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CHICAGO -- Given the number of new faces on the roster, the Chicago Bulls are still feeling their way around the new season.The Bulls added veteran guards Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo along with center Robin Lopez in the offseason. More recently, guards Michael Carter-Williams and R.J. Hunter were also added to the mix, which coach Fred Hoiberg knows will require his team to be patient as it attempts to put the pieces in the right places.Were just trying to get our guys comfortable and continue to get them on the floor in spots where theyre going to be during the games, Hoiberg told reporters at the Bulls practice on Friday ahead of Saturday nights game at home against the Indiana Pacers.Well continue to teach as we go along -- especially the new faces.Wade sparked the Bulls (1-0) in their opening-night win over the Boston Celtics with 22 points and connected on 4 of 6 from 3-point range.Hunter signed a one-year deal with the Bulls on Wednesday after being cut by the Celtics on Monday. Hunter joins a team that is already deep at guard. But he told reporters that he was taking being an NBA player for granted and that he felt absolute blessed and fortunate to find a new NBA home so quickly after being released.And although the opportunity to contribute might be limited because of the depth the Bulls have, Reynolds will take what he can get. On Friday, the Bulls also exercised their fourth-year contract option on forward Doug McDermott while picking up the third-year options on guard Jerian Grant and second-year forward Bobby Portis.Whatever I can do to help, Reynolds told reporters. Its actually a really deep team and talented team so wherever I can find my niche and help the team, I think thats what I can do.While the Bulls look to jell, the Pacers (1-1) are attempting to discover how to maintain their intensity for 48 minutes. After scoring 130 points in its season opener, Indiana fizzled down the stretch in a 103-94 loss to Brooklyn on Friday night.The Pacers shot just 37.8 percent from the field and managed only 15 fourth-quarter points on 6-of-21 shooting.Coach Nate McMillen said the Pacers couldnt find a way to match the Nets energy when it mattered most.Defensively, they really got out and got after us, denying and pressuring, McMillan said. They played with a sense of urgency that we talked about we need every single night. I thought we had that in the first game. Tonight, we did not have that energy and I thought they played harder for 48 minutes.Pacers forward Paul George said he and his teammates might have not had the focus they needed to put together their second straight win to start the season.We knew coming in that (Brooklyn) doesnt necessarily got the names, but they play hard and they play together, George said after Friday nights loss. We should be jacked up every night. 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Australias former captain Ricky Ponting has put his hand up for a role with the national team, expressing interest in either a selection or coaching job in the wake of the sides present slump. He recently concluded his coaching tenure with Mumbai Indians in the IPL, and there has been some speculation over whether he may be the right man to help drive the Australian team back to better health.Id consider it. I said from the moment I retired that Australian cricket is me. I love Australian cricket and some of the guys that are playing now, I played cricket with them, Ponting told the Age. Im open to discuss any role with Cricket Australia and whatever they come to me with, Ill talk to my family and if we can make it work then great, because I want the best for Australian cricket and I think Ive got a lot to offer as far as thats concerned.Ponting reflected on the departure of the former selection chairman Rod MMarsh and the unforgiving nature of the job.dddddddddddd Its a tough job and its a thankless job as well, Ponting said. If you pick a team and it wins, you dont get any credit, but if you pick a team and it loses all of a sudden youre the worst in the world.Its a huge commitment; a massive time commitment. Im still incredibly passionate about the game and about Australian cricket, but its hard to find a role thats going to work both for me and for Cricket Australia.Since his retirement from international cricket in 2012, Ponting has worked in a range of cricket and media roles, and kept in touch with the team. He was among the select circle of people the team performance manager Pat Howard spoke to around the appointment of Darren Lehmann as coach in place of Mickey Arthur in 2013. ' ' '