Zion Williamson wasn’t occupied with explaining why he didn’t take heed to Kendrick Lamar’s music in the course of the offseason.
The Pelicans star couldn’t assist however snicker when a reporter requested him why the rapper’s music — particularly his songs “Euphoria” and “Not Like Us,” launched in April and Might, respectively — wasn’t on his offseason exercise playlist.
“Jesus Christ… What made you ask that second query?” Williamson stated, laughing.
“I simply really feel such as you had two good songs you might have been taking part in within the gymnasium,” the reporter replied.
“What songs would these be?” Williamson stated.
“‘Euphoria’ and ‘Not Like Us.’ I’m attempting to grasp… the place was the greatness of the summer season in your tracklist? I’m confused,” the reporter stated.
“I hear you. However you understand, you’re entitled to your opinion,” Williamson replied. “I’m entitled to mine. However saying that, c’mon, it’s Kendrick Lamar. Like, I actually gotta sit up right here and speak about how good of an artist he’s?”
That’s when Williamson walked off, ending his press convention.
The reporter requested the query as a follow-up to a different reporter, who beforehand requested Williamson what he was listening to over the summer season to prepare for the upcoming season.
“I really feel like I’ve sort of been throughout [with music],” Williamson stated earlier than naming a number of artists and songs, together with “Able to Die” by Infamous B.I.G. and Nas ‘ Illmatic, in addition to rappers Larry June and Currensy.
“A number of Currensy. I really feel after I began coaching, I really feel like Currensy was heavy within the combine,” he stated of the artist, who can be a New Orleans native.
This wasn’t the one viral second that got here out of media day throughout the NBA.
Bucks star Damian Lillard was requested by a reporter about when GloRilla shot her shot with him in the course of the NBA All-Star festivities in February.
“I hold my private life private and I let or not it’s that,” Lillard, who went by means of a public divorce together with his his ex, Kay’La in Oct. 2023, stated.
“I respect her as an artist. We all know one another. She’s an artist. I’m an artist.”
