This might come as a shocker, but Zion Williamson is still just 22 years old. Yes, even despite all the controversy surrounding the young Pelicans star’s availability over the last year, he is only the age of a typical college senior. In other words: Oh my goodness, he is so young.
The Pelicans have started to look to the future with Williamson finally fully recovered from a Jones fracture that saw him miss the entire 2021-2022 season. They thought their franchise player was so ready to throw down tomahawk dunks again that they recently gave Williamson a new five-year $193 million deal in early July.
Ah, but given his past conditioning and injury issues, there’s an important caveat in that deal before Williamson leads the Pelicans to contention.
