Drew Gooden, Cavalier Future Clouded
By: Karma (RealCavsFans Site Director)
Drew Gooden and the Cleveland Cavalier's season came to a grinding halt last Sunday, outmatched by a physical and playoff toughened Detroit Pistons. Gooden, like the Cavalier's found the going a little tough. He was 0-4 from the field, committed 3 turnovers and 3 fouls in 17 minutes of action. Place this with 2 points and 5 boards, and it is hardly the numbers Danny Ferry has envisioned for the starting power forward position.
Now to narrow Drew Gooden down to just this performance is unfair. Drew for the past two seasons has been the Cavalier's leading rebounder, boarding at a rate amoungst the league leaders per 48 minutes. Offensively he getting it done quite efficiently, working off LeBron James dishes and crashing the glass for 2nd chance offense. You can make an arguement in that Gooden wasn't utilised effectively in Coach Brown's simplistic offense, in which James, center Zydrunas Ilgauskas and the perimeter shooters were the focal points.
So is Cleveland willing to restructure their offense next season, to fully incorperate Drew Gooden's natural game?
