It sure looked like Zion Williamson was falling asleep on the Pelicans bench

More like ZzZion Williamson.

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson is nearing his NBA debut — possibly, even this week — but in the meantime, he’s been stuck watching the action from the bench.

Apparently, that can get pretty dull.

While I wouldn’t blame any regular person for nodding off out of boredom when forced to watch a January game between the Pistons and Pelicans, a regular person doesn’t play for one of those teams. Zion, however, does.

As the Pistons and Pelicans were playing a close game in the fourth quarter on Monday, the broadcast zoomed in on Williamson seated on the bench. And it certainly looked like the Pelicans rookie was battling those heavy eyelids, trying not to fall asleep.

Yeah, that’s pretty clear. He was making his best effort to stay awake. And NBA fans took notice to Zion’s near-power nap.

The best part had to be that the Pelicans were in a close game. Theoretically, that should have been compelling. The Pelicans ended up winning, 117-110.

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