Zion Williamson Showcases His Power In His Recent Game
ZION WILLIAMSON – The forward player of New Orleans Pelicans debuted professionally last Friday in Las Vegas with pure power.
Late June, the official NBA Draft was initiated and Williamson and The New Orleans Pelicans made the first pick choosing Williamson. Seeing his recent performance, he is also one of the most awaited player to professionally debut in the NBA.
And he certainly did not let the audience down in his professional debut.
Williamson got on the court last Friday night and it did not take long for him to start displaying impressive basketball skills with at series of powerful dunks.
He did not make noise during the initial minutes and later on had one shot swatted by New York Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson. He then scores his first point with a dunk.
The arena was then filled with uproar when in the late quarter, he snatched the ball the away from Kevin Knox and dunked it straight to the hoop when Knox was still down on the floor.
This is based on an article from USA Today.
He certainly caught Twitter attention as he topped the trending page right after!
Twiiter users shared their various thoughts on Williamson’s performance:
“Crazy thing majority of young players come in the league skinny & having to add muscle this man already Big.” – Twitter user @BrandonSSerious
“(Zion Williamson) looking slow on defense. Needs to drop down 20-25 lbs ASAP to compete for 82 games.” – Twitter user @javasquezpravia
“In other news, Zion causes an earthquake in Vegas.” – Twitter user @chefMBaldwin
At the end of the first quarter, Williamson scored a total of 10 points. The veteran players of the Knicks team, however, was able to keep a huge lead with Knox and Allonzo Trier scoring hot shots.
That is all there is to it, at least for now. We’ll post updates as soon as we got them.