This season, the New Orleans Pelicans can be said to have fallen into the bottom, in the 29 games that have been played, they have only achieved a record of 8 wins and 21 losses, ranking first in the West, and according to the current situation, the Pelicans are running away from the road of rotting. With the exception of Ingram, who averaged 22.3 points per game, and Valanciunas, who occasionally had a flash of inspiration, the Pelicans are a team that really makes fans lose a glimmer of hope. For the entire Pelicans, the only thing they are looking forward to now is that Zion Williamson can come back from injury and help the team turn the tide, and in the minds of the Pelican executives, Zion is like a nuclear bomb, with the explosive power to destroy the basket, but according to the current situation, Zion seems to be a long way from returning to the game.
I still remember that when he first entered the league, zion Williamson, the boss of the "Duke Three Young", was once labeled as James's successor by everyone, and his strong physical fitness and explosive ability to attack the frame were almost the same as LeBron when he was young, and he was also a "monster-level" player who integrated bouncing and strength. You say he's like LeBron, you say he's like O'Neal, in short, Zion's template has always been a superstar level player, and from this we can easily see how much the American media and fans have much hope for Zion. Zion was absent from the league for a long, long time with an injury, but after playing, he did show a really amazing talent.
In Zion's first fifty games of official entry into the NBA, he averaged 23.6 points per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 60 percent, and he became the first player in NBA history to get this kind of data in the first fifty games of his career, which even James did not even do. Of course, it may be the gradual evolution of the basketball era that allows players in this small-ball era to get more eye-catching data, but these factors aside, Zion's talent is indeed unique, and all of this is due to his strong physical fitness.
James has been fighting in the NBA for nearly 20 years since he entered the league in 2003, and in a few days, James will celebrate his 37th birthday. Although this season, James has missed some games due to a groin injury, but after his return, he can still maintain a strong competitive state, which is what James fears, in this fierce confrontation, faster and faster pace of the battlefield, James can do eighteen years as a day. Previously, James' old teammate Dudley once said that if you spend a while with James, you will know why he can have such a great achievement, as a professional basketball player, James is really too disciplined. And self-discipline is precisely what Zion does not have.
Recently, pelicans reporter Jake Madison even scolded Zion on social media, claiming that Zion was not only absent from his rehabilitation, but also slept in last week's team video class, simply without any professionalism. Shams, a well-known sports journalist, also said in his report that after Zion underwent surgery on his right foot, his right foot has been sore in recent times, in other words, Zion may continue to miss all pelican games this season. At that time, Auden the Great was also a talented high school student who shocked the United States, but due to injury, Auden ended his career very early, which shows that injury is the biggest opponent of these talented players, if you can't adjust your physical condition and maintain the habit of self-discipline, I am afraid that zion's career, which weighs 280 pounds, is in danger. James to the left, Auden to the right, and now Zion is at a fork in the road to choose his destiny.