The Pelicans announced star rookie Zion Williamson has left the NBA bubble in Orlando due to a family emergency.
The team said Williamson had to leave Thursday morning to "attend to an urgent family medical matter" but he intends to rejoin the team later.
"We fully support Zion's decision to leave the NBA campus to be with his family," David Griffin, the Pelicans' executive vice resident of basketball operations, said in a statement. "Out of respect for the Williamson family, we will have no further comment at this time."
Williamson and the Pelicans arrived at the Walt Disney World Resort on July 8 ahead of the NBA's resumption.