Zion Williamson was without physical limitations, after having passed his conditioning test with flying colors, as he and the rest of the Pelicans experienced Stan Van Gundy’s impressive amount of knowledge up close and personal during the team’s first day of practice together.
“Defense, defense, and more defense,” Williamson replied to a media member’s initial Zoom question yesterday when describing the tutelage of the new head coach in town.
The Pelicans focused exclusively on the defensive end for three hours, but there were no complaints from the players regarding Van Gundy’s methodology.
“For the first 30-40 minutes, it was just him breaking everything down what we’re going to do and then we got after it for like two hours,” Williamson said.