When Ryan Anderson walked off the Amway Center floor following the New Orleans Pelicans' shootaround Wednesday morning, his face almost immediately contorted into a wide smile.
His reaction stemmed from seeing some familiar faces from his three-year Orlando Magic tenure and from being in Orlando, a city he loves and never wanted to leave.
But there was something else at work, too: Anderson feels as healthy mentally and physically as he's felt in two years.
He endured an unbearable stretch, beginning in Aug. 2013, when his girlfriend, Gia Allemand, committed suicide. A few months later, on Jan.