Pelicans head coach James Borrego said injured forward Zion Williamson practiced on Saturday and will be listed as questionable to suit up for Sunday’s game at Chicago, per Jim Eichenhofer of Pelicans.com (Twitter link).
It’s a surprising update, as Shams Charania of ESPN reported on December 2 that Williamson was expected to be out at least three weeks due to a right adductor (hip) injury, which the team said was a Grade 2 strain. The Pelicans notably did not provide a return timeline for Williamson when they initially announced the injury.
Within a story last week about how the team might approach the trade deadline, William Guillory of The Athletic confirmed Charania’s reporting and added that some members of the organization thought Williamson wouldn’t be back before January. The former No. 1 overall pick appears to be well ahead of schedule, since it hasn’t even been two weeks since he was diagnosed with the injury.
Williamson, who has been plagued by injuries throughout his career, has missed the past six games with his latest ailment. He also missed eight games in November due to a Grade 1 left hamstring strain.
Through 10 games in 2025/26, the 25-year-old has averaged 22.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 30.9 minutes per contest.
I was half awake checking this and for some reason, I promise u, I thought this said Zion Williamson Retires. I wasn’t even that surprised
LMAOOO
He’ll be injured, again, soon enough.
It’s time for the Pels to wash their hands of the Zion experience and move on.
Yaaawnn ……. let me know when he is traded.
Joe you will never move forward with this guy on your team. Just get what you can.
Do the betting apps offer an over/under as to how many games Zion will play this season?
is there any trade out there that would make sense for the pelicans to move off Zion ? ?
I could see hornets for bridges and a pick . Plus whatever $ filler is needed. For pels, just getting a fresh start; for hornets, doubling down on their globetrotter identity at little cost.
Man the 4 games a year that Ball and Zion would play together would produce some crazy highlights
Zion makes twice what Bridges makes.
Zion plays half as many gmes as Bridges.
Zion has a contract underwater.
Maybe top 1% scariest.
Bridges contract is positive.
Do you have a grudge against miles?
I do not . Was just a thought exercise. The type of move I could see the hornets doing knowing what kind of ball they’re about . Not that I would want anything to do with Big Z
I don’t think a Queen Zion pairing can work in the modern NBA. If it doesn’t, got to give the keys to Queen.