New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson is out indefinitely with a left hamstring injury.
Images taken Saturday morning confirmed the injury. While the team has not provided a timetable for Williamson’s return, ESPN reported that he will be re-evaluated “in the coming weeks.”
Williamson averaged 22.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists while playing in just six of the Pelicans’ first ten games. He missed the season opener due to an undisclosed illness and missed three of New Orleans’ previous four games with various injuries, including left hamstring tightness that kept him out of Friday’s 115-88 loss to host Orlando Magic.
Williamson, a two-time All-Star, played a career-best 70 games last season and averaged 22.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and a career-high 5.0 assists. He played just 114 games in his first four seasons due to a series of injuries, including a foot ailment that sidelined him for the entire 2021-22 season.
Williamson, 24, has career averages of 24.6 points and 6.6 rebounds in 190 games with New Orleans since being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 draft.