He ‘training camp’ emerges on the horizon of the NBA and many issues begin to emerge strongly in the different franchises that make up the league. The main question on which the news of the New Orleans Pelicans revolves points to Zion Williamson, on whose health status a large part of the team’s competitive possibilities will depend.
The number one in the 2019 draft only played 29 games last season due, mainly, to a hamstring injury, after missing the entire previous season due to foot problems. When he’s been healthy, Zion has proven to be a dominant player, but his physical condition has hampered any type of continuity, as well as the Pelicans’ expectations. Now, player and franchise face a vital year in which they risk their credit before the fans and the NBA.
For now, a relative optimism has settled in the organization after the general manager, David Griffin, shared his satisfaction with the sacrifice shown by Zion during the summer. The executive highlighted that the player has been to the Pelicans facilities “more times than in the rest of his career” in order to strengthen his physique.
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These statements have been confirmed by the journalist from ESPN, Andrew Lopez. The ‘insider’ He stated, on Zach Lowe’s podcast, that Williamson has been specifically working on his lower body to be able “to play more than 30 games in a season”, something he has only achieved once in his career. The ideal, of course, is that Zion manages to break the barrier of the 61 games he played in the 2020-21 season. And even more so when the New Orleans project hangs by a thread, perhaps too thin.
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2023-09-25 18:00:00
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