Pelicans have 'never' discussed Zion Williamson trade, relationship is 'as good as it's ever been'

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Given Zion Williamson has battled injuries since he was the NBA's first overall pick in 2019, there's speculation the New Orleans Pelicans want to move on from him.

The team says that could not be further from the truth.

Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin told SiriusXM NBA Radio Williamson's name has not come up in any trade discussions.

"We never had a single [trade] conversation that Zion was part of. I think people perceived that we would be willing to move off of Zion because of all the injuries, because there’s always so much noise around Zion," Griffin said. "Fortunately for us, the noise never matches what we’re actually experiencing."

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Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans signs his contract extension in New Orleans June 26, 2022 (Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images)

Williamson has made more headlines off the floor than on it recently. He found himself as the subject of a Twitter controversy after ex-porn star Moriah Mills threatened to release sex tapes of the two shortly after she seemingly confessed her love for him.

"I think what’s unfortunate is that he’s a name that generates clicks no matter what the link says," Griffin said. "Zion puts on his socks. People click on that. So, it makes it really easy for people to manufacture rumor around him because they don’t have to have any actual credibility behind what they say to generate clicks.

"As a society, this isn’t [just] true of sports, this is true across all platforms — reality doesn’t matter anymore. Generating clicks matters. So, unfortunately for Zion, he’s just an