The New Orleans Pelicans will retain Zion Williamson for the 2025-26 NBA season and build around him. Amid their keenness on surrounding him with the apt pieces to contend, insider Jake Weinbach has predicted that Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star guard Darius Garland might be on their radar.

The New Orleans Pelicans are coming off a nightmare of a season. Following a successful summer last year, expectations were that the Pelicans would establish themselves as one of the elite teams in the Western Conference.

Joe Dumars, hired in April as the Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations, spoke about the plans for Williamson in an interview with The Times-Picayune on Wednesday.