Will Guillory talks with InStreetClothes about Zion's injury

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Will Guillory @WillGuillory 36m

After the latest Zion Williamson injury news, it was only right to tap in with @InStreetClothes
to get his thoughts:

-- a potential timeline for Zion's return
-- how common are setbacks with hamstring injuries?
-- How this may affect Zion moving forward

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Guillory: How common is it for players to suffer some form of a setback when recovering from a hamstring strain?

Stotts: Very common. This season over 30 different players have shown up on injury reports with a hamstring-related issue. Of those players, one in three has shown up multiple times, including players like Russell Westbrook, Gordon Hayward and Paul George.

Guillory: Based on what you’ve seen in the past, how likely is it that we’ll see Zion again before the end of the regular season?

Stotts: I expect his return to play date to be fluid, but I bet a late regular-season return is the target with enough time to let him ramp up his workload for any possible postseason action.

Guillory: What’s your overall view on the “Zion is too injury-prone” narrative? Do you feel like it’s overblown or something we should take more seriously after this series of injuries?

Stotts: It’s interesting because the three biggest injuries of Zion’s young career all involve a different type of tissue. First, it was the meniscus in his knee (cartilage) then it was the broken fifth metatarsal (bone). Now it’s the hamstring strain, which is a muscle. In a vacuum, that all seems a bit fluky; however, my biggest concern is all three injuries occurred to his right lower extremity. Eventually, multiple injuries of this magnitude can take a toll on the kinetic chain and potentially influence his movement pattern. Once he’s moved past this current injury, he will likely need to spend time doing routine maintenance on his legs to ensure a problematic imbalance doesn’t pop up.

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