LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — New Orleans Pelicans young star Zion Williamson suffered from leg cramping this week and missed parts of practice before leaving the team Thursday, sources told The Athletic.
The Pelicans announced Thursday that Williamson left the Disney campus on Thursday to tend to an urgent family medical matter. Williamson was spotted being attended to by medical personnel at a recent practice, but he is “fine” and the cramping was “not an issue,” a source said. The cramping is not the reason Williamson left, the source added, but was something he dealt with.
The Pelicans added Thursday that Williamson is expected to rejoin the team at some point in the restarted season, but didn’t provide a timetable. Per protocols set by the NBA and agreed to by the players’ union governing life in the Disney Bubble, any player who leaves campus is subject to a 10-day quarantine once he returns. That is, unless the player left…
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