[Clark] The Pelicans have repeatedly stressed to Williamson that his diet and conditioning need to improve. Williamson, multiple team sources have told The Times-Picayune, “doesn’t listen.”
[Clark] The Pelicans have repeatedly stressed to Williamson that his diet and conditioning need to improve. Williamson, multiple team sources have told The Times-Picayune, “doesn’t listen.”
Assuming this is true, just embarrassing. You got a $200 million contract and can’t do the bare minimum of professionalism.
One of the more annoying #1 draft picks ever. At least other ones were busts but they tried they were just trash. Zion has the talent but refuses to put in the work
floatersforalgernon
Someone on Simmons’ last pod said the Pelicans did try to trade him last summer, but couldn’t. Interesting to watch if they decide that they have to part ways and what he can fetch in the market.
Classics22
It’s crazy to me there’s still Pelicans fans defending this guy. I’d be fucking pissed. Paying him 200 million dollars and he can’t be bothered to do the bare minimum
Normal people with kids and 9-5s and money problems manage to stay in shape. This dude with every possible resource and privilege in the world can’t jog up the court without getting winded
Desertsprinter
Why are we the Memphis grizzlies
Eric_T_Meraki
Doesn’t help either that Cajun food is legit.
VagabondReborn
He also never improves his offensive game. He’s the exact same guy he was 5 years ago. Hasn’t added any moves whatsoever. Dude just seems like he doesn’t care about basketball that much and just wants to get paid
LastOfStendhal
Get the man some Ozembic
CIark
Pelicans: babe please put the po’boy down and listen to me 😩😩
Zion: no 😎
jgman22
Two separate Eras of this team going back over a decade now, the AD era and the Zion era, where fans are just waiting to see them play for real. Waiting for years to get healthy to get everyone on the court. Waited for years for the AD team to get on the court together, got a week of boogie and AD and it was over. Got a week of healthy Pels around Zion, literally, this is year 5 of Zion and the first time in those 5 years the team is healthy, and the piece it is all built around is unhealthy by choice.
And what’s worse is this front office put together an amazing roster. This is a championship roster I swear if they had a serious star at the top in place of Zion.
jermainathon
Sucks to see, even on the court you can see how gassed he gets and that’s with him playing little to no defense. He had so much hype behind him coming out of college, and he still has time to turn it around just hope he does it sooner rather than later.
TheRedditoristo
It would be tragic for the game of basketball if we never get to see a fully committed Zion play. He’s not just a guy with potential- he’s shown he can absolutely dominate. This would be like if Shaq fattened up to 400 lbs in the mid-90s and we never got to see Laker Shaq tear up the league.
pinktwhite
Chugging mountain dew and booting up the hub in Vegas right now
inshamblesx
the 2019 draft class is so unserious
Andy_Wiggins
It’s pretty wild that in back to back drafts you had two polar opposites at the top:
2019: Zion was seen as can’t-miss, not only in terms of talent but also in terms of character/love for basketball. He came back from injury at Duke despite being the guaranteed #1 pick, and everyone was convinced he was the type of guy you build around because he was a winner, great teammate, and committed to the game.
2020: Ant was talented, but there were definite concerns in terms of his seriousness about basketball, his fit within a winning team, etc. that interview about football certainly didn’t help him.
And now, in 2023, the two have completely flipped.
Zion’s seriousness about basketball is in serious question: he’s consistently out of shape, has been suspect as a teammate, and his lack of work ethic/discipline is impacting his ability to play at the highest level.
Meanwhile Ant is lauded for being a great teammate, the ultimate competitor, and a legitimate leader. He was effectively THE guy for Team USA during FIBA, and has ascended to be the best player on a team in 1st in the Western Conference.
It’s funny how you think you know these prospects coming in and they can completely subvert your expectations.
JaysonTatumOverrated
I used to think it was slightly exaggerated but I watched the pelicans for the first time this season last night and he looks fat as fuck
MixonWitDaWrongCrowd
I’ve always been curious how the majority of athletes would fare in the real world if they weren’t gifted with the skills/body type they have.
RoyKites
First “Superstar” to eat himself out of the league? What a waste of talent.
JurgenFlippers
He just like me fr
JaNotFineInTheWest
He might listen to Moria Mills. She needs to be drafted as player improvement coach by the Pelicans.
Search her, she uses different types of methods so basketball players will listen to her.
butekoo
Poor millionare can’t make an effort to eat tasty healthy food and pay an elite conditioning coach to mantain his ass in shape. It just reaches a point where the guy should get more flamed.
No-Equipment-20
If I was a Pels fan I would be concerned not only because of the conditioning and injury but because the lack of development.
Zion’s explosiveness and soft touch are great, but he hasn’t developed a midrange or three point shot. His rebounding numbers aren’t great and his defense is straight up bad.
dank-kush
Dude should be burning 5000 calories a day with the amount of sex he pays for, so he must be eating 10000 calories a day
hojibryantfromthelak
He’s a total bum. I lost all respect for him last night. I was holding out hope that he would turn things around and he was just hampered by injuries. Even the kings game he was a non factor. He’s fat and lazy. Lebron is almost 40 and still putting in the work. That’s mostly mental, tons of guys would’ve already retired after such a successful career as one of the best players to ever grace the court. Bron was playing 10 feet off Zion and taking charges cause he watched film and knew the positions to be in. Again, Zion is a bum.
CabbageStockExchange
Damn. I was hoping to see Zion be the next big thing. Instead he became the next big thing
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Just trade him
Assuming this is true, just embarrassing. You got a $200 million contract and can’t do the bare minimum of professionalism.
One of the more annoying #1 draft picks ever. At least other ones were busts but they tried they were just trash. Zion has the talent but refuses to put in the work
Someone on Simmons’ last pod said the Pelicans did try to trade him last summer, but couldn’t. Interesting to watch if they decide that they have to part ways and what he can fetch in the market.
It’s crazy to me there’s still Pelicans fans defending this guy. I’d be fucking pissed. Paying him 200 million dollars and he can’t be bothered to do the bare minimum
Normal people with kids and 9-5s and money problems manage to stay in shape. This dude with every possible resource and privilege in the world can’t jog up the court without getting winded
Why are we the Memphis grizzlies
Doesn’t help either that Cajun food is legit.
He also never improves his offensive game. He’s the exact same guy he was 5 years ago. Hasn’t added any moves whatsoever. Dude just seems like he doesn’t care about basketball that much and just wants to get paid
Get the man some Ozembic
Pelicans: babe please put the po’boy down and listen to me 😩😩
Zion: no 😎
Two separate Eras of this team going back over a decade now, the AD era and the Zion era, where fans are just waiting to see them play for real. Waiting for years to get healthy to get everyone on the court. Waited for years for the AD team to get on the court together, got a week of boogie and AD and it was over. Got a week of healthy Pels around Zion, literally, this is year 5 of Zion and the first time in those 5 years the team is healthy, and the piece it is all built around is unhealthy by choice.
And what’s worse is this front office put together an amazing roster. This is a championship roster I swear if they had a serious star at the top in place of Zion.
Sucks to see, even on the court you can see how gassed he gets and that’s with him playing little to no defense. He had so much hype behind him coming out of college, and he still has time to turn it around just hope he does it sooner rather than later.
It would be tragic for the game of basketball if we never get to see a fully committed Zion play. He’s not just a guy with potential- he’s shown he can absolutely dominate. This would be like if Shaq fattened up to 400 lbs in the mid-90s and we never got to see Laker Shaq tear up the league.
Chugging mountain dew and booting up the hub in Vegas right now
the 2019 draft class is so unserious
It’s pretty wild that in back to back drafts you had two polar opposites at the top:
2019: Zion was seen as can’t-miss, not only in terms of talent but also in terms of character/love for basketball. He came back from injury at Duke despite being the guaranteed #1 pick, and everyone was convinced he was the type of guy you build around because he was a winner, great teammate, and committed to the game.
2020: Ant was talented, but there were definite concerns in terms of his seriousness about basketball, his fit within a winning team, etc. that interview about football certainly didn’t help him.
And now, in 2023, the two have completely flipped.
Zion’s seriousness about basketball is in serious question: he’s consistently out of shape, has been suspect as a teammate, and his lack of work ethic/discipline is impacting his ability to play at the highest level.
Meanwhile Ant is lauded for being a great teammate, the ultimate competitor, and a legitimate leader. He was effectively THE guy for Team USA during FIBA, and has ascended to be the best player on a team in 1st in the Western Conference.
It’s funny how you think you know these prospects coming in and they can completely subvert your expectations.
I used to think it was slightly exaggerated but I watched the pelicans for the first time this season last night and he looks fat as fuck
I’ve always been curious how the majority of athletes would fare in the real world if they weren’t gifted with the skills/body type they have.
First “Superstar” to eat himself out of the league? What a waste of talent.
He just like me fr
He might listen to Moria Mills. She needs to be drafted as player improvement coach by the Pelicans.
Search her, she uses different types of methods so basketball players will listen to her.
Poor millionare can’t make an effort to eat tasty healthy food and pay an elite conditioning coach to mantain his ass in shape. It just reaches a point where the guy should get more flamed.
If I was a Pels fan I would be concerned not only because of the conditioning and injury but because the lack of development.
Zion’s explosiveness and soft touch are great, but he hasn’t developed a midrange or three point shot. His rebounding numbers aren’t great and his defense is straight up bad.
Dude should be burning 5000 calories a day with the amount of sex he pays for, so he must be eating 10000 calories a day
He’s a total bum. I lost all respect for him last night. I was holding out hope that he would turn things around and he was just hampered by injuries. Even the kings game he was a non factor. He’s fat and lazy. Lebron is almost 40 and still putting in the work. That’s mostly mental, tons of guys would’ve already retired after such a successful career as one of the best players to ever grace the court. Bron was playing 10 feet off Zion and taking charges cause he watched film and knew the positions to be in. Again, Zion is a bum.
Damn. I was hoping to see Zion be the next big thing. Instead he became the next big thing
The Jamarcus Russell of the NBA