The New Orleans Pelicans is not going to think about releasing Zion Williamson earlier than the July fifteenth deadline when his contract for 25-26 turns into assured. Whereas Williamson is on observe to succeed in the load benchmarks in his contract, he is not going to play in no less than 61 video games to mechanically assure his contract.
Williamson has some of the distinctive contracts that protects the Pelicans in opposition to him being unavailable.
The Pelicans don’t consider eliminating Williamson’s contract and lowering payroll could be a practical path to enhancing 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 top quality participant or two, or maybe draft capital.Â