New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans
Ryan Anderson says he's dropped 20 pounds since last season
Published
Sep. 17, 2015 4:25 p.m. ET
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Tyreke Evans said recently that a healthy Pelicans team is no different than the Warriors one that won a championship last season.
Ryan Anderson is an important part of that puzzle.
A prototypical stretch-four, Anderson's size and ability to knock down shots from three-point distance make the New Orleans lineup a nightmare for opposing defenses to deal with, especially when Anthony Davis is on the floor at the very same time.
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By all accounts, Anderson is as healthy as ever entering training camp, which is a good sign for the team's chances heading into the upcoming season.
(h/t: NBA.com/pelicans)
Coming off a herniated disc injury that caused him to miss the final three months of 2013-14, Anderson wasn’t even permitted to run until training camp in late September 2014. As a result, his conditioning was greatly impacted. The seven-year NBA veteran never looked like himself, scoring 20-plus points in consecutive games just once.
“Coming into camp last year, I couldn’t do anything – I couldn’t even run,” Anderson said on Tuesday’s Black & Blue Report. “Training camp last year was the first day I was cleared to do anything. I would say I was close to about 20 pounds heavier than I am right now. I like to think of it as adding a 20-pound weight vest and trying to get up and down the court. It’s a little more difficult.”
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