David Griffin: Zion Trade Rumors Are Click Bait Cheese
Was Zion Williamson actually on the trade block? Pelicans vice president of basketball operations David Griffin wants you to know that all of the Zion trade rumors were click bait cheese. Griffin insists that Zion was never available and the franchise continues to believe in him.
What’s the relationship like between Zion and the Pelicans?
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“I would say that it’s as good as it’s ever been,” Griffin said, noting that Williamson was coming out to join the team at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
“I think what’s unfortunate is that he’s a name that generates clicks no matter what the link says,” Griffin continued.
“Zion puts on his socks. People click on that. So it makes it really easy for people to manufacture rumor around him — because they don’t have to have any actual credibility behind what they say to generate clicks.
Forget about trade rumors. Griffin says Zion’s name has never even come up in trade talks.
“We never had a single [trade] conversation that Zion was part of,” Griffin said.
“I think people perceived that we would be willing to move off of Zion because of all the injuries, because there’s always so much noise around Zion.
It’s the NBA which means you can never trust anyone. Zion’s name probably came up in trade talks. It’s a matter of how much Griffin was willing to listen. Unless you’re in that room, we’ll never fully know the truth. What matters is Zion is rotting away in New Orleans and history will likely repeat itself when they trade him like they did with Anthony Davis.
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