There are times when Zion Williamson is talking to Joe Dumars and all of a sudden Williamson's mind starts to drift.

“I’m sitting with him and I’m like, ‘Man, this is Joe Dumars,’” Williamson said. “He’s an NBA champion. Finals MVP. This dude was part of the 'Bad Boys.' Then I have to lock back in the conversation. It’s dope.”

Dumars is in his first season as the New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations.

His impressive resume includes two NBA titles as a guard for the Detroit Pistons, another as the Pistons’ general manager, and an induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Dumars’ next goal is to bring winning basketball to New Orleans. That mission starts with him untapping all of Williamson’s potential. The Pelicans will go as far as William

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