Zion Williamson walked into the Pelicans’ Media Day on September 23rd looking noticeably slimmer, radiating a confidence I haven’t seen from him in years. “It feels good to feel good,” the hoopster told reporters, the kind of statement that makes you lean in and listen, right? Because, for a player whose career has been as much about flashes of dominance as it has been about managing injuries, this declaration is almost impossible to ignore.

We’ve all watched Zion since his Duke days, and we know the league hasn’t seen the last of what he can do. He followed that up with a line that stuck with me a little bit, as he said, “I haven’t felt like this since college, high school, just where I can walk into a gym and I feel good.”

Zion’s not talking about some blind hype. The Pelicans sta

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