Zion Williamson has lost 25 pounds since Pelicans’ NBA In-Season Tournament embarrassment
NY Post
Zion Williamson has undergone a dramatic physical transformation in recent months.
On ESPN’s “Hoop Collective” podcast, NBA reporters Brian Windhorst and Andrew Lopez spoke about how much more seriously Williamson has been taking his craft since the Pelicans got waxed by the Lakers in the finals of the NBA In-Season Tournament in Las Vegas in December, losing by 44 points.
“The Pelicans are playing great, and I got people in New Orleans telling me that since December, when the In-Season Tournament happened, that Zion Williamson has lost 25 or more pounds,” Windhorst said.
“His performance has been excellent. He’s playing fewer minutes, and that helps as well. But I’ve got people telling me he’s lost 25 pounds. And I don’t mean in the past where people say he’s added muscle and you’re like, ‘Has he?'”
“You can see it,” Lopez said.
“If you go back and look at him in the In-Season Tournament, and you look at him now, he looks completely different,” Windhorst continued. “Frankly, they were embarrassed in Las Vegas. It was really the first on-that-stage moment for him. He’d had other games, like Christmas Day, opening nights, where he hasn’t been available.
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