Hill did make a trip to Duke for a week in July to play some five-on-five with other alums of the school and said he noticed something during those games.
"I was a little more athletic than I was all last season," he said. "I remember telling everybody last March that I felt like I was getting better and better all season and that has extended into the summer.
"I feel like my ballhandling is improved, my shooting is better, my quickness is better. I'm getting back to being athletic. That's the best feeling I've had in five years."
Another bit of notable news this summer was the leap forward Dwight Howard made offensively at the Las Vegas Summer League. He was a first-team all-star selection at the event that included first- and second-year players from 16 NBA teams
He played just under 25 minutes a game for the Magic and averaged 19 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks while shooting a healthy 64 percent from the floor. He not only was better, he was bigger. Though he still looks lean, he is up to 265 pounds and that will come in handy when he starts banging with the big men in the Eastern Conference.
"Dwight has spent the summer working on the little things, like learning to score inside on something other than a dunk," Smith said. "He really is a lot better offensively, but to be honest, I think the biggest improvement you're going to see from him this season is going to be on defense. He's learning the game, learning his position and I don't think you're going to see him get in foul trouble as much this time."
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