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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 2015\u201316 NBA season is quickly approaching, and many teams unofficially kicked off their seasons with media days Monday. With just four weeks until the season opener, teams are putting the finishing touches on their rosters and players are setting expectations for the year.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out the latest NBA news and rumors below.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose&amp;nbsp;underwent&amp;nbsp;surgery on Wednesday to repair a broken orbital bone. He sustained the injury when he was elbowed in the face in practice on Tuesday. He will be able to return to basketball activities in two weeks and the Bulls expect him to be ready for the season opener on Oct. 27.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert will miss at least three months after having surgery on his right wrist.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Thunder forward Kevin Durant insists he is \u201Cstill the same player\u201D&amp;nbsp;he was prior to sustaining a Jones fracture in his right foot last season, ESPN\u2019s Royce Young reports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;CHAT SPORTS: Four NBA teams that will be surprises this season&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said he will continue coaching after power forward Tim Duncan retires.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Cavaliers head coach David Blatt said power forward Tristan Thompson\u2019s absence isn\u2019t \u201Ctoo much\u201D of a concern right now, according to the Northeast Ohio Media Group. Thompson and the Cavs are working toward a long-term extension. Thompson has yet to sign his one-year qualifying offer.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Bucks guard O.J. Mayo missed the team\u2019s first practice and remains out due to a \u201Cfamily matter,\u201D Charles F. Gardner of the &lt;em&gt;Milwaukee Journal Sentinel &lt;/em&gt;reports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 The Toronto Raptors announced they have exercised the third-year options on the rookie contracts of Bruno Caboclo and Louis Nogueira.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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