Joe Dumars requires 2 things from Sion Williamson to be “great”

With fans locking in their Upcoming upcoming upcoming for new Orleans Pelikans 2025-26There is no doubt that the team will lead the star again Zion Williamson. Although it was Cast for trade around a young star pelican, The executive vice president of basketball operations Joe Dumars would give insight into conversations with Williamson.

Dumars would talk to the media that were before the start of the camp and the season at the end of October and asked about the relationship with Williamson. There were two main points that the Devali emphasized Williams, who were “Responsibility and responsibility” While it also stresses that “you don’t have to be great and you are not responsible.”

“The main thing I talked to with Sions is just responsibility and responsibility,” Dumars said, according to Team X, earlier Twitter, page. “Оно што сам му рекао је да са великом великом великом великом велику веру. Не морате бити сјајни и нисте одговорни. И тако је то само био тежак нагласак на томе, само да будем одговоран и одговоран за оно што радите. Није довољно. Није довољно.”

“The main thing I referred to Sion is just responsibility and responsibility … You can’t be great without responsibility … He was great.”

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As Pelicans are preparing for training campThe team hopes that I can have Williams at full season, because only 30 games played, average 24.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game while shooting 56.7 percent from the field. Dumars would continue to talk with Williamson, and at the same time speaking and as “great” and determined a 25-year-old.

“And I told him, I say,” Look, there’s a difference between talent and shiny. These are two different things. You can be talented without any responsibility. You can’t be great without any responsibilities. You can’t be sure. And it cannot be of responsibility.

“And I can tell you, he was great,” Dumars continued. “Sion was great. I had no problem with him. He was very hard. I’ve seen him in the last month, I really claimed. So I was happy at the end of the day, though at the end of the day.”

The new Orleans seem to be improving after completion with a 21-61 record, putting them second-last in the west.