Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer want to keep the Bulls intact despite a disappointing finish to the regular season and a six-game loss to Philadelphia.

"The unfortunate part of this year is we didn't measure up against the teams we wanted to measure up against," Noah said. "But I personally believe this group can compete against anybody and beat anybody.

"As a player, you can only control what you can control. We just lost. I think it's important for everybody to regroup mentally and make another run at it. Because you know what? Derrick (Rose) is going to come back.”

Boozer is aiming to “come back a better player, all around, inside and out, defensively, offensively, a better leader" after finishing with a disappointing 1-for-11 shooting performance in the final loss to the 76ers.

"Our team will get healthy and we'll be back and we'll be very good and we'll be very hungry," Boozer said. "Wouldn't you love to see us at full strength, completely healthy when the playoffs start? We haven't had that yet, so hopefully we'll get that next year.

"Any time you lose and you don't reach your goal, it makes you more determined. Hopefully, everybody will have a great summer. We're saying our prayers for Derrick as he approaches his surgery coming up. We'll start the season without him for a few months, most likely, so hopefully everybody comes back with that hunger. We can hit the ground running and start new."