Following yesterday’s news of Zion Williamson’s dominant performance in the New Orleans Pelicans first training camp scrimmage, David Griffin’s cautionary message has likely already been forgotten.
“Z hasn’t played in 18 months, something to that effect; I mean he hasn’t played 5-on-5 in quite awhile,” Griffin said on media day. “So it’s exciting for us that he’s coming back to a team that is advanced as it is in terms of its leadership, in terms of its work ethic because I think they’re going to embrace him while he comes back. This isn’t going to be easy and he’s going to struggle in ways that I don’t think even he anticipates, but we’ve got the right group around him to help support him.