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Brian Windhorst: Pelicans and Zion Williamson are ‘distant’

Zion Williamson

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One of the biggest young stars of the NBA, Zion Williamson, has been at the center of attention for the last couple of days. It started with his new teammate CJ McCollum revealing that he had not talked to the 21-year-old forward since joining the Pelicans.

This story was picked up by a former New Orleans guard JJ Redick who called out Williamson for being detached from his team and not doing the bare minimum of reaching to a new player on the team.

According to NBA insider Brian Windhorst, there is a distance between Zion and the Pelicans and the team is unsure about the future of their biggest talent. He still thinks that New Orleans wants to keep the player though.

“They’re distant, both literally and figuratively,” Windhorst said on ESPN’s SportsCenter. “He left the team in early January to go deal with this injury on his own and he’s just not been around for months.

“The Pelicans gave regular updates on Zion. They have stopped doing that. They have…

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