Beginning at 10 p.m. Tuesday (TNT) from the Staples Center, 19-year-old New Orleans Pelicans rookie bully Zion Williamson will likely see opportunities to swipe the lunch money of 35-year-old Los Angeles Lakers great LeBron James and stuff it in his sagging pockets.
But Williamson should play nice instead. The same goes for their playdate in Louisiana at 8 p.m. Sunday (ESPN).
Why wait? We'll get to that. First, though, we must take a look at what Williamson did to an innocent 27-year-old last time out. As part of his 28-point, seven-rebound show in Sunday's 115-101 comeback win on the road against the Golden State Warriors, the 6-foot-6, 285-pound power forward once again asserted his dominance over the NBA playground with his it's-my-ball mentality and added Damion Lee to his list of theft victims:
In his first 12 appearances — after sitting out the first 44 games this season while recovering from October knee surgery — the 2019 No.