INDIANAPOLIS – Before pumping iron in a building surrounded by the familiar flatlands of his native Indiana, Trayce Jackson-Davis declined to indulge in hometown cooking that might interfere with his meticulous pre-game rituals.

A svelte 248 pounds, the third-year Warriors center has slimmed down to that figure by religiously eating rice, greens, chicken and other low-fat proteins and modifying his routine.

“The strength guys have done a really, really good job of helping me find conditioning routines, especially when I’m not playing, that aren’t going to kill me, but at the same time, still burn a lot of fat,” Jackson-Davis told the Bay Area News Group.

While making a stop in the city located 45 minutes north of the 4,000-seat Vandermeer gymnasium he once called home as a superstar at

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