El espaol Willy Hernangmez, pvot of the Pelicans from New Orleans, said that it is “easy” for him to share a track with the American Zion Williamson, number one in the draft in 2019 and one of the young players who generates the most attention for his game and his physical conditions, with 1.98 meters in height and 129 kilograms in weight.
“It is impossible to move Zion from the painting. We understand each other very well, It’s easy for me to play with Zion: read spaces and know how to move around the backs of defenders, “said Willy in a virtual meeting with the winners of last season’s NBA Fan Club and Biwenger games.
The elder of the Hernangmez He also spoke of his desire to share NBA equipment with his brother Juancho, currently with the Boston Celtics: “Playing with my brother is the best thing that has happened to me in my sports career, it has been with the national team and one thing that my brother and I are very clear about is that We would love to play together in a team during the regular season, to be able to choose to win titles and reach the top “.
Willy renewed in the summer with the Pelicans, gaining stability in his career by signing a three-year contract with a team that needs to take a competitive leap after a campaign in which they signed 31 wins and 41 losses, missing out on the playoffs for the title.
This cost the technician Stan Van Gundy the job and the franchise opted to hire young Willie Green, 39, whom the Spanish pvot praised.
“We are showing great intensity in all training sessions, we almost always end up angry about winning against each other.. Willie Green lets us be ourselves. The objective is to get us into the playoffs, “he said.