For now, Hughes coming off Bulls' bench

By K.C. Johnson | Tribune staff reporter Larry Hughes has started in the NBA Finals and in 76.5 percent of his 618 career NBA games. That he didn't start in Thursday's exhibition opener mattered less to the 10-year veteran than the fact that Derrick Rose and Kirk Hinrich have been paired as starters from the start of training camp. "I came in ready to go, and I've been on the second team from Day One," Hughes said. "Maybe that's how [coach Vinny Del Negro] sees it. I'm not sure. I haven't talked to him about it because it's camp. And camp is usually pretty fluid. I don't know what the reasoning is behind it. We'll have to see if this is how it's going to be, I guess. You never know." The veteran is savvy enough to know how these words sound, which... [read full story]