So I know without my teammates, I wouldn't be here." "Because it was the little things throughout the season that they did to keep me motivated - from RJ telling me, "I don't feel you right now you gotta bring the energy," to Tre saying, "Bro, it's time to turn up," to Cam saying, "Bro, kill," it was a lot. "It's very humbling to receive this award, but I know I wouldn't be here without my teammates," Williamson said upon receiving the Wooden Award. Williamson, who earlier this month won AP Player of the Year and the Naismith Award, also took home the Karl Malone Award as the nation's best power forward Friday during the nationally televised show. Williamson, 18, joined Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis as the only freshmen to take home the award, which was handed out at the fifth annual College Basketball Awards at The Novo in downtown Los Angeles. He is the sixth Wooden Award winner in Duke history, the most of any school. Wooden Award as the nation's men's player of the year. LOS ANGELES - Zion Williamson of Duke added to his 2019 awards haul Friday night, becoming just the third freshman to win the John R.
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Justin Winslow, who has had a tough couple of years due to injuries, started for the Blazers and had 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser It’s not that he’s never done it, but he’s taking what the defense gives instead of merely imposing himself on it.īrandon Ingram had 14 points and five rebounds, but he wasn’t the only other Brotherhood member in this game. You see the defense collapse on him and him finding the open man. So you see him making really smart passes to open teammates. Williamson can overwhelm when he wants to, take control when he must, but he prefers to work within the framework of the team.
Watch these highlights from the Pelicans game against Portland. More and more, he’s showing that, above all, Zion Williamson is a basketball player. He can run like he hasn’t for awhile.Īnd third, if you remember, one of the reasons he chose Duke was because Mike Krzyzewski recruited him as a basketball player, not just an athletic prodigy. Second, his conditioning overhaul is paying big dividends. Granted, they often come after a phenomenal move, but he’s not trying to dunk everything anymore. He still dunks, but often he seems to prefer to make a more simple layup. This was most typified by the massive block he had at Virginia on D’Andre Hunter, but he would just overwhelm people with talent and often finish plays with punishing dunks. However, he’s doing them quite differently now than he did at Duke.Īt Duke, he just overhwelmed people.
Former Blue Devil Zion Williamson continues to do things that are pretty amazing.Īt 6-6 and 285, it’s sort of impossible for him to be as quick as he is, or should be at any rate.īut night after night, he does them.
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