Dion Waiters wrote on Instagram Monday that he read all the jokes on social media about his conditioning last season, but rather than "joining the circus" he used it as motivation to improve his physique.
The veteran Miami Heat guard, listed at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds on the team's roster, showed off his new slimmer, shredded look in the post, writing in his post that he was in a "dark place mentally & physically" last season trying to return from the ankle injury that ended his season in 2017-18.
"Last year when I came off 1 of the most depressing & frustrating times of my life.