Derrick Rose aiming to be ready for Team USA minicamp

The Chicago Bulls' playoff run came to an end Tuesday night, but the team did receive some good news in the Derrick Rose recovery department.

Rose took contact on his right knee for the first time since undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus five months ago, and remains on track to participate in the Team USA minicamp in advance of the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball.

"He's going to be here more this summer, which is going to be good," Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau said Wednesday, via Nick Friedell of ESPNChicago.com. "So we'll have him doing more work with our team here and then we'll see where he is in July, in terms of we'll probably have more guys in, in preparation for summer league. It will be a good setup for him to go into the USA practices, which begin right after the NBA summer league."

Bulls general manager Gar Forman is also optimistic about Rose's recovery. 

"He's really in a good place right now," Forman said. "And he continues to train; you probably saw he's starting to play one-on-one, two-on-two. He was in here this morning working out. So he'll continue to ramp it up, and if everything goes according to plan, which up to this point it has, we're optimistic that he'll play with Team USA this summer and have another good summer of work and be ready to go in October."