Zion Williamson mentioned Monday that he desires to stay with the New Orleans Pelicans transferring ahead.
Shortly afterward, government VP of basketball operations Joe Dumars echoed that sentiment, indicating the crew has no intention of parting methods with him.
“We have now no intentions of doing that,” Dumars mentioned when requested about buying and selling Williamson this summer time.
“We’re going into the offseason trying ahead to Zion coming again subsequent 12 months and taking part in nice once more subsequent 12 months.”
Williamson performed solely 30 video games within the 2024/25 season due to hamstring and groin accidents.
He was a lot more healthy in 2025/26, showing in 62 video games and averaging 21 factors, 5.7 rebounds, and three.2 assists in about half-hour per sport.
Nonetheless, in his seven NBA seasons, that is solely the third time he’s managed to play in at the very least half of New Orleans’ video games.
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