Zion Extension Thread

[Pelicanidae]

"I'm locked in, baby."

Zion Williamson has officially signed his contract extension with the Pelicans pic.twitter.com/3eEOi9uX38

— Will Guillory (@WillGuillory) July 6, 2022

[pelafanatic]

I think I said this about 7 days ago, but what ever...

Even those with sources didn't know this until like Sunday

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Mrs. Benson on Zion signing his contract extension: pic.twitter.com/JSDxJPNFb0

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) July 6, 2022

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David Griffin on the current team core pic.twitter.com/JddCGU3YMC

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) July 6, 2022

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Putting everyone on notice including Perk

"It's gonna all come together at some point throughout the course of the season and when it does, I think we can be a scary team."

- Willie Green on Zion's role on the team pic.twitter.com/QZSyAsUtQZ

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) July 6, 2022

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Oh boy this is egg on face on Windhorst

Zion on the support he's received from his Pelicans family over the past year pic.twitter.com/YdlBuaWBmg

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) July 6, 2022

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Perk apologied. Will No neck Windhorst go on air and say he is sorry?

[Pelicanidae]

Zion averaging 29/9/5 next year on 67% TS and leading the Pelicans alongside Brandon Ingram to 50 wins and a deep playoff run, who's in?

[PleaseWinPels]

Sorry this was directed at some other posters on here who didn't believe I had sources.

Cringeee

[Pelicanidae]

[Sovereign]

Perk apologied. Will No neck Windhorst go on air and say he is sorry?

Sorry for what

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Sorry for what

He was the one that started the whole Zion is not happy here deal.

Never forget

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om-foot-injury

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Okay an update. Maybe Windhorst is happy now

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9eaLqqZUmh8

[Sovereign]

He was the one that started the whole Zion is not happy here deal.

Never forget

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om-foot-injury

He said they were distant which they were, he never said anything about Zion's happiness in that article or the video linked in that article

[luckyman]

He said they were distant which they were, he never said anything about Zion's happiness in that article or the video linked in that article

Distant how? All players are "distant" when recovering from an injury away from the team. I'm sure Kira was also "distant" while in Atlanta for rehab.

The only thing obvious now is how all these media folks, and the usual suspects on this forum, were blowing things up far past reality. Just to try and make it as much of a negative dumpster fire as they could for clicks.

[Sovereign]

Distant how? All players are "distant" when recovering from an injury away from the team. I'm sure Kira was also "distant" while in Atlanta for rehab.

The only thing obvious now is how all these media folks, and the usual suspects on this forum, were blowing things up far past reality. Just to try and make it as much of a negative dumpster fire as they could for clicks.

I'm aware of your stance, I'm also aware of JJ's view, CJ's all-star game revelation, what local reporters have said, what national reporters have said, and the conclusions I'm able to draw based on the information I have.

[MichaelMcNamara]

Listen to that pod with Windhorst and Lopez from yesterday. They basically laugh about how rocky things were a few months ago before saying they can’t say specifics

Everything I have told you guys was true. You can choose to believe it or not. That’s on you. But it has done a 180 and that’s awesome. But it was really bad as recently as last December. It just was.

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Listen to that pod with Windhorst and Lopez from yesterday. They basically laugh about how rocky things were a few months ago before saying they can’t say specifics

Everything I have told you guys was true. You can choose to believe it or not. That’s on you. But it has done a 180 and that’s awesome. But it was really bad as recently as last December. It just was.

Seems it was turn for the better when we got CJ

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Appreciate that Perk �� https://t.co/FQGhsIFDNO pic.twitter.com/15yHoCt605

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) July 6, 2022

[Eman5805]

Seems it was turn for the better when we got CJ

Before that. I think the turn was Willie Green’s sincerity and competence as a leader.

[neworleanshoo]

I'm just here to celebrate no player option. well done Griff and thanks Zion. Let's Dance!!

[NMThreeMVP]

Listen to that pod with Windhorst and Lopez from yesterday. They basically laugh about how rocky things were a few months ago before saying they can?t say specifics

Everything I have told you guys was true. You can choose to believe it or not. That?s on you. But it has done a 180 and that?s awesome. But it was really bad as recently as last December. It just was.

Sometimes I imagine things, but is it weird that only CJ wished Zion a happy birthday on social media? And none of his teammates congratulated him on his deal?

Maybe I missed it, but I dunno.

[hornetsrebirth]

Listen to that pod with Windhorst and Lopez from yesterday. They basically laugh about how rocky things were a few months ago before saying they can?t say specifics

Everything I have told you guys was true. You can choose to believe it or not. That?s on you. But it has done a 180 and that?s awesome. But it was really bad as recently as last December. It just was.

I can believe Zion wanted out then because last year was a lifetime ago for the Pelicans. We had a major culture shift. The team rallied around its first year coach, the rookies exploded onto the scene, we acquired a true vet leader, and made the playoffs and threatened the number 1 seed. Its not surprising that Zion would have been unhappy with the franchise direction before all that went down. And its not surprising that now he is happy with the direction things are going.

[luckyman]

I'm aware of your stance, I'm also aware of JJ's view, CJ's all-star game revelation, what local reporters have said, what national reporters have said, and the conclusions I'm able to draw based on the information I have.

Local reporters also talked about certain people playing pianos in hotel rooms. While none of them knew of a whole broken foot for months. None of them could break any contract details.

But hey, people believe what they want to believe no matter how flimsy the proof is. That's how we got religion.

[DarkHornet]

Listen to that pod with Windhorst and Lopez from yesterday. They basically laugh about how rocky things were a few months ago before saying they can’t say specifics

Everything I have told you guys was true. You can choose to believe it or not. That’s on you. But it has done a 180 and that’s awesome. But it was really bad as recently as last December. It just was.

I believe the stories from December/January. I remember the word "irreparable" being thrown around. What I said at that time, and proved to be right ultimately, was that if we could just get Zion back in the building and get him around the team and the culture Green had built, that the wall could be broken down. My biggest fear at the time was that the family was intentionally trying to keep Zion from being exposed to that, and I'm glad that has turned out to be incorrect.