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Zion Williamson
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American basketball player
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Zion Williamson is a male American basketball player born in Salisbury on July 6, 2000. He plays the power forward position for the New Orleans Pelicans in the National Basketball Association. Williamson was drafted by the New Orleans Pelicans and previously played for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team. He attended Duke University.
During his collegiate career, Williamson received the Naismith College Player of the Year, John R. Wooden Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy, and Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year. He stands 198 cm tall and weighs 129 kg. His professional work period began in 2019.
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Key facts
- Position
- Power forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 2000-07-06 ) July 6, 2000 (age 25) , Salisbury, North Carolina , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Listed weight
- 284 lb (129 kg)
- High school
- Spartanburg Day School ( Spartanburg, South Carolina )
- College
- Duke (2018–2019)
- Nba draft
- 2019 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Playing career
- 2019–present
- 2019 present
- New Orleans Pelicans
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Position
- Power Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Williamson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Salisbury
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Position played
- power forward
- Mass
- 129
- Image
- Zion Williamson 2020.jpg
- Height
- 198
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- date of birth
- 2000-07-06
- Commons category
- Zion Williamson
- drafted by
- New Orleans Pelicans
- start of work period
- 2019-00-00
- social media followers
- 489203
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Zion Lateef Williamson (born July 6, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the power forward position. Following a freshman-year stint with the Duke Blue Devils, Williamson was selected by the Pelicans with the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2020. In 2021, he became the fourth youngest NBA player to be selected to an All-Star game. Injuries have curtailed his subsequent NBA seasons.
Williamson attended Spartanburg Day School, where he was a consensus five-star recruit and was ranked among the top five players in the 2018 class. He led his team to three straight state championships and earned South Carolina Mr. Basketball recognition in his senior season. Williamson also left high school as a McDonald's All-American, runner-up for Mr. Basketball USA, and USA Today All-USA first team honoree. In high school, he drew national attention for his slam dunks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zion Williamson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.