re: Anthony Davis Team USA highlight from today

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Physically, Davis said he has worked hard on his conditioning this summer, in anticipation of this week's minicamp.

And Davis received a stamp of approval from his head coach.

"He looks really good," said Pelicans coach Monty Williams, who has been watching Davis work in the gym with other players over the course of the summer. "He's stepped his work ethic up in so may ways. He was already a good worker, and now it's just so diligent about being in the gym and doing all the stuff that we ask him to do and then some.

"He hasn't put on 20 or 30 pounds like everybody wanted him to do, but we didn't want him to do that. But if you look at his body now, you see a noticeable difference because he's been in the weight room, he's been on the floor. We're at the point now where we think after (this camp) we're just going to tell him he has to take a break for a couple weeks. He's been really going after it."

Davis has boosted his weight modestly over last year (he's 227 or 228), and hopes to use the rest of the summer – if his coach allows – to get even stronger.

"I've worked on my jump shot, my post moves, staying in the weight room, everything to become a better basketball player, that's what I've been doing," Davis said. "I'll just continue to keep doing that.

"As far as this season, I'll have that first season under my belt, so I won't be as nervous or jittery going into games. I'll know what to expect. That's always a plus. I'm a lot stronger than I was a year ago. It's all about getting better. I want to get up to 235 before the season starts, and play around 229, 230, somewhere around there. I've just got to continue to push."

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