<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Here's how worried Ben Gordon is that he's shooting 37 percent and averaging 8.7 points after three exhibition games: "I've been scoring since 1983," Gordon said. That would be his birth year. In other words, scoring comes as naturally to Gordon as breathing and offering pithy quotes. Similarly, Bulls coach Scott Skiles isn't worried about Gordon's offense. He hasn't since he watched the former Connecticut standout spectacularly ring up 22 double-digit fourth quarters as Gordon became the first rookie to win the league's Sixth Man of the Year award. Instead, Skiles has focused on Gordon's tendency to lose focus and take possessions off, offensively and (more often) defensively. Bulls coaches say that habit became less noticeable last season. And no matter what Gordon's preseason statistics say, that trend is continuing upward. "He's even better than last year," Skiles said. "When you're a small guard in this league, you always have your hands full because a lot of the guards are big. You have to be tough and quick and all that. Your focus has to be sharp. "Let's face it--there are times when you could be playing unbelievable defense and be right on the guy and he's 6-7 and can shoot over you. There's not much you can do other than hustle and stay with it. [Focus] is one thing that Ben has really improved on."</div> Source
Ben Gordon always seems to struggle during the off season, and even during summer leagues when he was a rookie. I'm not worried at all.
