CHICAGO – Zion Williamson was born after all of Chicago’s six NBA championships were clinched, but the Duke product is enough of a student of basketball history to be aware of a few details about Michael Jordan’s 1990s reign atop the league. When Williamson was asked after Wednesday’s New Orleans shootaround if it is “special” for him to play in the United Center, the 19-year-old noted, “This building is obviously special. (Jordan) won six rings here – well, not all of them were won here (three took place in the old Chicago Stadium) – but he got six banners.
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