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Buddy Hield track experience in Bahamas aids his conditioning on basketball court

As they evaluated Buddy Hield throughout his college career, New Orleans Pelicans front-office members started noticing a distinct trend during the second half of Oklahoma’s games: While other players tired, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard tended to only get stronger, showing few signs of fatigue. Among several of Hield’s headline-grabbing performances in 2015-16, he seemed to be moving at a faster late-game pace than other players on the floor, including when he deposited a career-best 46 points in a triple-OT showdown with Kansas. He also shot a blistering 7/8 from three-point range in the second half of a win at LSU; in the NCAA Tournament, he racked up 29 second-half points to beat VCU.