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New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson showed off his weight loss at the team’s media day this week after an intense conditioning program over the summer.

“I really felt a shift in my body,” Williamson told reporters. “I haven’t felt like this since college, high school, just where I can walk into a gym, and I feel good.”

He added that the team’s executive vice president of basketball operations, Joe Dumars, who was hired in April, would hold the star accountable.

“He’s going to hold me accountable, and as he holds me accountable, he’s going to give me a lot of responsibility as well, which I’m excited for,” Williamson said of Dumar. “I know he’s going to hold me to a really high standard, and if I slip up or anything, I know he’s going to

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