With Mardi Gras nearly upon us, there’s no better time for New Orleans to celebrate this new age of Pelicans basketball than the present, and at the center of the excitement, of course, stands you know who.
Zion Williamson burst onto the scene with a 17-point explosion against the Spurs on January 22nd and he’s been spectacular in every sense of the word since. For a rookie whose conditioning and rhythm are still closer to preseason mode, it’s been incredibly impressive to see how he’s dismantled opponents that are in midseason form.