The New Orleans Pelicans will sign 22-year-old oft-injured occasional superstar Zion Williamson to a five-year, $193 million designated player contract extension, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.
The deal will pay him $231 million if he makes an All-NBA team or wins league MVP honors next season.
Both sides previously expressed optimism about this contract, despite Williamson's health, which has limited him to 85 games in his first three years, including all of last season, and several reports of friction between Pelicans executive vice president David Griffin and the player he drafted No.