Zion Williamson steps down: indefinite leave due to hamstring problems
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It looks like a movie repeated in The American professional league. Zion Williamson, star of the New Orleans Pelicans And the player who broke into the league with Vitola from being the next big thing, he’s infected. The miracle does not begin and physical problems are the generalized activator in the player who is moving further and further away from being what he promised. On this occasion, his hamstring put him out of action.
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson goes to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. The Cavaliers won 131-122. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
Williamson He is a victim of one of his virtues and it is something that goes, unfortunately, in his DNA. His physique is impulsive, brutal and remembered as one of the best ever. But they are fragile and problems are amplified. Hamstring problems are weighing on him, and the medical part is clear:he is on indefinite leave. There are no dates for some inconveniences that arose during All the last week of the game he participated in against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He shone with 29 points in 29 minutes.
But she falls, and it’s the thousandth time. The data shows the bleeding state, because the Pelicans have played 400 regular season games, five playoff games and five playoff games, since he was selected as Number 1 in the draft in 2019. Among those he played only in 190 in ‘ rupees ‘(not even 50%), one of the playoffs and none of the fight for the title. Zion is the Chosen One, but he has not ever been.
From the very beginning, with a meniscus tear before the start of his first NBA campaign. She goes through misfortunes at crucial moments, such as a broken foot after becoming an All-Star for the first time or before the key moment of the last NBA playoffs, that playoff match against the Lakers. For the same injury as at the beginning of the new campaign, hamstrings.
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) shoots Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley (4) in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. The Cavaliers won 131-122. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
Besides, his exit comes at the worst time. Swans in the photo, The sequence of absence of DeJonte Murray, the star signing of the summer, Herb Jones, C. J. McCollum and Trey Murphy. Nominal quintet, out of work. And the team did not finish from the very beginning, achieving only three victories in 10 matches. The red alarm has been triggered.
