Zion Williamson on NBA Disney: “It’s Definitely Going to Be Different.”

The NBA is preparing for an unprecedented re-start to the season that is going to have a much different feel for Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans.

Zion Williamson has only played 19 games for the New Orleans Pelicans, but already got a sense of what fans are like in the Big Easy.

Known as a football town, New Orleans has shown the rookie a ton of love since he made his debut in January, but unfortunately, fans cannot be part of the re-start due to the potential risk of the coronavirus.

This will give the games a whole different feel from the perspective of the fans, but even more so for the players, who are used to having thousands of screaming fanatics filling the arena.

Zion Williamson was asked about what it would be like to play games in empty arenas and he replied:

"“It’s definitely going to be different.”"

NBA games with no fans will be totally different for Zion Williamson

Zion Williamson is one of six members of the New Orleans Pelicans who attended Duke, whose basketball fans, the “Cameron Crazies” are known as one of the loudest crowds in all of sports.

These guys are used to bedlam, not quiet.

Players are going to have to get used to the silence, but then again, so are the fans.

With no crowd noise, fans will be able to hear a whole lot more than they’re used to hearing, including the squeak of sneakers and the talking of trash.

The NBA is concerned about the latter, and has even discussed tape delaying games to avoid the crystal clear F-bombs that are sure to be flying when teams start to do battle.

There’s also been talk of piping in crowd noise to give the games a more normal feel for the fans, but for the players, it’s going to take a bigger adjustment.

Not only will the players have to adjust their language, they’ll have to get used to taking shots without fans in the background, which will probably feel strange for guys who have been playing  in packed arenas for most of their lives.

The world looks a lot different than it did a few months ago and that includes the NBA, which is hoping the lack of fans won’t affect the experience or the players when things get going in Orlando.