Every weekday, SI’s Chris Mannix will check-in with his Bubble Bits, a quick hit on something notable from inside the NBA’s campus
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The bus pulled up to the entrance of the Coronado Springs hotel a little after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, and off stepped a familiar face: Zion Williamson, New Orleans’s star forward, who made his return to Pelicans practice for the first time in nearly two weeks. Williamson, who left the team to tend to what was called an “urgent family medical matter” on July 13, cleared the NBA’s quarantine protocols early Tuesday and was restored to active status.