Tyson Chandler said he believes his health problems are behind him. Chandler takes medication for a hiatal hernia and recently began using an inhaler before practices and games for exercise-induced asthma.

"I can definitely tell the difference between when I'm using it [the inhaler] and when I wasn't," he said.

Of equal importance, Chandler's mind is free from preoccupation.

"When you're constantly thinking about what's going on, it kind of weighs you down," he said. "You start concentrating on that instead of concentrating on getting better in the game."