Zion Williamson Continues ‘Mental Battle’ After Injury, Pelicans Eliminated From Playoffs
Zion Williamson said Tuesday that he would not return to the New Orleans Pelicans after a January hamstring injury until he felt confident in his ability to play at his usual level. He will now have an entire offseason to win this “mental battle,” as the Pelicans lost a do-or-die play-in game to the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday night. “I can pretty much do everything, but it’s just a matter of the level that I was playing at before my hamstring,” Williamson told reporters. “I don’t want to go out there and be in my own head and affect the team when I can just be on the sideline supporting t...