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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.Wilbert Montgomery Womens Jersey . 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School spokesman Jason Cody said Tuesday that since last week, university police have received more allegations of abuse by Nassar, spanning decades.Cody said Michigan State authorities are devoting significant resources to reviewing these accusations.Michigan State reassigned Nassar from clinical and patient duties as of Aug. 30, a day after a complaint from one of the gymnasts was made to authorities.Over the past week, the university received additional information that raised serious concerns about Nassars compliance with certain employment requirements, Cody said in a statement Tuesday. Those requirements were put in place after a 2014 investigation into alleged misconduct by Nassar, and information was received that indicates those requirements were not consistently met.Cody did not provide additional detail about what new requirements Nassar faced after the 2014 investigation.The decision was made to initiate the faculty process to terminate Nassars fixed-term appointment. On Sept. 20, he was fired, Codys statement said. It is important to note this decision does not affect the ongoing investigations by MSU Police and MSUs Office of Institutionall Equity of allegations of sexual abuse.ddddddddddddAn attorney for Nassar declined to comment Tuesday.Nassar is accused of sexually groping and fondling an Olympic gymnast during her elite career, according to a lawsuit filed recently in California by the athlete under the name Jane Doe.Attorney John Manly, who is representing Jane Doe in the lawsuit, said he has been approached by 10 female athletes treated by Nassar, including gymnasts and athletes from other disciplines, since her lawsuit was filed. Manly said the accusers range in age from their teens to 40 and include former NCAA athletes among others. Manly said he anticipates other cases being filed, predicting that Jane Does lawsuit is certainly not the last.The second gymnast, Rachael Denhollander of Louisville, Kentucky, told the Indianapolis Star that Nassar sexually abused her in 2000 while she underwent treatment for lower back pain at Michigan State. She said she filed a complaint last month with university police.The Associated Press typically does not identify people who say they have been sexually abused, but Denhollander is speaking out publicly about the case.Michigan State said last week that Nassar was investigated in 2014 when a graduate of the school filed a complaint. An administrative investigation found no violation of school policy, and the local prosecutors office did not file charges after an investigation by MSU police.USA Gymnastics said last week that it cut ties with Nassar when the organizations president, Steve Penny, went to authorities immediately after learning of athlete concerns about Nassar in the summer of 2015.---AP Sports Writer Will Graves in Pittsburgh contributed to this report. ' ' '