Since his stellar season at Duke, people around the country and basketball world have misunderstood Zion Williamson. As always, and understandably, people focus on the spectacular. With Williamson, that means looking at his unbelievable combination of strength and explosiveness.
But that’s never been the extent of his game and that’s one reason why he chose Duke: Mike Krzyzewski saw him as a basketball player, a guy with skills and talents for nearly every position. Coach K said once that Williamson had guard skills and recently Gilbert Arenas said he thought his future was at guard.
New Orleans concurs, or does so to this extent: they’re not going to force him into a power forward box.