Finally, a promising update on the health of Zion Williamson

When you’re a fan of the New Orleans Pelicans in 2023, one of the things that looms largest in your mind is the health of star forward Zion Williamson.

And quite frankly, how could it not? When he’s right, the Pelicans look like true contenders. They were 23-14 last year before he went down with a hamstring injury that sidelined him for the rest of the season. After he went down, they stumbled through the rest of the regular season, finishing with a 42-40 record and losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first play-in game.

That makes sense, right? The great player plays, and the team does good. When the great player doesn’t play, the team does bad. Pretty cut and dry.

But the thing about Williamson is that he has a tendency of getting hurt. You’ve surely heard this before, but over the last four seasons (the only four years Williamson has been in the NBA) he has only…