Zion Williamson who is struggling with an injury at the moment has been spotted massively over-weight
On the injury bed for quite some time now after undergoing foot surgery earlier, Zion Williamson has been a fitness concern for the New York Pelicans foe quite some time now. Although he’s currently been captured going through drills in a bid to make a return on the court, the player’s weight has emerged as a fresh scare for the Pelicans.
Williamson has been spotted grossly unfit and overweight since the 2021 NBA season has gotten underway. And although he’s been seen hitting the gym, there hasn’t been a massive difference in Williamson’s appearance with him said to have gone north of 300 pounds.
Charles Barkley Takes A Shot At Zion Williamson And His Weight
Its something which is said to have sparked concerns in the Pelicans camp with a slew of people smearing Williamson over his weight. And among those names was Charles Barkley who went mock Williamson by calling him someone who looked like a baby Barkley and Shaq would have.
Chuck so funny bruh what he said about Zion Williamson had me 🤣🤣🤣💀 Shaq couldn’t do nothing but laugh.. I love #NBAonTNT pic.twitter.com/3HF4KWuwYH
— illmatic (@Oso1Hundred) November 3, 2021
Barkley isn’t the only one who has publicly commented on Zion’s weight. Clyde Frazier has implore Zion to lose his 136kg weight and get in shape at the earliest plausible.
Williamson had talked with JJ Redick about his weight back in March and spoken about what he was looking to do to get in shape.
“I do think there is another gear that I can reach regarding my weight and conditioning. Because I don’t want to get to a spot where I’m like, ‘Yeah, I lost a lot of weight, but I don’t feel strong. I can’t do certain things that I would do before'”, Zion had said.
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