The 3 best dunks from Zion Williamson before his NBA debut

Warming up in front of a New Orleans crowd, Zion thrills with a gravity-defying dunk during his recovery routine

One of the exciting parts of waiting for Zion’s first NBA game has to be the content Pelicans beat writers and team media members, featuring Zion Williamson’s impressive pregame practice regimen.

With each pregame routine looking more impressive and by the end, drawing appreciable-sized crowds to watch him warm-up, Zion is becoming must-see material even when he’s not competing in a regulation basketball game.

This video from ESPN’s Andrew Lopez, fans can see the rookie taking flight before the team took on the Utah Jazz.

In the clip, Williamson seems to hang in the air for decades, in what seems like either great slow-motion work or something you’d see on a Michael Jordan highlight tape dubbed onto a VHS.

With this sort of excitement leaving the practice realm and coming to the real basketball court, the New Orleans Pelicans are about to be getting some pretty awesome crowds developing on their home floor.

Tomorrow night’s game is set for an 8:30 p.m. CT tip-off at the Smoothie King Center, which is certain to be in a roar for the debut of Zion Williamson. Tickets are still available on StubHub, but the crowd seems likely to be full and rocking tomorrow night.

Zion Williamson is finally making his NBA debut and the excitement is real in the city of New Orleans.

As the team continues to push for the playoffs, their chances are about to get a nice boost as long as things go to plan with the rookie’s emergence in their rotations.