For Kris Humphries to retain his minutes in the future with the Wizards, he realizes where he has to expand his game in the same way Drew Gooden re-invented himself by becoming a three-point shooter. "I never really worked on shooting threes and stuff. I started working on it this year," said Humphries, a power forward who has a mid-range game and doesn't play much with his back to the basket on offense. "I had a lot of success in the last month (practicing) or so I really working on it every day, continue to work on it next year, add to my game." Humphries has made just two in his career and those game as a rookie in 2004-05. He was 0-for-7 in his first season in Washington. After the Wizards' season ended in an Eastern Conference semifinals loss to the Atlanta Hawks, coach Randy Wittman insisted that playing smaller and faster, meaning using more stretch shooters such as Gooden and Paul Pierce (if he returns) at Humphries' spot, is imperative to be a championship team. "I never really got up the attempts or really put the focus on it. Maybe the way this team has been playing I will," Humphries said. "It's only a couple feet difference from where I shoot it really well right now." While Humphries is a solid rebounder, the spacing on the floor changed for the Wizards after their 31-15 start. The mid-range game didn't work as well and opponents took it away. When they flourished in the playoffs, dealing with the small-ball lineups of the Toronto Raptors and Atlanta that shredded them during the regular season, the Wizards went with Gooden as the backup to Nene. It changed both series and made the Wizards competitive against the No. 1 seed Hawks despite losing John Wall for three games with a broken left wrist. - See more at: http://www.csnwashington.com/basket...tip-can-humphries-evolve-stretch-4-hes-trying
