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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kemba Walker wants to be an NBA All-Star.But the Hornets steadily improving 6-foot point guard knows he has to get healthy first, which means resting his surgically repaired knee a little longer. Walker was limited to non-contract drills as the Hornets opened training camp on Tuesday at their downtown arena.I hate it. ... You know how much of a competitor I am. But its the smart thing to do at this time (because) I dont want to have any setbacks, said Walker, adding that he hopes to be 100 percent for the start of the regular season.The 26-year-old Walker is coming off the best season of his five-year NBA career, averaging a 20.9 points, 5.2 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game in 2015-16 while shooting a career-best 42.7 percent from the field.But the stat that pops out the most is his improved 3-point shooting. Walker made 37.1 percent from beyond the arc last season after making less than 33 percent his first four years in the league.Walker finished second in the voting for Most Improved Player, battling through knee pain near the end of the season and leading the Hornets to a 48-win season that culminated in a Game 7 loss to the Miami Heat in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.Teammate Marvin Williams said Walker could have easily shut it down due to a torn meniscus in his left knee, but elected to keep on playing.Walker has surgery in May to repair the problem.I feel like he was (an All-Star) last year, teammate Marvin Williams said. And thats not taking anything away from any of the guys that made it in the East. They are very, very good. The guards are big time. But I feel like Kemba was right there. He was beat up and he continued to fight through it every night. If he is healthy and has a year like he did last year I think he will definitely be there in February.Its that kind of dedication to the team that has made Walker a favorite in the locker room.Nicolas Batum, the teams highest-paid player, said hes made it his personal goal to help get Walker into the All-Star game this season.Hes special. Hes really special, Batum said. People dont understand how good he is. He had a breakout season last year. Hes a franchise guard.Walker is dramatically more confident in his shooting than this time a year ago when he working with shooting coach Bruce Kreutzer to tweak his mechanics, according to coach Steve Clifford.There were times Walker contemplated scrapping the changes, but he stuck with it and the results followed. Now he doesnt even think about the altered shooting motion anymore.If you go back to the last 21 games of the year, his 3-point shooting put him in a different place, Clifford said.Clifford said with Walkers improved shooting and range it makes it more difficult for teams to defend him.His range takes away the under in the pick-and-roll, Clifford said. And hes such a good pick-and-roll player anyway. I think he is really maturing as a player.Perhaps enough to be an All-Star.I was pretty close last year, Walker said. Im getting the hang of things in this league and playing really well. I want to continue to play well and win. But in order for me to be an All-Star we have to win. Thats what it is going to take.Game notesAlong with Walker, Cody Zeller (shoulder) and Perry Ellis (sports hernia) werent able participate in contact drills during practice.Demarcus Lawrence Womens Jersey . 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Tony Romo Youth Jersey . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over .Tom Wood looks set to start for England at openside against South Africa on Saturday with Marland Yarde and Jonny May due to take the two wing berths.Wood last played for England in the 2015 Rugby World Cup and was out of the picture when Eddie Jones first took the job. But after Jones compared the Northampton back-row to Samson and Rambo in recent days, Wood looks to have taken advantage of Englands openside injury crisis.James Haskell, Jack Clifford, Mike Williams and Sam Jones - all contenders for the No.7 shirt - are all sidelined so Wood looks set to be given the No.7 shirt for Saturdays match with Teimana Harrison released back to the Saints.Uncapped Wasps No.8 Nathan Hughes has also been retained in Englands 25-man squad and he should make his debut from the bench.Elsewhere in the pack, England are continuing to monitor second-row Courtney Lawes fitness ahead of Saturdays match and have retained Dave Attwood and Josh Beaumont in the 25-man squad. If Lawes is passed fit then he is likely to start in the second-row with Joe Launchbury.In the backs Jones has relleased Semesa Rokoduguni back to Bath which means Yarde and May are the only two out-and-out wingers retained in the squad.ddddddddddddBen Teo could make his debut from the bench but it depends on whether Jones opts for a 6-2 split between forwards and backs among the replacements or if he goes for an additional back.England:?Forwards (15): J Beaumont (Sale Sharks), D Attwood (Bath Rugby), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), J George (Saracens), D Hartley (Northampton Saints), N Hughes (Wasps), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton Saints), J Marler (Harlequins), C Robshaw (Harlequins), K Sinckler (Harlequins), T Taylor (Wasps), B Vunipola (Saracens), M Vunipola (Saracens), T Wood (Northampton Saints).Backs (10): M Brown (Harlequins), D Care (Harlequins), E Daly (Wasps), O Farrell (Saracens) , G Ford (Bath Rugby), J Joseph (Bath Rugby), J May (Gloucester Rugby), B Teo (Worcester Warriors), M Yarde (Harlequins), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers). 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