Derrick Rose has gained at least "10 pounds of muscle" and "thinks I'm going to be able to finish a lot stronger this year."
After missing all of last season recovering from the torn ACL he suffered in April 2012, Rose also told NBA "I'm shooting a lot of shots... there should be a lot more and ones, hopefully."
The 24-year-old Rose, who recently became a father for the first time, also stressed the added muscle is the only physical improvement he feels he's made his time away from the game
"I think I'm a lot quicker, a lot more explosive, and I think I'm gonna go this year without that many nagging injuries," he told NBC. "Just trying to prevent it by stretching and doing all the things I have to do to take care of my body. When you first come in the League and you're talented and you're athletic, you don't care about stretching or anything. You just kind of go out there and overlook that stuff. But now it's my sixth year, so you really have to look at that and take that more seriously so I can prevent all of the little injuries."
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