There's still no set date for No. 1 pick Zion WIlliamson to make his NBA debut, but he has returned to full-court practice with the PelicansNBA.
finished his first full-court, five-on-five work since returning to practice last week, he spent extra one-on-one time with assistant coach Fred Vinson on the free throw line.
"Obviously conditioning is going to be the big thing there, but you know, you don’t lose your feel for the game and he’s a really good passer, a willing passer, so all of that stuff is going to be there," Gentry said. "You’ve got to get yourself in basketball shape, conditioning-wise, and that’s going to be a process.
"We want to make sure that everything is in place and we’ll take our time," Gentry said, adding that there "definitely" would be minute restrictions placed on Williamson after he starts playing. "Our games just complement each other. When he gets out on the break he’s a big physical body," Ball said, adding that ball-handlers have multiple options when choosing how to use Williamson’s 6-foot-6, 285-pound frame to create screens.
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