When the basketball world converged on Las Vegas last week — not just coaches and executives and scouts and reporters, but a who’s who of NBA stars packed into the front rows — it was with one main attraction. Everyone was there to see Zion Williamson.
But Williamson’s stay lasted just long enough for a pregame layup line of dunks and nine minutes of action before he was done for the Summer League. A knee-to-knee collision put him on the bench at first and then out of action for the rest of the session in what the New Orleans Pelicans described as a precautionary measure.