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There are a lot of areas that rookie Taylor Hendricks can improve. He’s a really raw and young player with incredible instincts and athleticism. But there is one area where there has already been significant improvement throughout his first NBA season — his body.
One of the first directives given to Hendricks after being drafted back in June was that he needed to hit the weight room and work toward the kind of strength that will serve him against brute NBA competition.