NEWNow you can listen to Pak Gazette articles!
The New Orleans Pelicans star, Zion Williamson, showed her weight loss on the day of the team’s media this week, after an intense conditioning program during the summer.
“I really felt a change in my body,” Williamson told journalists. “I have not felt like this from the university, the high school, just where I can enter a gym and I feel good.”
He added that the Executive Vice President of Team Basketball Operations, Joe Dumars, who was hired last April, would hold the star.
CLICK HERE for more sports coverage at Foxnews.com
“He will take responsibility, and while he is responsible, he will also give me a lot of responsibility, what I am excited,” Williamson said about Dumar. “I know that I will keep a really high standard, and if I slip or something, I know it will be there to make sure to return to the way.”
Zion Williamson participates in the Media Day at Ochsner Sports Performance Center. (Matthew Hinton/Imagn images)
Williamson, who is entering his seventh season with the Pelicans, has maintained the reputation of being one of the most overweight players of the NBA since he arrived at the league as the general selection number 1 of Duke in Duke in 2019. He has also been one of the most injured players, losing 26 NBA games due to injuries or other reasons during his career from 2019-20 to 2024-25.
Bucks Patrick Beverley analyzes his violent pass to the positions: “It should never have happened”
Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans Dribla The Downn Court ball during the fourth quarter of a NBA game against the Golden State Warriors in Smoothie King Center on May 4, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
The 6 -foot and 6 -inch coach, the Pelicans Performance Director, Daniel Bove, aimed to address his fluctuating weight and injuries consisting of the conditioning program this summer.
The program included boxing training and exercises that are executed in football fields.
“I really felt a change in my body,” Williamson said about the Bove program. “It feels good to feel good.”
NBA Star Zion Williamson in 2022 vs. 2025 (Getty images)
The Pelicans coach Willie Green said they have been encouraged by the regularity of Williamson’s presence at the team’s headquarters in this low season.
“I saw his work this summer, his attention to his body, his conditioning,” Green said. “He wants to be available for his teammates.”
