Recently, the Pelicans officially announced that the team's forward Cain Williamson received a right foot injection to help speed up the recovery process, and is expected to be reviewed in 4-6 weeks. Williamson underwent surgery to repair a fracture in his right foot this offseason and has not yet appeared in the regular season this season. The 2019 champion has been plagued by frequent injuries in less than 3 seasons since he entered the NBA, especially this season because of repeated injuries and lack of self-discipline, which has disappointed many fans who once looked forward to him.
The other day, Andrew Lopez said the Pelicans still believe Williamson can return to the team this season, saying: "It's not the kind of injury that costs him this season, he still has a chance to get back on the court this season. But according to a previous joint report by The Athletic reporters Shams Charania and Will Guillory, sources revealed that Cairn-Williamson's operated right foot continued to be sore. That is to say, Williamson's injury, although not devastating, is constantly repeated, making it difficult for him to come back, and countless eagerly awaited fans have been disappointed again and again, and what is even more disappointing is that all this seems to be caused by Williamson himself.
A while ago, ESPN reporters Tim MacMahon and Zach Lowe talked about Williamson's weight on the show. Tim MacMahon said: "I have been told by many people that Cain weighs 70 pounds more than 260 pounds, you can do the math. It is worth mentioning that the lone ranger Doncic has weighed 260 pounds this season, which has made Doncic criticized by many fans and journalists for not being disciplined enough and too obese, and Williamson is even more exaggerated than Doncic.
According to Tim MacMahon, Williamson's current weight is about 149.6 kilograms, what is this concept? Yao Ming originally gained weight, the weight is almost 141 kg, and Williamson is actually heavier than Yao Ming at that time, which has shown that Williamson's current body shape is very problematic, too much weight to a certain extent gives too much pressure to the legs, Williamson's current right foot injuries repeatedly, it is difficult not to suspect that he is too heavy the reason, and his weight is overweight, obviously related to his lack of self-discipline.
Think that before Williamson entered the NBA, he was hyped up as a supernova with talent comparable to James, which is enough to become a supernova of the future façade of the league, after he entered the NBA, the league also gave him enough expectations, only to see the talent, Williamson is completely worthy of the expectations and praise of the outside world, he is indeed quite good when he is healthy, but he has not been healthy in these years, stopping and stopping, and not self-disciplined enough, so it is difficult for people to compare it with James, but it reminds people of Bynum in the past.
Once Bynum is known as the little shark, is the Lakers focus on the cultivation of the object, even if later traded to the 76ers, but Still highly anticipated by the team, but Bynum is the kind of talented, but not self-disciplined players, during the injury of all kinds of troubles, and finally ruined his career. And now Williamson is not as outrageous as Bynum, but his indiscipline is indeed very similar to Bynum, so what does he take to replace James and become the next facade of the NBA?
At this time, maybe the NBA is going to start a headache, obviously they used to hope that after James retires, Williamson can successfully replace him and become the next ticket guarantee, but now James is still in excellent shape, and when he retires, it is estimated that Durant, Curry and other people are almost the same, and then if Williamson can't get on the position smoothly, then the next rating guarantee of the NBA really doesn't know where it is.