CHICAGO -- Who's ready for some basketball this weekend??? And the Chicago Bulls are back this weekend with the preseason opener!

And it's nothing but gratitude to know that the boy Derrick Rose will be back on the court. "It's going to be exciting, man, but just take it as a regular game and try and go out there and win," Rose said on his 25th birthday Friday. "But for us, it's our time to tune things up."

The bulls will be traveling to Indiana to faced the Pacers; where Joakim Noah will be sitting back in Chicago due to a sore groin. And as for Noah's groin, he suffered the injury during a drill at Monday's practice. The Bulls took Tuesday off and Noah sat for the third straight day on Friday. Noah also could miss Monday's game also against the Grizzlies in St. Louis.

"He's prepared himself for this," Thibodeau said. "Nobody is going to take it easy on Derrick because he's coming back. I don't know how long he'll be able to play. We'll see. Based on what he has shown so far, he's in great shape. If he doesn't play the way he normally does, now you can get into trouble. I want him to go out there and if he needs to come out, we'll get him out."

Will the Bulls win take the championship this year??? Or will it be another playoffs/finals lost?