Layups: Despite Nikola Mirotic posting pictures of recent workouts at the Advocate Center to his Twitter account, no progress has been made on bridging a gap that one source estimated at $5 million in contract negotiations. ... Paul Zipser suffered a sprained ankle in Saturday's summer opener. "We'll obviously be very careful with him knowing a lot about Paul having had him for a year," Hoiberg said. ... Valentine didn't get the rebuilding memo: "One of our biggest goals is to go try this season to make the playoffs. We have talent. We're all in the NBA."