></p> Source: Chicago Tribune</p> Here's the latest update. 5 days and counting I wonder who blinks first.</p>
