Zion-Williams
The NBA is the best basketball league in the world, and it has the world's top basketball mobilization, and every player in it, placed in their world, is a well-deserved pride. As for the champion at every year's draft, he is even more a genius among geniuses, a future superstar that every team dreams of. However, not every champion can eventually become a superstar in the alliance. Not because of talent, but because of injuries and luck.
Zion Williams was already a high-profile supernova before entering the NBA league, and was the next LeBron James in people's eyes. The Pelicans selected him with a big pick, without a hint of suspense. In this draft, everyone's eyes are focused on Zion's body, even the eye of the list, Jia Morant, no one cares.
Injuries became a roadblock for Zion
People kept forwarding all sorts of highlights to tell everyone what a wonderful genius Zion was. With a height of 1 meter 98, but with a weight of 128 KG, and can run and bounce like a defender, people seem to see an O'Neal born for the era of small ball. But there are also concerns that at this weight, injuries seem inevitable. Sure enough, Zion played only 24 games in his first season, which was extremely bad for a rookie, a 19-year-old young player.
But averaging 22.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, as well as averaging 27.8 minutes per game, tell us that Zion is dominant as long as he plays. Such a player, if not plagued by injuries, is definitely an All-Star level. Not surprisingly, zion in the second season, played 61 games, the average playing time increased to 33.2 minutes, averaged 27.0 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, shooting 61.1%, all-star performance, but also successfully selected as an All-Star.
Seeing this, probably many people will think that Zion will improve again and lead the New Orleans Pelicans back to the ranks of the playoffs, but what they did not expect was that the Pelicans still did not come back after playing 59 games. Injuries have once again become a roadblock in front of the fat tiger.
One did not fight, but wanted to renew the contract early
The Pelicans are currently only eleventh in the West, and they traded CJ McCollum, a brilliant shooting guard, from the Portland Trail Blazers on the trade deadline. After McCollum arrived, he did play an all-star performance, especially with Ingram, and fans can clearly find that McCollum's strength and performance are indeed far better than Ingram. In this situation, new Orleans fans are very eager for Zion's comeback, wanting to see the combination of McCollum and Zion.
Sadly, according to Pelicans reporter Christian Clark, Zion's right foot may need to undergo surgery again. Brian Windhorst also spoke about Zion, saying that when the Pelicans traded for CJ McCollum by the deadline, they knew there was a good chance that Zion would not be able to play, and that they might even be reimbursed for the season. In other words, Zion is most likely reimbursed this season, and the Pelicans just want to impact the playoffs as much as possible. However, Mingji also said that after the end of this season, Zion will be eligible for an early contract extension, and he is full of interest.
Zion, who did not play a game this season, but thought of renewing his contract early, it is really regrettable. It is worth mentioning that Zion wants to renew the contract, then it must be a top salary contract, for the New Orleans Pelicans, at this moment, I am afraid that it is dumb to eat yellow, there is pain that can not be said. If you don't give a maximum salary, then there must be other players who are willing to give Zion a maximum salary, after all, the talent is there. But with the maximum salary, you can't guarantee that Zion will be able to return to the field healthy and lead the team to the championship trophy.
The Pelicans management is caught up in a dilemma, especially watching Morant, who has brought the Grizzlies to third place in the West, and they should be extremely sorry!