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METAIRIE, LA. >> Zion Williamson has thoroughly enjoyed his jet-setting, appearance-making first offseason as a pro.

The Pelicans’ top overall draft choice suspects he’ll like his first training camp even more.

“It’s been crazy and fun. Always on the move,” Williamson said Monday of the months since he left Duke for the NBA. “I think when people look at what I’m doing, they’d say it’s very stressful, but I’m having fun with it.

“Bouncing from city to city, sitting in three-, fourhour meetings, listening to people trying to pitch you on their company. It’s a lot, and only having like an hour or two to try to get in the gym and then hop back on a plane and go somewhere else,” Williamson continued. “But for now that part has slowed down a lot . ... For now, it’s just focusing on the Pelicans.”

In recent weeks, Williamson has increasingly been working out at Pelicans headquarters with trainers, focusing on core strength exercises and flexibility more so than traditional weights. David Griffin, the Pelicans’ new executive vice president of basketball operations, said more muscle mass is not something the 6-foot-7, 285-pound Williamson really needs to become a more effective player.

Williamson also has been participating in voluntary practices.

“That’s the best part. That’s what makes all of this other stuff possible,” Williamson said. “What I do on the court, in between that rectangle, that’s where my love comes out. That’s my passion.”