Bulls forward Carlos Boozer has yet to play this season as he recovers from a broken right hand.

Boozer has been working out on the court lately and plans to participate in a full-court workout on Monday. He says the hand is painful and sore after completing workouts.

"To be truthful," he said, "for the first couple of weeks, I'll probably end up playing through a lot of that pain just because I'm anxious to get back out there. Not where it would be a detriment to my hand. It hasn't moved in five weeks. Now that I'm moving again and I'm shooting, there's gonna be something there anyway until it gets stronger."

There have been reports that Boozer could return as early as this Wednesday.

He is wearing a specially made protective guard that sort of looks like a weightlifting glove.

"It's OK," Boozer said of the guard. "I'd rather wear nothing, but I'm gonna have to wear something for the first couple of days."