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METAIRIE, Louisiana (AP) – Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans has worsened his previously injured right hamstring, pushing his recovery date to "several weeks into the All-Star break," according to basketball operations chief David Griffin on Sunday. Griffin stated that Williamson, who has averaged 26 points per game this season, had progressed to the point where he could engage in 3-on-3 drills in practice and was on the floor when he was injured.
When asked how Williamson handled the setback emotionally, Griffin said, “it's fair to say not terribly well because he was really diligent in his rehab.” "Unfortunately, this is an injury with a very high recurrence rate," Griffin added. "He did nothing wrong to for this to happen. It's a complicated and difficult injury to deal with. I believe you've seen similar occurrences in other players throughout the league. It's not unusual."
The Pelicans also made a move at last week's NBA trade deadline that sent 6-foot-1 reserve guard Devonte' Graham to San Antonio for veteran 6-5 guard Josh Richardson, who is in his eighth season and is expected to help New Orleans defensively. New Orleans is 29-28, placing it seventh in the Western Conference entering Sunday.
“We all feel for Z, having to navigate these injuries,” Pelicans coach Willie Green said. "It's an opportunity for guys to kind of band together and go out and play our best basketball.
Green, who played in the NBA for 12 seasons, said it will be important for Williamson to “get into a good mental space” now. “It's going to be important for him to continue to attack the rehab to give himself an opportunity to get back on the floor,” Green said. “For the rest of the guys. ... We've created a standard. We know how we want to play. Guys have to do it and we all have to kind of come together while Z is out.” The run the Pelicans made last spring without Williamson “helps our confidence,” Green said. Williamson has missed 20 straight games since his initial hamstring injury on Jan. 2. If he misses the first two weeks after the All-Star break, he' will have been out at least 27 games.
Without Williamson, the Pelicans have gone 12-16, but a number of those games were played while high-scoring wing Brandon Ingram also was out. Ingram is now back in the lineup and has scored 25 or more points in each of his past four games.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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