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Zach LaVine Wasting No Time, Training to Increase Vertical

We saw plenty of athletic ability from LaVine in his rookie season, and he's already working to improve.

By Lindsey M. Young
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According to Dime Magazine, Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine is training this summer with the intent of increasing his already-impressive vertical leap. LaVine is approaching his sophomore season.

At only 19 years old, LaVine blew away any "competition" at the 2015 Sprite Slam Dunk Competition with his high-flying tricks. The guard offered fans plenty of exciting dunks during the season, as well.

LaVine began training with P3 Sport Science, and Dime posted a video from his Instagram account.

LaVine lets his fans know that he's training, as he made two additional posts to Twitter over the long weekend:

There's a lot of excitement brewing about the upcoming season, especially considering the Wolves will now take home the No. 1 draft pick, and LaVine's training teasers are making it that much better.

Let's be honest, we can't get enough of his moves. Here's a compilation of all four of LaVine's All-Star Weekend dunks:


And, just for fun, take a look at the video the Timberwolves PR account posted on Twitter this morning: