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Bulls vet DeMar DeRozan uses Christmas break to talk state of the team

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DeMar DeRozan knows that many view Christmas Day as a benchmark on the schedule, but the Bulls veteran knows what he and his teammates have already been through, as well as where they need to go.

In the eyes of many, the NBA season doesn’t really begin until Christmas Day.

Try telling that to DeMar DeRozan’s knees on Saturday night.

The Bulls veteran sat at his locker draped in ice postgame, fresh off a 40-plus minute work night in the loss to the Cavaliers.

“I don’t even want to get up,” DeRozan joked with the media.