The New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Sacramento Kings 135-123 to complete an incredible victory. When Willie Green spoke with media following the game, he was questioned extensively about his star player, Zion Williamson. The head coach was questioned during this time about how the young player handled all of the criticism and how Green supported him in doing so. The 42-year-old responded by saying what can be seen in the tweet below from “Pelicans Film Room’s X [Formerly Twitter account].”
“Number one I believe in the power of prayer. It can go where places I cant. I am always praying for all of our guys… I am here to support him, I am here to serve… It’s gonna be scary and we’re starting to see it”
"Number one I believe in the power of prayer. It can go where places I cant. I am always praying for all of our guys… I am here to support him, I am here to serve… It's gonna be scary and we're starting to see it"
— Willie Green on helping Zion dealing with criticism pic.twitter.com/4brFD8sVSV
— Pelicans Film Room (@PelsFilmRoom) April 12, 2024
Zion Williamson proving everyone wrong
This season, Zion Williamson and company have been really frightening. With a 48-32 record, the team is presently ranked sixth in the fiercely competitive Western Conference, according to NBA.com.
At first glance, the 23-year-old’s 22.9 points per game might not seem like much. In actuality, he has improved his passing by a country mile and has been on the ball significantly more this season. This is also evident in his stats, as he is currently averaging a career-high amount of assists.
Having played 67 games so far this season, he is also enjoying a relatively healthy season and appears to be in excellent form ahead of the NBA playoffs.
The rising star has demonstrated that, given enough time, he has the ability to disprove the opinions of almost everyone in the world, despite all the accusations that he is overweight and doesn’t take basketball seriously.
