We will not see Zion Williamson until the 2022-23 NBA season
This season has been kind of a mess for the New Orleans Pelicans. And, quite frankly, it did not just start at the beginning of the season. It stems back all the way to the offseason when it seemed as if they entered the summer without a plan.
They let Lonzo Ball walk and missed out on every big point guard free agent that they were reportedly targeting as the former’s replacement. Then, it was revealed that Zion Williamson had an offseason surgery that nearly no one outside the Pelicans’ organization knew about.
Fast forward to the end of the 2021 calendar year and we still haven’t seen Zion in a regular-season game. He’s had another setback and while he’s expected to be reevaluated in a few weeks, I’m not sure it’s worth rushing him back from a foot injury.
My gut tells me we won’t see him until the 2022-23 NBA campaign.