Gooden says he delivered on promise to expand his game

Денг Гордон · Oct 5, 2008

Rookie Derrick Rose represents the Bulls' future, no question.

The veterans of all three recent playoff trips - Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni - are looking to bounce back after disappointing seasons.

But if the Bulls are going to climb back into playoff contention this year, their most pivotal player may well be power forward Drew Gooden.

The reasons are obvious. Besides late addition Michael Ruffin, Gooden is the team's only veteran at one of the interior positions. Tyrus Thomas, Joakim Noah and Aaron Gray are all still in the development stage.

Then think back to a night last March when the 6-foot-10 Gooden piled up 31 points and 16 rebounds in a win over Atlanta. The seventh-year pro promised to hone his skills during the summer more than he ever did when his job was a rebounding specialist in Cleveland. So how did the off-season turn out?

"It turned out excellent," he said. "I actually kind of surprised myself. I was capable of doing things I never really worked on in the off-season. I wanted to expand my game this summer and I think I did that. I worked on my outside shot more than anything."
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