The New Orleans Pelicans is not going to contemplate releasing Zion Williamson earlier than the July fifteenth deadline when his contract for 25-26 turns into assured. Whereas Williamson is on observe to achieve the burden benchmarks in his contract, he is not going to play in at the very least 61 video games to robotically assure his contract.
Williamson has some of the distinctive contracts that protects the Pelicans towards him being unavailable.
The Pelicans don’t consider eliminating Williamson’s contract and lowering payroll can be a practical path to bettering the roster. If the Pelicans and Williamson resolve to half methods, they may as a substitute commerce him to transform his wage slot into a high quality participant or two, or maybe draft capital.
