Chicago Bulls vice president John Paxson said Thursday that Derrick Rose has looked "fearless" during the preseason and that the team has no plans to limit his minutes or games played in his first season back from knee surgery.

"We've turned the page," Paxson said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN Chicago 1000. "Unless he would come up with something that would concern us, but we have no concerns right now. You look at his preseason, and I think [coach] Tom [Thibodeau] has done a really nice job of kind of amping up his minutes. He's played six games. In reality he is only averaging about 27 minutes a game in this preseason, and he has looked terrific. Right now there is no reason to think that there will be any restrictions, and we're not anticipating that at all."

Derrick Rose is averaging 27.3 points in his past three preseason games. Gary Dineen/NBAE/Getty Images

Rose missed the 2012-13 season following knee surgery in May 2012. There was speculation that the Bulls might limit Rose, maybe even sit him in the second game of back-to-backs at least early in the season, but Paxson said his star player expects to be on the court.

"Look, Derrick wants to play. He's been out for an entire year," Paxson said. "He's showing no signs that would make us think along those lines. Tom has a good gauge of these things, and we're all confident that we're beyond that. He's got to push himself. Let's face it, he spent a lot of time and effort into rehabbing this knee. ... He's not coming to us to put any limitations on him. As an organization we don't want him playing 48 minutes a night -- that's not going to happen, of course -- but in that 35- to 38-minute range, that's what he was going to do anyway, and I don't see that changing."

Rose has looked sharp in the preseason, averaging 19.7 points for the 7-0 Bulls. He has ramped up his scoring of late, averaging 27.3 points in his past three games, including 26 in a victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. And he has shown no hesitation in driving to the basket, as evidenced by his shooting at least 10 free throws in five of his six games.