The NBA has never seen a player like Zion Williamson. “This is a Shaquille O’Neal-type force of nature with a point guard skill set,” Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle told reporters recently after his team fell to Williamson’s New Orleans Pelicans. Carlisle had just watched Williamson pulverize his defense by pouring in 38 points […]
The New Orleans Pelicans were always bound to be one of this season’s most fascinating teams. The Pellies had already been preparing for a big change when they got lucky in the lottery and landed the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. The fortuitous bounce of the pingpong balls allowed them to […]
For its first half-century of existence, the NCAA outlawed student-athletes from receiving so much as a scholarship in compensation. All these years later, the nonprofit organization pays its 460,000-plus student-athletes in good ol’ fashioned opportunity, despite having evolved into an industry that charges networks nearly $1 billion annually merely for March Madness TV rights. Of […]
Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans is not your typical No. 1 overall draft pick. Sure, Williamson went to Duke, which has produced more No. 1 selections than any other school. Predictably, Williamson was also a one-and-done college player, just like the nine top picks who immediately preceded him. Of course, he was a […]
For all the talk lately of the NBA’s dwindling television ratings, there is one potential saving grace on the way Wednesday: Zion Williamson, the most-hyped No. 1 pick since LeBron James a little more than a decade and a half ago, is slated to make his regular-season debut as a pro. Finally, after a half-season […]