Zion Williamson's hamstring injury a blow to the Pelicans

One of two winless teams in the NBA, the Pelicans are now set to be without their star player, for at least a week. New Orleans announced Tuesday, Nov. 4 that forward Zion Williamson has been diagnosed with a grade 1 left hamstring strain and that he would be reevaluated in 7-10 days.

It’s a significant blow for the Pelicans, who have started the season 0-6 and rank dead last in net rating (-17.4). Williamson has been one of the lone bright spots and leads the team in points (22.8 per game), rebounds (6.8), assists (4.6) and steals (2.0).

Williamson, 25, has battled injury issues throughout his career. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Williamson has played in only 134 of a possible 334 games, or just 40.1%. Just last week, he missed a game with a separate foot injury.