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Bulls want center to be in top shape.(Chicago Tribune)
Byline: K.C. Johnson
Wearing a smile and looking in decent shape, Eddy Curry fulfilled his promise to management to report to the Berto Center on Tuesday for off-season workouts.
"We have a whole new system we're going to try to bring in this season, new players and everything," Curry said. "Besides all that, this is my No. 1 priority. This is where my heart is. I want to let them know that this is where I want to be."
Curry worked on a variety of skills with coach Scott Skiles and his staff for about an hour. He said he plans to do court work at the Berto on Tuesdays and Thursdays and continue his weight workouts five days a week with sports trainer Tim Grover at Hoops The Gym.
Curry acted almost embarrassed by the attention his off-season conditioning has received. But he also said he understood why club Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, general manager John Paxson and Skiles all have impressed upon him his value to the franchise.
All three told Curry his off-season work habits could affect summer personnel decisions.
Curry's poor conditioning habits last summer _ exacerbated by an eye injury _ led to him reporting to training camp out of shape and suffering a hamstring injury on the second day. Curry's typical slow start set the tone for a Bulls season in which much more was expected of the team and its young cornerstone.
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