First-round winners/losers And yet, before Murray State offered, the only schools who came along with a scholarship in hand were Maryland Eastern Shore, Duquesne and South Carolina State. Furthermore, he was known as South Carolina's Mr. Basketball. [66] In the game, he and teammate RJ Barrett each broke the Duke freshman debut scoring record set by Marvin Bagley III. ", "Duke's Zion Williamson talks dunks, his fame and learning from Coach K", "Is Zion Williamson the best prep dunker ever? The writing, clear and artful, conveys a level of earnestness that echoes Pell's description of his former student's poetry. [69], On January 5, 2019, he had another strong performance versus Clemson, with 25 points, 10 rebounds, and a 360-degree dunk in 22 minutes. "He was definitely better than a lot of the kids from a basketball IQ perspective," he says. There has never been a major hype for a high school player since 2003 when LeBron James burst onto the scene. : Zion Williamson 'probably the best damn tight end to ever live', "Zion Williamson takes over top spot in 247Sports' 2018 basketball player rankings", "Clemson has become the surprise favorite for 5-star basketball recruit Zion Williamson", "Zion Williamson pledge gives Duke top three players in ESPN 100", "Zion Williamson: 'I will be joining the brotherhood of Duke University', "Duke has the top three basketball recruits in the country. Duke was 9-for-43 vs. the Orange, then, interestingly, was 2-for-14 vs. Virginia but didn't lose -- in part because the Blue Devils watched UVA go 3-for-17. He was a once-in-a-lifetime combination of an offensive lineman's size and. Further, the player earns $20 million from various brand endorsements. 2 and No. Yet even as the high school student's profile took off, his life in Spartanburg remained grounded. Family Life. [117] On February 24, he led the Pelicans to a 115101 win over the Golden State Warriors. While Pell usually let his students spend the period writing, he sometimes shared readings with them at the beginning of the hour so they could learn by example -- works by Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas and Billy Collins. [142] On January 26, 2023, Williamson was selected for his second NBA All-Star appearance. With Williamson's Spartanburg Day School facing one of their rivals, an extremely undersized opponent named Bryson Bishop checks in and prepares to guard the future No. McMahon called Morant a "basketball genius" and told me his ability to see the floor and improvise plays separates him from the other college point guards. [105] Through 33 appearances in his freshman season, he averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game. [95] Sporting News named Williamson as its Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. The NBA's bottom-dwellers dream of Zion Williamson as they wait to discover their fate in the lottery. Beater. There's a goodness about him that I think people want to celebrate.". [107][108] In addition, Williamson joined Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis as the only freshmen to collect 500 points, 50 steals, and 50 blocks in a season. [166] Lateef was a football defensive lineman at Mayo High School in Darlington, South Carolina, who was a High School All-American in 1993 and had committed to NC State before transferring to Livingstone College. In a recently unearthed documentary from Williamson's high school days in South Carolina, the big man talks about his relationship with young fans and explains why he always signs as many . (Tee Morant said Clemson was interested, too, but didn't have an available scholarship on the table.) "[152][153] Williamson plays the power forward position but is also capable of being a small-ball center. 4 Duke Topples No. It was a notable tournament in Greensboro, N.C., that sent the two on forking paths. [76] One week later, he scored 26 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in an 8163 victory over Notre Dame. "He was playing in front of thousands, but if he had to walk out in front of 30 people he didn't like that," he says. [39] On January 13, in a nationally televised game at the Hoophall Classic, he scored 36 points as his team lost to Chino Hills High School. [104] Williamson led all scorers on March 31, with 24 points and 14 rebounds in a season-ending 6867 loss to Michigan State in the Elite 8. @MattNorlander do you think there is any chance Buffalo could end up with a top 4 seed? [5][166] By the time he was five years old, his parents divorced, and his mother subsequently married Lee Anderson, a former Clemson college basketball player. There were so many high hopes for Zion Williamson, going back as far as his high school days in South Carolina. Watch this video from ONE GAME and drool", "John Wall: Zion Williamson Is Top 23 'Most Athletic Player I've Ever Seen', "YouTube star Zion Williamson creates challenge for evaluators", "Zion Williamson Scouting: How does the freakishly athletic HS forward project to the NBA? [139] On December 12, Williamson was named the NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for Week 8 (December 511), his first NBA Player of the Week award. Years before their paths would converge again as the top two prospects in the 2019 NBA Draft, Zion Williamson and Ja Morant were just a couple of kids from small-town South Carolina playing on a . Zion hit his on the backboard during a Duke game in 2018. . But this season? [22] On December 30, Williamson recorded 31 points and 14 rebounds to win most valuable player (MVP) at the Farm Bureau Insurance Classic. "But I think it was unbelievably important for him, as a person, to stay in that environment," he says, among students who treated him "like a regular human being." He smiles slightly, perhaps amused by his own poetic assessment, a deviation from his typically matter-of-fact tone. Zion Williamson High School Mixtape 27,621 views Jun 12, 2019 Zion Williamson in High School. Williamson also left high school as a McDonald's All-American, runner-up for Mr. Basketball USA, and USA Today All-USA first team honoree. [126], During the season, Williamson tied Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record for the longest streak of at least 20-point games on 50-percent shooting within his first two seasons since the shot clock era in 195455. [37] While recovering, he commented, "It's really been a time to grow mentally. He is a sensation who was picked by the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019. "[59] Duke, who had landed RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish in addition to Williamson, became the first team to land the top three recruits in a class since modern recruiting rankings began. Jonathan Givony of ESPN (formerly DraftExpress) thinks so. Zion was also considering Clemson, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Overall he burned them for six makes, a career best. I think Virginia will be playing in Minneapolis in the national semifinals on April 6. [78] On February 2, he led all scorers with 29 points and 5 steals in a 9161 win over St. Still, he was dunking by then -- as was Morant, whose first slam in a game came at 14 playing with Williamson. [140] On December 28, Williamson put up a career-high 43 points in a 119118 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Zion Williamson's High School Career. [58][59] He explained the decision, "Duke stood out because the brotherhood represents a family. A professionally qualified pensions and employee benefits specialist, with a wide-ranging and in-depth knowledge and understanding of the UK pensions and benefits landscape, gained from working for both leading consultancies and providers and with large corporate and Trustee clients. [15] Entering the season, he was among 50 players selected to the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award watch list. Pick-by-pick analysis ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Even high school Zion. My guess on active coaches who will be in the Hall of Fame by the year 2039: John Beilein, Tony Bennett, Mark Few, Bob Huggins, Lon Kruger, Tubby Smith, Jay Wright. "It was the first time I sat at a basketball game in four years. 1, Top 25 And 1: Miami loses Wong to NBA Draft, NBA Mock Draft: Bama's Miller up to No. "I don't have it!". "The first dozen games I went to, there were, like, 50 people in the crowd," he says. Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 14 April 2023, at 19:28. It's also where the Carolina Panthers train; a couple of summers ago, several NFL players paused their workouts to gawk at Williamson as he practiced in the gym. Zion Williamson and Ja Morant are going from being former AAU teammates to likely the top two picks in the 2019 NBA draft. pic.twitter.com/kPbNUhKiDQ, "The athleticism, explosiveness, it's unbelievable," McMahon said. "[160] NBA point guard John Wall has likened Williamson's in-game dunking ability to that of Vince Carter. ", Pell laughs. Read It: Adam Figman's cover story on 16-year-old Zion Williamson. "He was probably 6-foot-3 then. Twenty-five? The best testers were kept in the main gym. The bit about him being teammates with Zion Williamson in grassroots basketball is a growing legend. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. In middle school, Williamson was a point guard and lost only three games in two years. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: collegebasketball | pageType: stories | [5][7][162] Recruiting service 247Sports has praised his ball handling and passing skills for his size, commenting that they are "overshadowed by [his] athletic plays. He has been described as not fitting a specific basketball position. [130], During the off-season, Williamson suffered a Jones fracture in his right foot and underwent a subsequent surgery. Zion Williamson introduced himself to the world when he was just a teenager. In these cases, the average was taken. He recently projected Williamson as the No. "He'd give them to me -- he was very cautious," Pell says. On the fly, Ja recognized how they were playing that pin-down action. "He was shy about that," Pell says, quickly adding: "He wasn't the only one." During his senior and final high school season, Zion Williamson committed to Duke on January 20, 2018 in a live ESPN telecast. "Zion was always a mild-mannered kid, never showed much expression," Tee Morant, Ja's father, told CBS Sports. Despite his weight issues, there was no doubt about Williamson going in as the 1st pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. Do they exercise their postseason demons of last year in the tourney? Terrific shot from Michigan Athletics on Tuesday night. In the summer leading up to his first season, Williamson practiced in the school gym and developed the ability to dunk. [111][112][113] On July 1, 2019, Williamson officially signed with the Pelicans. [25] On February 14, he led Spartanburg Day past Oakbrook Prep for their first SCISA Region I-2A title, chipping in a game-high 37 points in a 10549 rout. Home Team Vault Open Description Open Description 735 Dislike Share Save Home Team. Think about it: During his college career, when Williamson accrued single-moniker celebrity status -- his first name was as likely to be trending on Twitter on a random weeknight as any political issue or pet-friendly hashtag -- what did we really learn? The man had the biggest hype for a high school player since LeBron James. [7] At the time, he competed for the South Carolina Hornets AAU team as well, where he was teammates with Ja Morant. TheChosenONE 55K subscribers Subscribe 6.6K Share 385K views 3 years ago What Happened to Zion Williamson's Old Teammate. A final dunk he made in the last seconds of the game caused an altercation between the Pelicans and Suns. Why do people not show up to see this kid?'". Here's the truth: The summer before Morant was a sophomore in high school and Williamson was a freshman, they played on a small regional grassroots team called the South Carolina Hornets that did not have any shoe-company backing. Twelve? At first, Williamson tried his hand at short stories, but he wasn't entirely satisfied with the results. [98] Williamson also became the first Duke player to record at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 steals in a game since Christian Laettner in 1992. [40] Williamson tallied 30 points and 13 rebounds in his final home game on February 8, a 5854 win over Greensboro Day School. [4] He joined the basketball team at Johnakin Middle School in Marion, South Carolina, where he was again coached by his mother and averaged 20 points per game. At the end of the school year, some of the senior athletes wrote letters to their teachers. Buzzer. Fifty? [102] In his NCAA Tournament debut on March 22, he scored 25 points in an 8562 win over 16th-seeded North Dakota State. [115] Williamson made his professional debut three months later on January 22, 2020 in a 121117 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. He was 14 of 24 from the field, but there is no doubt which bucket was his biggest. Heads and behaviour leads from some of England's highest performing schools and Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) have today been confirmed as mentors and trainers in the Department's . 1 pick? While Williamson's unusual high school rsum molded him in unexpected ways, it also made him a mystery in scouting circles. [31] Williamson, in a highly publicized AAU game on July 27, scored 28 points and led SC Supreme to a 10492 win over 2019 class recruit LaMelo Ball and Big Ballers at the Adidas Uprising Summer Championships. What Happened to Zion Williamson's Old Teammate Chandler Lindsey?? [164] His explosive play makes him a reliable shot-blocker and gives him prowess as a rebounder. Sartor agrees. "But there are also some things that are just innate. "), instead telling stories that paint a picture of an active, growing mind. Name: Zion Williamson Who is: athlete, basketball player, basketball player Birth date: 6 july 2000 (22 y.o.) Morant wasn't ignored as, all the while, big-name coaches took in Williamson's eye-popping talent. [81] The performance helped him claim his second ACC Player of the Week and fifth ACC Freshman of the Week accolades. "But for me it's more the basketball IQ, the playmaking, the making people around him better. My top five teams to watch, in no order: Marquette, Duke, Gonzaga, St. John's, Nevada. ", The next day, after Duke advances to the second round, Williamson sits in the locker room for his obligatory media availability, his boulder-sized chest caving in a little as a battalion of reporters descends. [144] On February 13, team officials indicated that Williamson would miss multiple weeks after the All-Star break. This is not a set. he says. Kane is surprised to see this lanky kid dominating in three-on-three. The morning before Duke takes on North Dakota State in the opening round of the tournament, Spartanburg Day holds a pep rally to celebrate its famous alumnus. A small cluster of the rest, Morant among them, were directed to the back gym, mostly to play three-on-three. [9] He also led Spartanburg Day to a South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) state championship game appearance. [16] Starting in the 201617 season, Williamson was propelled into the national spotlight for his viral highlight videos. Williamson was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. ", "Another Zion Williamson season ends in the toilet", "Why 5-star Zion Williamson would fit better at Clemson than Kentucky, Kansas, or Duke", "Zion Williamson breaks Duke vertical leap record", "We've never seen anyone like Zion Williamson but will his game work in the NBA? #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/Tfksxjc0fY. All Rights Reserved. At the time, he competed for the South Carolina Hornets AAU team as well, where he was teammates with Ja Morant. It helped me become a more social person.". The video shows a 5-foot-6 guard checking into one of Zion's high school games. He said, 'I'm not sure.' There's the Beacon Drive-In, the diner where he celebrated with his teammates after winning the state championship. That January, Drake posted a photograph of himself wearing a Spartanburg Day jersey; Williamson's Instagram following exploded. ", "Zion Williamson: Basketball's next dunking prodigy", "Kevin Durant on Zion Williamson: 'He's a once-in-a-generation type athlete', "Zion Williamson to Duke: Three takeaways as hyper-athletic forward joins Blue Devils mens basketball", "Adidas Gauntlet: Feeding frenzy for five-star Langford", "The Insane Growth Of The Man-Child That Is Zion Williamson", "Rival Views: The best Zion Williamson comparison", "Is SC dunking phenom Zion Williamson basketball's next LeBron James? Patel misses playing with Williamson. Williamson also left high school as a McDonald's All-American, runner-up for Mr. Basketball USA, and USA Today All-USA first team honoree. He opens a folder sitting on his lap and pulls out a sheet of paper. section: | slug: court-report-the-real-story-of-ja-morant-zion-williamson-playing-on-the-same-aau-team | sport: collegebasketball | route: article_single.us | Which coaches do you think will be Hall of Famers (inducted that is) in the next 20 years? Title", "Williamson Voted ACC Male Athlete of the Year", "ACC 2019 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team, Postseason Awards", "Duke's Zion Williamson is Sporting News Player, Freshman of the Year", "Zion Williamson Returns in Style, Leading Duke to Victory Over Syracuse", "Duke University Men's Basketball Postgame Notes March 14, 2019 vs. Syracuse (ACC Tournament Quarterfinals)", "Duke remains No. ", "How could Clemson lose 'a mile-and-a-half lead' for Zion Williamson? Standing a little over 6-foot-3, Asa Waters isn't exactly tiny. [12] He led the Griffins to their first SCISA Region I-2A title in program history. 22, giving the New Orleans Pelicans two months to prepare for an important day in regard to the team's future. And now they seem fated to meet up again in the green room at the 2019 NBA Draft -- their names called only moments apart by Adam Silver. [10] In March 2015, Williamson took part in the SCISA North-South All-Star Game in Sumter, South Carolina. [56] In December 2016, ESPN recruiting director Paul Biancardi touted Williamson as "probably the best player in terms of production" in his class. [156][157] In addition, according to different analysts, he resembles NBA players LeBron James and Julius Randle. 1 Zion Williamson lists four recruiting him hardest", "Duke offers 247Sports' #1 player in 2018, SF Zion Williamson", "Ex-LSU asst. Coach Mike Krzyzewski, quick to praise Williamson's passing and ballhandling, says the public was so focused on the young player's high notes that everyone underestimated his range. He led his team to three straight state championships and earned South Carolina Mr. Basketball recognition in his senior season. Strong information technology professional graduated from Preston Manor High School . But when the adults who crossed paths with Williamson share their memories of him, it's striking how rarely they lean on the usual athlete-as-a-young-prodigy tropes ("When I showed up at the gym, he was already there! He ranked first among all rookies in points per game, second in rebounds per game and first in offensive rebounds per game. Duke has traditionally ranked among the best power-conference teams -- if not the best teams overall -- from long range. His name isn't even available in the recruiting packet handed out to coaches at the event. [14], As a junior, Williamson averaged 36.8 points, 13 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2.5 blocks per game. New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (left), dressed in street clothes while he nurses an injury, sits on the bench next to guard CJ McCollum (right) in the first half of an NBA basketball . By the middle of Williamson's junior year, after he scored 53 in the Chick-fil-A Classic in Columbia against top prospect Jalek Felton, the 6-foot-7, 230-pound teenager was a media sensation. #SCtop10 #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/MDwRFHFCrZ. Sartor, now the coach at Erskine College, says Williamson wasn't unusually big when he first saw him play in sixth grade. ", "Duke's Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett lead Blue Devils to exhibition rout of Ryerson", "John R. Wooden Award Presented By Wendy's Announces 201819 Preseason Top 50 Watch List", "Citizen Naismith Trophy Men's Watch List Released", "College basketball awards: 20 power forwards named to Karl Malone Award preseason watch list", "Meet Duke phenom Zion Williamson, the most unique college basketball player I've ever seen", "No. Without looking, what's your guess on how many Division I men's basketball players have scored 3,000 career points? The mere fact that Williamson, one of the most hyped basketball recruits in a generation, attended Spartanburg Day, a school best known for its academics -- and stayed there, shunning the advances of so-called basketball factories -- makes him an anomaly. [145] Subsequently, team officials confirmed in early April that Williamson would miss the remainder of the regular season. He averaged 24.4 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 3.3 steals, and 3 blocks en route to a state championship game appearance for the first time in Spartanburg Day history. No. "All teenagers are very emotional," he says with a chuckle. [137] On December 2, Williamson scored 30 points and matched career highs with 15 rebounds and eight assists in an 11799 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Sartor credits this dichotomy to the influence of Williamson's family -- Sharonda, who coached him in middle school, was a calming force -- and the intimacy of his school environment. A FEW HOURS before Duke's NCAA tournament run begins in Columbia, South Carolina, Bill Pell sits in his living room and reminisces about his final year teaching at Spartanburg Day School, a tiny private school located about 100 miles from the arena where the Duke Blue Devils will play later tonight. [11] By his second year in high school, he stood 6ft 6in (1.98m). Zion Williamson 102Followers School Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg, SC) Class Year Senior 2018 Teams V. Basketball #12 PF, SF, C Timeline Stats Awards Photos News Videos / Zion Williamson Zion Williamson Latest Updates 2023 West NBA All-Star Starters: High School Player Ratings 19598 views | More Videos: Zion Williamson Stephen Curry 2 pick in the 2019 NBA draft. [6], Williamson attended Spartanburg Day School, a small K12 private school in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he played basketball for the Griffins. Before he took the floor at Cameron Indoor Stadium for the Duke Blue Devils or made his NBA debut, Williamson made a mockery of high school competition. As Morant's star has risen, along with his position into the top five on NBA mock drafts, he's developed some fables around his time before Murray State. From there, he threw downanother obscene dunk last week and, most recently, posted a 40-point, 11-assist, five-steal showingthat marked the first time in 20 years that a Division I player put up those stats in a regulation game. [161] Williamson's outside shooting has been considered a point of concern, and he has unorthodox shot mechanics. His parents are Lateef Williamson and Sharonda Sampson. 6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories, at Krzyzewski, who first visited Spartanburg Day when Williamson was a sophomore, says the teen star faced pressure to leave and play for more competitive prep schools. "You were only looking at one thing! [35] In his home opener on November 21, he recorded 29 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Griffins to a 7055 win over Hammond School. [119] On March 1, Williamson scored then career-high 35 points, along with 7 rebounds, in a 122114 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. With 28 points on 13/20 shooting in a season-high 33 minutes of play, Williamson was just one game behind Carmelo Anthony for most consecutive 20-point games as a teenager at 8. "[People say], 'Well, I didn't know he could do that,'" he says. 1 overall pick of the NBA . As a result, critics questioned whether the SportsCenter favorite, a raw shooter, could dominate tougher competition. [136], On October 19, Williamson made his regular season return, putting up 25 points, nine rebounds, three assists, and four steals in a 130108 win over the Brooklyn Nets. "But physically, he was just like them." Zion's senior team at his high school has won three state championships. But it was this Vince Carter-on-Frederic Weis imitation on Jan. 10 that hoisted his rep. JA MORANT DROPPED HIM! One of them was 17-year-old Zion Williamson. This is Morant deploying legerdemain and pulling one over on the defense. 2 Duke's loss at home to Syracuse on Jan. 14 was a shocker, and it highlighted a season-long festering matter for Mike Krzyzewski's team: 3-point accuracy. From just beyond midcourt Williamson darted toward . 3, Memphis signee Williams arrested on gun charges, Why Petitti is the perfect fit for Big Ten commissioner, UConn's Adama Sanogo to declare for NBA Draft, 2023 5-star G AJ Johnson chooses NBL over Texas, Miami is expecting to hear a final word from the NCAA on, If there's one team now prone to have its season boomerang the wrong way, it's. [96] He returned from injury on March 14, posting 29 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 steals in an 8472 win over Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. [108], On April 15, 2019, Williamson declared his eligibility for the 2019 NBA draft. [147], Williamson is listed at 6ft 6in (1.98m) tall and weighs 284 pounds (129kg). [34] He debuted on November 15, 2017, erupting for 46 points and 15 rebounds in a 7062 loss to Christ School. Zion Williamson combines strength, athleticism and intelligence in an awesome package. "Instead, I will take the lessons you have taught me and apply them to my next chapter.". Coach Krzyzewski and Zion Williamson had similar experiences during their teenage basketball careers. [135] Williamson made his return from injury on October 4, 2022, putting up 13 points, four rebounds, one assist, and one steal in a 129125 preseason win over the Chicago Bulls. [165], Williamson was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Lateef Williamson and Sharonda Sampson. "As my high school journey ends, I wish you could go with me," he wrote. It feels like dude has been 6'8, 285 since birth. In July 2016, former Murray State assistant James Kane was heavily recruiting a prospect named Tevin Brown (who now starts for Murray State). "I think by his sophomore year, we knew that it was getting bigger than any of us could imagine. At this point, it's a wonder to many how a talent like Morant wound up in Murray, Ky. Just as troubling is Duke's free throw percentage. 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