The NBA offseason offers players an opportunity to identify and address their weaknesses. For Brooklyn Nets forward Noah Clowney, step one was building a body prepared to match the physicality of the league's big men.

Clowney appears to have taken a significant step in that regard. The third-year forward packed on muscle this offseason, weighing in at 234 pounds after playing last season at 220-225.

“Just been eating and staying in the weight room,” Clowney said. “You gain weight as you get older; it's natural. But I just turned 21, so I don't really have the grown man weight yet. So everything I got right now, I've been forcing it.” Expand Tweet

Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez was highly complimentary of Clowney's offseason regimen.

“He looks great, and credit to him and the work h

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