Drew Gooden
Drew Gooden
Andrew Melvin "Drew" Gooden IIIis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association. The 6'10", 250 lb power forward played college basketball for the University of Kansas...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 September 1981
CityOakland, CA
team two focus
My main focus, whenever I put on a new uniform, was just to provide energy. ... There was one thing I knew I could never mess up, and that was going hard. That's what I really kind of relied on to get me through the transition period between two teams.
level mindset pick time
It's a new time and a whole different mindset in the playoffs. We will pick our level of play up, and I know they will also. We will see what happens.
allen ball chris creating hands possession seemed
It seemed like every possession the ball was in Allen Iverson's hands and they were just creating with Chris Webber. It was a two-man game.
both feeling hurt yesterday
They both hurt. The feeling I had yesterday was the same one I have today.
adapt awkward coming job positions
I've been coming doing my job and going home. That's what this has become for me. I've been in so many different awkward positions every year. I can adapt to my surroundings.
motivated
Zach and me are friends and he was going at me so I had to go back at him. It motivated me and I got up.
continue edge playoffs start stop thinking trying
If we continue to play like this, we've got to stop thinking about playoffs and start thinking about trying to edge our way into the playoffs, and we don't want to do that.
felt knew touches
Me and Zach are friends and he was going at me, so I felt I had to go at him. I knew he was going to get a lot more touches than me, so when I got them, I made them count.
wind needs hard
You keep working hard and the wind will carry you where it needs to carry you, in the direction you need to be.
team believe giving
The relationships that I've built and the connections and the network that I have created playing on these multiple teams, playing for these multiple coaches and assistant coaches - I wouldn't give that back for anything, because I believe that's going to prepare me for my next step, whether that's going to be on the floor coaching or in an office doing some type of management work.
today made court
I wouldn't change my experience for anything. It made me the person I am today. Not just on the court but off the court.
team age roles
I had to learn from an early age to be observant of how to fit in right away and how to make a transition a lot more smoothly by adjusting to a role or filling a role that a team needed.
team guy roles
I was never a guy who came into a new situation on a team being vocal right away. I kind of monitored the situation, observed the situation and then found my role throughout that process.
team butterfly coaching
I'm a social butterfly. Once I get somewhere, I can make myself at ease and start the team bonding and build a relationship with my team, all my teammates, all the coaches, all the coaching staff.