When the New Orleans Pelicans chosen Zion Williamson to be their on-stage consultant on the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, it was nearly placing a well-recognized face on TV. Choosing Williamson as an alternative served discover that New Orleans remains to be dedicated to his future with the staff.
New Pelicans entrance workplace head Joe Dumars desires to offer it one other attempt to make it work with Williamson because the staff’s franchise participant. That is regardless of commerce rumors on the contrary because the offseason approaches.
Williamson has three years and $126.5 million remaining of the five-year max extension he signed with the Pelicans in 2022. The ultimate three years all embrace staff protections from the deal turning into totally assured. These had been put into the contract, as a result of Williamson’s prolonged damage since getting into the NBA. These protections would carry over to a different staff, if New Orleans had been to commerce Williamson.
