Rondo: New-look Bulls need to improve communication

Rajon Rondo is one of eight new additions to the Chicago Bulls' roster, but the veteran believes the team can avoid an identity crisis by focusing on one end of the floor.

"We'll hang our hat on defense and playing together," the four-time All-Star said, according to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune.

The new-look Bulls host the Boston Celtics for their regular-season opener Thursday.

"Me personally, I would like our communication to get better," Rondo said. "But that's going to take time and guys trusting each other, playing with one another and getting out (of their) comfort zone.

"Not everybody's a talker. (But) in the locker room we talk a lot, so it shouldn't be hard to translate on the floor."