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All my friends who played here talk about how demanding it is and how your fitness will be the best it\u2019s ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson is ready to embrace that challenge: \u201cI want to be in an environment that\u2019s super competitive, where guys might get uncomfortable at times. Seeing the championship photos and all the greats who played here gives me new motivation to add a chapter to my legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The veteran guard was drawn to Miami\u2019s demanding and competitive environment and its championship expectations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":372525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-512851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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