Zion has bruised knee, no extra summer time league
Zion Williamson, the No. 1 total choose of the New Orleans Pelicans on this 12 months’s draft, won’t take part within the the rest of the NBA Las Vegas Summer season League after struggling a bruised left knee in his debut, the group stated Saturday.
Williamson did not play within the second half of Friday’s sport towards the New York Knicks due to a knee-to-knee hit, and Pelicans govt vp David Griffin stated Saturday that he can be shut down.
“Zion will transfer ahead from this incident with out situation,” Griffin stated in an announcement. “Nevertheless, in an abundance of warning, we have now made the dedication that he won’t seem in sport motion for the rest of the NBA summer time league. He’ll proceed to participate in coaching and conditioning with our efficiency group.”
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Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry informed ESPN’s Malika Andrews that they had been being further cautious with Williamson as he works to get into sport form.
Williamson took the ground as a professional for the primary time Friday evening, scoring 11 factors in 9 first-half minutes that included some thunderous dunks towards the Knicks and fellow former Duke star RJ Barrett.
The sport was suspended within the fourth quarter after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit close to Ridgecrest, California, round 200 miles from Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Summer season League video games resumed Saturday after the Thomas & Mack Heart and Cox Pavilion had been each deemed “protected to open” by structural engineers, the NBA stated Saturday.