Painful Setback for the Pelicans

Zion Williamson of New Orleans Pelicans really got setback again. This has to be a joke at this point. He’s missed more games than he’s played. What’s going on over there? To start, he had problems with his foot last season. Over the offseason, he had it surgically repaired, the beginning of the season passed, everything was going fine, he was rehabbing normally and then he was experiencing soreness on December 2. That set him back.

To make matters worse, the doctors found a regression in the bone healing. A few days ago, he was injected with a fluid to stimulate healing. It’s reported that he’s going to be re-evaluated in mid to late January. Throughout this whole time, he’s been gaining a lot of weight. It’s been reported that he weighs more than 330 pounds. It’s obvious he’s been eating that good New Orleans food. When did this all start? Well, going into the league, he was a 6’6” power forward, already undersized (height wise), and he already had a pretty large frame, 285 lb in college. He was always an explosive athlete, do a quick search on YouTube and you’ll find tons of college highlights on Duke, devouring (see what I did there?) teams left and right with his partner in crime, RJ Barrett. He relies on explosiveness and athleticism, doing crazy 360 dunks and tomahawks. So, if the laws of gravity and physics are still present, he landed with a lot of weight on his foot, so he would have had problems. Now, Google has him listed at 317 lbs. while some are saying that he’s over 330. Some other explosive athletes don’t come close to him, Ja Morant weighs 174 lbs., Michael Jordan weighed 216 lbs., Zach Lavine weighs 200 lbs.. This is the reason the Pelicans are the 14^th seed, there’s no Zion Williamson, I bet the Pels’ fans are scared to see what Zion brings (or doesn’t bring) once he comes back.