How bad of an injury would Zion Williamson have to suffer to slip past the No. 16 pick in the NBA draft?
Thankfully, it sounds as if last night’s knee injury isn’t it. Duke is calling it a mild knee sprain.
I’m not sure an injury that drops Williamson below No. 16 exists, anyway. Williamson has played so well this season. No other elite prospects have emerged. It seems no matter what happened to Williamson, a team would pick him way higher than No. 17.
Yet, that’s apparently how far Williamson would have to fall in order to collect an insurance payout.
Darren Rovell of ESPN:
JUST IN: Zion Williamson has $8 million in loss of value insurance from policy written by ISI, according to sources. In order to start collecting, however, he would have to slip past the 16th pick in this year’s draft, which isn’t happening. pic.twitter.com/wDVAyhY2R0
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 21, 2019
Williamson didn’t enter college as the overwhelming top prospect. That top-16 cutoff probably made sense at the time the policy was written.
But now it’s practically irrelevant.
Williamson is stuck earning only the NCAA’s cartel-capped compensation without that safety net.
