Those injury problems got exponentially worse on Saturday when the Pelicans announced that Williamson will be out indefinitely due to a hamstring strain. On Monday, an official timetable of around four-to-six weeks was reported by ESPN's Shams Charania on NBA Today.

Zion Williamson played a career-high 70 games last season and showed up to this year's training camp in his best physical condition as a pro. The expectation was for the Duke alum to finally shed the "injury-prone" label that has plagued his young career and lead the Pelicans back to prominence.

According to ESPN's NBA insider Brian Windhorst, the New Orleans Pelicans are bracing for the worst since they don't know when the power forward will be able to return from this latest setback. Windy was blunt in his assessment of Zion's injury situation,