INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Kevin Love and Kyle Korver both participated in the Cavs' short practice Wednesday and both have a chance to play Thursday against the Utah Jazz.

Don't read too much into it just yet -- Love made it sound like the weekend was more likely for his return from knee surgery and Korver was not available to the press after practice -- but that both players participated in the Cavs' 20-minute practice means they can't be ruled out for a return to the court.

"I don't know about tomorrow, but probably likely the road trip," Love said, following some extra shooting and low-post work on Wednesday. "I feel good. As you can see just a little winded. More so just getting back after four weeks, five weeks, whatever it may be, but other than that I feel good.

Love, an All-Star averaging 20 points and 11.1 rebounds, has been out since Feb. 14, when he had surgery to remove loose bodies from his left knee. The Cavs are 7-6 without him.

Korver has been out since March 9 with a sore foot. He's averaging 11.1 points and shooting .487 from 3-point range since joining Cleveland Jan. 7 in a trade from Atlanta.

Coach Tyronn Lue said the same thing about both players on Wednesday: They practiced and he doesn't know when they'll be back.

"Whenever the training staff says he's ready to go, we're going to get him out there," Lue said of Korver, before saying nearly the same thing about Love.

And when they do come back, Lue said, he will make multiple lineup and rotation changes, inserting not only Love into his usual spot as the starting power forward but also promoting J.R. Smith to starting shooting guard.

"It's been on my mind a lot lately as far as rotations, who's going to play with who," Lue said. "Of course when Kevin comes back he's probably going to have a minutes restriction. Probably going to be tired. Probably going to be certain points of the game where you've got to take him out and you don't want to. So there's going to be some adjustment period, but we'll get through it. But the biggest thing for me is just getting everybody back healthy so we can start taking off like supposed to."

Richard Jefferson has been starting lately for Love, and has scored 16 points in each of his last two games. He stands to take the biggest "hit" in playing time, but Lue said that at age 36, Jefferson is looking forward to the break.

Jefferson has started each of the last five games and played at least 26 minutes in each contest.

"I don't think he wants to play that many minutes," Lue said. "So for him Kevin coming back, he'll get to his normal role which I think he'll like."

Lue said Smith would start so that he and Korver would be on different shifts. They are both 3-point shooters and wing defenders, though Smith is a better on-ball defender and Korver found comfort in the second unit with LeBron James, Deron Williams, Derrick Williams, and Channing Frye. Iman Shumpert would slide to the second unit, though whose playing time he takes may depend on the opponent.

Lue said he would pair Smith with Korver at the end of games in a lineup that would also include LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and either Love or Tristan Thompson.