Former Duke basketball star [autotag]Zion Williamson[/autotag] got bit by the injury bug once again on Saturday.
ESPN reporter Shams Charania reported that the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft will miss an undetermined amount of time with a hamstring strain. He’s considered out indefinitely.
Williamson has been incredibly effective on the court since his rookie season, averaging 24.6 points per game across his career with at least 22.5 in every season, but he only played 184 out of a possible 390 games across the first five seasons of his career.
He’d played in six games to start the 2024-25 season, putting up 22.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.2 blocks, and 0.7 steals.
Williamson made waves as the freshman in Durham, averaging 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.8 blocks, and 2.1 steals en route to national player of the year honors. Khaman Maluach, a freshman center on this year’s team, said his family in South Sudan recognized Duke from the highlight tapes they watched of Williamson.