<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> RICHMOND — Every day for the last week it seems the Washington Wizards have revealed something new about their commitment to team conditioning.</p> </p> In fact, Wizards coach Eddie Jordan has said this is the most finely conditioned team he has had in his four seasons. Gilbert Arenas spent the summer running stairs with a weighted jacket. Antawn Jamison gave yoga a whirl.</p> </p> But if the Wizards were to give an award to the player in the best shape, it sounds as if it would be handed to Antonio Daniels.</p> </p> And like Arenas and Jamison, Daniels owes his conditioning to an atypical approach.</p> </p> "I boxed and I sparred," Daniels said. "I used to go five, six rounds sometimes, sometimes three or four, and I've never felt that tired before in my life."</p> </p> Daniels looks the part.</p> </p> Of the players here in training camp, only free agent guard Willie Deane has a lower body fat reading than Daniels. The team's training camp guide has the 32-year-old, 10-year veteran listed at 205 pounds.</p> </p> However, Daniels hopes to have that adjusted in the team's media guide before the regular season begins.</div></p> Source: Washington Times</p>
Boxing seems to be the trend for the teams in the Southwest Division.</p> The Magic got in shape by spending the summer boxing, Antonio Daniels for the Wizards, and even Shaq got in shape by training with MMA fighters.</p>
The Wizards are one of the nicest conditioned teams in the league. When you have a big three like Arenas, Butler and Jamison getting mad for Eddie Jordan taking them out the game in the middle of the 4th quarter, then you know they are conditioned.</p>
Daniels impressed me a great deal after Arenas went down with his late-season injury. He put up a double-double in the playoffs and was a consistent performer night in and night out. He's not getting any younger but he's one of the best 6th men in the league IMO.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Daniels impressed me a great deal after Arenas went down with his late-season injury. He put up a double-double in the playoffs and was a consistent performer night in and night out. He's not getting any younger but he's one of the best 6th men in the league IMO.</p> </div></p> </p> definitely. He had the best assist to turnover ratio last season, and I feel he's one of the most underrated and overlooked veteran players in the league. He has solid defense, he can score, and he's a good playmaker.</p>
