The New Orleans Pelicans have fallen down to the 7th spot in the Western Conference holding onto a 30-29 record. Clearly, Willie Green’s boys have been struggling. However, the Louisiana-based franchise was a top-3 seed side with a healthy Zion Williamson on the lineup.
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Since the former Duke Blue Devil went down with a hamstring injury against the 76ers, NOLA has failed to replicate their success from earlier in the campaign. In these 22 games without the 6-foot-6 forward, the Pels have a 7-15 record.
Prior to sustaining the injury, Williamson was playing some of the most dominant basketball across the league. Playing 33 MPG, the 284-pound beast averaged 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game.
As a reward, Zanos was named an All-Star starter. However, amid injury concerns, fans wonder whether or not their 2-time All-Star will be suiting up for the prestigious exhibition game.
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Is Zion Williamson going to suit up for his 2nd All-Star appearance?
At first, David Griffin and co. revealed that their power forward would be missing merely 3-4 weeks of the season. However, a few days back, by re-aggravating the injury the front office disclosed that the 22-year-old would be sidelined for multiple more weeks.
Unfortunately, NOLA supporters won’t be able to witness Zion throw down some exciting dunks at the Vivint Arena.
As a replacement, the league has named Utah’s Lauri Markkanen as a starter for the matchup.
The Finnish big man has been having himself a solid campaign. In the midst of the best season of his career, the 7-footer has been averaging 24.9/8.6/1.8.
Until Zanos remains sidelined, the likes of Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum will have to step up big-time and help NOLA rise up the standings.
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