Bad news for the Pelicans as All-Star forward Zion Williamson will miss several more weeks after he re-aggravated his right hamstring. Pelicans executive vice president David Griffin says Williamson was set to return soon, but re-injured himself at practice.
“Unfortunately, this is an injury that has a very high instance of recurrence,” said Griffin. “There is nothing he did wrong to bring this about. It is what it is unfortunately. It’s an injury that is tricky and hard to navigate.”
Williamson first suffered the injury on January 2nd and has missed 28 games this season. Zion missed all of last season, but still made the playoffs, so Griffin is confident the team can still play at a high level without their all-star.
“It’s a blessing for our team that we know that we can be really good, we know that we’ve done this before and we understand what the next man up mentality means,” said Griffin.
New Orleans is 12 and 16 in games without Williamson this season. They are 29-28 overall and in seventh place in the Western Conference. Williamson has played in 114 games and missed 169 since he was the first pick in the 2019 draft. Coach Willie Green says all they can ask from him is to work hard to get back.
“Try to get into a good mental space, doing all the things you can to get back on the floor, so it’s going to be important for him to continue to attack the rehab,” said Green.
New Orleans is at Oklahoma City tonight.
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