The club announced that it was just twenty years old Williamson will later join the team again, but did not specify when and whether he will lose matches. “We fully accept his decision to leave the NBA campus and be with his family,” Pelicans said.
Zion Williamson left Orlando to attend to an urgent family medical issue, Pelicans say. He will rejoin the team at a later date. “We fully support Zion’s decision,” David Griffin says.
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16. July 2020 at 17:21, post archived: 18. July 2020 at 20:37
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The resumption of the season interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic is scheduled for July 30 at the Disney World enclosure near Orlando. Williamson will have to comply with the quarantine conditions on his return, which prescribe different lengths of isolation depending on the reason for leaving the “bubble”. In addition, it should be tested daily for covid-19.
Zion’s premiereDue to meniscus surgery, Williamson did not make his NBA debut until January this year, but by March of the league’s break-off he had met expectations in 19 games played, averaging 23.6 points and 6.8 rebounds. The Pelicans will fight to advance to the playoffs in the remaining eight matches of the basic part, they are currently tenth in the Western Conference. – |
What exactly is going on, the American media has not yet found out. But it’s probably not a trifle. Williamson’s teammate JJ Redick said in his podcast that he “sympathizes with him.”
“We will try to do it without him for now. I feel sorry for him, it’s terrible, the whole season is like for him roller coaster ride,“ poznamenal Redick.
However, it is known that this is not the first time in recent days that the popular Zion has a heavy head due to its family.
It’s not completely out of the question that his stepfather Lee Anderson got Williamson in big trouble.
In connection with player agent Gina Ford’s lawsuit against Zion for breach of contract documents revealed that Anderson had taken over $ 400,000 from Canadian agent Slavko Durice two years ago. In exchange for a loan, Anderson had to make sure his stepson went to the right school.
This is the “Letter of Declaration” that Zion Williamson and his stepfather supposedly signed in Dec. 2019 acknowledging the $400K loan made by Slavko Duric in Oct. 2018 (when still enrolled in Duke), along with his driver’s license for authentication.
Real or fake?
You decide. https://t.co/u7qo1U7DQI
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9. july 2020 at 23:20, paper archived: 18. july 2020 at 20:36
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And that would be uncomfortable for Williamson, he could lose not only his reputation, but also his amateur status in return. Ford would be one step closer to succeeding in her $ 100 million lawsuit (or rather to collect several orders of magnitude lower out-of-court settlements).
Trouble would also come at the famous Duke School, for which the basketball team is a gold mine, and it would feel punishment from the NCAA.
Williamson’s lawyers, however, go on the counterattack, Durice accuses of trying to defraud. A Duric? For a change, he now claims to have been deceived by someone who pretended to be a representative of Williamson’s family.
About Lee Anderson about Zion once again, this time for good.
The coronavirus break was used by a 20-year-old talent to work on himself. He decided to change his game. “I went back to point number one and worked on the basics,” Williamson said after entering a training camp at Disney World. “I felt like I was five years old when I started again.”
But at the same time, Zion promised that his admirers could look forward to a wider repertoire of gaming skills.
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2. july 2020 at 18:11, paper archived: 18. july 2020 at 21:02
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In any case, Anderson was praised by New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry: “Zion’s stepfather did a great job working with him every day. He made sure Zion returned in physical form. He improved his shooting a lot. Even though we haven’t seen each other for a long time, it’s definitely better now. “
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