Zion Williamson’s summer league stint didn’t last long — the NBA’s No. 1 overall pick played just nine minutes before suffering a knee injury. The next day, the New Orleans Pelicans announced he would miss the rest of summer league play. According to Williamson’s former coach at Duke, the star forward would have been best served by sitting out summer league altogether.
“I thought really he never should’ve played just, because he’s been on this circuit of awards, the ESPYs, everything,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski recently told Forbes.
“I don’t think he’s in the playing shape or the mental shape to play,” Krzyzewski added.