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Zion Williamson Goes Number One To New Orleans

Zion Williamson who was a phenomenon in his one season at Duke was taken number one overall by the New Orleans Pelicans

During his one season at Duke the forward averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 1.8 blocks, all while shooting 68% from the field. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27018830/pelicans-pick-zion-open-draft-morant-goes-2nd

In New Orleans he will join two former Duke players in Jahil Okafor who played at Duke in 2015 when Duke cut the nets down in Indianapolis after their 68-63 win over Wisconsin and Frank Jackson who played for Duke during the 216-2017 season where he averaged 10.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 24.9 minutes per contest. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=211021288&DB_OEM_ID=4200&Q_SEASON=2016