Pelicans to ease Zion Williamson into NBA action, no backs-to-backs at first

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Zion Williamson is six weeks out from his knee surgery and has yet to start on-court work towards his return, signaling he likely will not make the original 6-8 week timeframe to get back on the court. Williamson is putting in the work and improving, but the fact the Pelicans were going to be “overly cautious” — to use coach Alvin Gentry's words — with Williamson should not be a surprise, this is the franchise that let him play just one half of one game at Summer League. Pelicans vice president of basketball operations David Griffin went on the Pelicans in-game broadcast recently to talk about the return of Williamson and the team.

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