Zion Williamson, who missed the NBA last season with a broken right foot, has agreed to extend the contract he signed with the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019 as a “rookie.”
Saturday press reports indicate that the contract will last for five years.
The value of the deal is 193 million dollars, but it may rise to 231 million depending on the results the player achieves with the team, including being selected in the squad for the best team in the league next season, the best player in the league or the best defender.
The player, who in 2019 was the first choice in the “draft” designated for assigning group players to American high schools and foreigners to the league, suffered from the curse of injuries, but he showed moments of brilliance at the beginning of his career in “NBA”, where he averaged 25.7 points with 7 rebounds and 3 2. assists in 85 games since the 2019-20 season.
Williamson suffered a knee injury during his first season in the league, which delayed his start in the NBA until January 2020.
Williamson celebrates his twenty-second birthday on Wednesday, the first day to open the door for signing contracts for the 2022-2023 season.
Durant asks to leave Nets
Everything that was issued a while ago, until the official signing of contracts, starting from Wednesday, was not official, but was issued by players’ agents or from well-informed media reports, without the clubs being able to confirm the deals, including the Brooklyn Nets, who received a request from its star Kevin Durant from In order to enter it into an exchange process according to the local media.
ESPN, citing unnamed sources, indicated that Durant, who won the league twice with the Golden State Warriors and the best player in the league in 2014 in the colors of the Oklahoma City Thunder, wants to move to the Phoenix Suns or the Miami Heat.
She added that the Nets aims to get the best possible deal from the star, who had extended his contract in 2021 for four years for $ 198 million.
Durant decided on Saturday to speak for the first time since revealing his desire to leave, but what he wrote on Twitter was ambiguous, saying: “The people in the gym with me know what it is, they know me.”
“If you are not there with me, ask those around me,” he continued.
