New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson was the highest general draft choose in 2019. The 23-year-old ahead has been named to 2 NBA All-Star groups, regardless of coping with accidents for almost all of his skilled basketball profession.
Williamson was largely wholesome through the 2020-21 season, when he appeared in 61 video games. He averaged 27 factors and seven.2 rebounds per contest. He earned All-Star honors for his efficiency that season. He has additionally been largely accessible this season, showing in 51 of the Pelicans’ video games thus far.
Regardless of averaging 22.1 factors and 5.1 assists this season, Williamson was not an All-Star choice. The NBA just lately carried out guidelines that require gamers to play a minimal variety of video games with the intention to qualify for main awards akin to MVP. However, it seems Zion has his sights set on being named to the All-Star crew for a 3rd time in his profession.
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Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans prepares to shoot a free throw through the sport in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers on January 2, 2023 on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE by way of Getty Photographs)
Williams vowed to take part within the NBA Slam Dunk competitors, however provided that he was chosen as an All-Star.
“I’ve received to do my half and make the All-Star Sport. If I am within the All-Star Sport, I am going to do the dunk contest,” he stated. “But when I am not, I am not doing it.”
The general enchantment of the dunk contest has decreased considerably lately as NBA stars have opted out of the competitors. Nonetheless, Williamson’s contingent dedication is the newest signal that star gamers’ curiosity within the competitors could be on the rise.
Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans drives in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers within the second half of the West semifinal sport of the inaugural NBA In-Season Event at T-Cellular Area on December 07, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Lakers defeated the Pelicans 133-89. (Ethan Miller/Getty Photographs)
Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown participated on this 12 months’s dunk contest, however G League participant Mac McClung finally gained his second consecutive contest.
Williamson stays probably the most explosive, above-the-rim athletes within the league. He routinely throws down spotlight reel worthy dunks throughout Pelicans video games.
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Previous to Brown’s participation in final month’s contest, DeAndre Jordan’s 2017 efficiency marked the final time an All-Star competed within the dunk contest.
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