Derrick Rose is on the verge of returning from his ankle injury and is not concerned with his role on the Cavaliers.

Since Rose's injury, the Cavaliers have had Isaiah Thomas make his season debut and Dwyane Wade has emerged as their second unit point guard.

"I just want to hoop," Rose said Wednesday afternoon following the Cavs' lengthy practice. "It's not about stats or anything like that. I just want to go on the floor and show people what I still have in the tank and help this team in any way I can."

Rose admits his two-month absence as been frustrating.

"It's hard but at the same time it's the same team that ... how many we lose in the beginning of the season? Exactly, 5-7, we won 13 straight," Rose said. "You're going to have ups and downs in a season. It's all about how you handle your losses and how you communicate after them.

"Usually teams tend try to handle everything by themselves or players try to handle everything individually on the floor, but we need each other. We know that we gotta help everybody up, help everybody's game and just make the game easy for each other while we're out there."