Zion Williamson is close to making a return from his hamstring injury for the New Orleans Pelicans. Jake Madison says if Zion returns during the regular season the Pels should bring him off the bench. But there is a point when he should be in the starting lineup.
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24 Comments
Should Zion Williamson start or come off the bench?
First!
He should start, CJ could come off the bench.
YES i agree you dont want to miss up the Rhythm
Yea I think he should run the second unit for a while
What is the order if the Pelican, Lakers, Clippers and Warriors finish with the same record
I think you are right. Bring Zion when they need that boost and get the crowd into it. However, a lot of people will complain about that decision.
Pelicans clinch the 9th seed with a win tomorrow. Get it done.
Play small. Start Zion at 5 and bring JV in off bench to beat up on other teams 2nd team big men 🤷🏻♂️
No. Start the man he makes it easy for BI and CJ
Zion needs to come off the bench, just like LeBron did. Get his wind back. We’re finally finding a rhythm and if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Second units won’t know how to game plan for a guy like Zion wrecking their second units
2 concerns from me: 1. Zion is not in a game ready shape; 2. He needs time to reconnect to the team, Pels working on more BI system atm, we cannot afford to lose any game RN
Any news on Jose coming back yet?
Zion's health is paramount, whatever they decide…
Completely agree, and that's exactly what I thought the other day when you broke the news of him possibly coming back this week. So great minds think alike 🙂
He’s not coming back…wont matter
Since, BI has been playing the PG, bring CJ off the bench and start Trey at the SG and Herb at small forward. They went 7-1 because they played the one team who had all their players, who were the Warriors and they loss. What other full team did they beat? They beat 4 teams under 500. So if they lose still, what would be your thought then. Blame Zion for coming off the bench. Or, blame Zion for even getting hurt. BI is the only player on this team who can go to war every game with Zion. I watched Trey, CJ, Jones, get punk by Draymond Green. Right there showed me that they can't handle the post season pressure. Zion has played under pressure all his life.
W upload before I go to sleep. Let’s geaux pels
Yep off the bench. Zion still could finish the game just to be a decoy until Zion back to zion
Maybe Zion mad because he's being asked to come off the bench. That's why he didn't practice today. I hope he just had something to do.
What up jakey Jake
Jake bro you the man bro I've been here through the ups and downs since cp3 my dad loved pistol Pete, we love nola let's go pels super proud man
No way Willie "benches" him. He's loyal to a fault and he's not going to take him out of the starting lineup just for appearance sake. I can see him starting and coming out after 4-5 minutes. I agree with you but Willie will never bench Zion or CJ
I totally agree, we are in rhythm and it’s not best to jus TV throw in him while these wins are so important