[Shamit Dua] On Zion basically ghosting the team this summer: “Zion's relationship with Griff shouldn't prevent him from being in shape or attending team workouts in Nashville. That's a convenient excuse in my eyes.”

Shamit Dua, one of our mods who covers the Pelicans, had plenty to say about Zion that wasn’t covered in the Christian Clark piece this morning. Mainly, that Zion has not shown up to off-season workouts and not been in communication with his teammates.

1. Once again, @cclark3000 knocked the article out of the park. There's a lot of things that fans were in the dark about that are now coming to light. They have a right to know.

2. Something I think needs more attention. Zion detests burst play, but shows up to the bubble out of shape and strains a hamstring. The Pelicans didn't disclose this injury. And while it wasn't mentioned in the article, it's because Zion's parents told them not to. I don't know when the coaching staff eventually found out but multiple people around the team at that time told me it was kept even from them! Is this not insanity?

3. In reference to a post on a tigerdroppings message board about Zion “ghosting teammates” at summer league and off-season workouts, he says, “I can’t refute any of it.”

4. He further added, “Unless he's showed up in the last two days or is coming today, he was not there last week.”

5. The thing Pelicans fans need to ask is "If Griff was fired, would the situation with Zion improve?" And I think there's absolutely zero evidence of that and should scare the shit out of people.”

6. Griff at the end of the day has not succeeded in putting a good team around Zion. In the grand scheme of the NBA, every single entity in the Pels org is more replaceable than Zion and that's important. But I don't see how you can observe Zion and be happy with his actions.

If the Pelicans start out slow, the noise around that team is just going to get louder. Sounds like Zion should have to be held more accountable, as well.