Dwyane Wade doesn't look like someone who is ready to call it a season.The veteran guard, despite a fractured right elbow, is working toward a return to the playoffs.If his Chicago Bulls get there, that is.Wade suffered the fracture on March 15 in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies. After the MRI revealed a sprain and fracture in his right elbow, Wade was declared out for the regular season, although the team said nothing about the playoffs.Dwyane, who is making a Chicago homecoming this season after spending the first 13 seasons with the Miami Heat, has been working hard on a comeback, according to Sean Highkin at The Athletic.“Dwyane’s been good,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said Wednesday after practice. “He’s been out here shooting. He got a really good sweat in today, doing obviously a lot of non-contact stuff right now. Just continue to try to increase his workload and hopefully he responds well.”

He's also shooting jump shots with the injured elbow, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

"He's been shooting," Hoiberg said. "He's just got a little bit of soreness and stiffness after, but they want him out there testing it. It's a work in progress."

WIthout Wade, the Bulls have an uphill climb of even getting to the playoffs. Chicago sits in ninth place in the Eastern Conference entering Thursday's game against the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Chicago is 1.5 games out of the final playoff spot.

Wade spent Wednesday night at the United Center checking out the McDonald's All-American Game, an annual showcase of the nation's best high school prospects. He was wowed by this alley-oop dunk connection from Alabama prospect Collin Sexton to Kevin Knox.

The Bulls will have a little strange history on their side for the game, as the team has won 19 straight home games when they are being carried by TV station TNT. Since Feb. 28, 2013, the Bulls have won 19 straight on TNT. Their last home loss on a TNT broadcast was Feb. 21, 2013, against Wade and the Miami Heat.

Somehow, the Bulls are 3-0 against Cleveland this year, and an astonishing 6-1 since the start of last season against LeBron James and his crew.

The Bulls believe that if they can get to the playoffs, they'll have their leader back.

"We truly believe that," Nikola Mirotic said. "We see him every morning - working, stretching, doing his treatments, sweating. So you can see that he really wants to get back, too. It’s important."