What did Zion Williamson actually supply in 2019-20 for NOP?
Zion Williamson's strongest evidenced functions are interior finishing, rim pressure, rebounding; the weakest available areas are event creation, rim protection, passing. The profile is tied to NOP for 2019-20.
Medium Mixed Coverage644 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
6 of 6 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
NOP · 2025-26Small lineup sample273 possessions
Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Derik Queen produced 116.5 offense and 120.8 defense over 273 possessions (-1.5 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2025-26Small lineup sample235 possessions
Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen produced 104.3 offense and 130.0 defense over 235 possessions (-8.2 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2025-26Small lineup sample199 possessions
Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III produced 125.6 offense and 117.6 defense over 199 possessions (2.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2024-25Small lineup sample
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
1Left hamstring1Left foot
+ Injury
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
No governed acquisition rows for this player.
CoverageResolved
withheld: falsesalary rows: 15resolved player: trueseason profiles: 6medical episodes: 2lineup rows returned: 14current acquisition signal count: 0current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
50
Rim pressure
70
Shooting*
54
Passing
46
Screening*—
Interior finish
78
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
42
Event creation
41
Rebounding
65
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+6.5 net per 100
on +4.4 · off -2.1 · 1,287 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.2 per 100
2,585 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+0.0 per 100
O +0.0 / D +0.0 · 0 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
158 possessions
CJ McCollum, Kelly Olynyk, Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, Yves Missi produced 118.9 offense and 131.0 defense over 158 possessions (-2.9 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
Jonas Valanciunas, CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones produced 117.3 offense and 118.0 defense over 861 possessions (-0.5 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2023-24Small lineup sample294 possessions
Jonas Valanciunas, CJ McCollum, Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III produced 108.2 offense and 113.5 defense over 294 possessions (-2.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2023-24Small lineup sample276 possessions
CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones produced 106.5 offense and 116.1 defense over 276 possessions (-3.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2023-24Small lineup sample169 possessions
Jonas Valanciunas, Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Dyson Daniels produced 139.4 offense and 117.8 defense over 169 possessions (5.5 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
showing 8 of 14 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2019-20
cap hit
$9.76M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$10.2M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$10.7M
canonical
2021-22
player salary
$10.7M
provisional
2022-23
cap hit
$13.5M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$34.0M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$36.7M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$39.4M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$39.4M
provisional
left left hamstring strain
Oct 29, 2025 → back Nov 19, 2025
+ Injuryleft left foot contusionOct 27, 2025 → back Oct 29, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
