Bulls forward Luol Deng will get a bit of a break once Carlos Boozer returns from his broken hand.

Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau plans to insert Boozer directly into the starting lineup when he returns, while moving Taj Gibson to the bench.

Over the entire season, Deng is averaging 39.7 minutes, third-most in the league behind Kevin Durant and Rudy Gay.

"I don't think anything changes in terms of how we're going to play, style of play," Thibodeau said.

"It adds a quality big man and gives us more depth up front. Right now, Luol has probably played more minutes than we would like. He's played a lot of four for us. I do like Luol at the four, but it will allow us to get Luol more rest."