Sources: Pelicans’ Zion Williamson out at least 3 weeks
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has a Grade 2 right hip adductor strain, the team announced Tuesday.
Williamson, who already missed 11 games earlier this season, will be re-evaluated in three weeks, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Williamson missed eight straight games in November with a hamstring injury. He recently missed two matches after returning from this injury, as they were the second of a straight set respectively.
Williamson, 25, is averaging 22.1 points and 5.6 rebounds in 10 games this season, his seventh with the Pelicans.
Since being selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 draft, Williamson has played in just 224 of a possible 493 games (45%) for the Pelicans, according to ESPN Research.
The Pelicans, last (3-18), enter Tuesday with the worst record in the NBA.
New Orleans has a -3.0 net efficiency this season when Williamson is on the field compared to a -13.9 net efficiency when he is off the field, according to ESPN Research.
