Zion Williamson may now be back from injury, but he still apparently isn’t seeing eye-to-eye with the New Orleans Pelicans.
Speaking with reporters at practice on Thursday, the Pelicans star forward Williamson addressed his current health situation. Williamson stressed that he is healthy enough to play in back-to-back games but has not been doing so since New Orleans has decided to hold him out.
“Let me make this clear to everybody out there. If I could play in the back-to-backs, I would,” said Williamson. “Physically? Yes, I can. But I work for the Pelicans. They have decided that, based off the numbers, it’s not smart to do that right now. If that’s what they feel, I’m rocking with them on that. But yes. If I could play in a back-to-back, I would.”
Here is the full video clip (per Fletcher Mackel of WDSU in New Orleans):
