On January 11, Beijing time, David Griffin, executive vice president of basketball operations for the Pelicans, announced today that forward Zion Williamson will be suspended for one game for violating team policy. Zion will miss today's game against the Philadelphia 76ers and will return tomorrow. In addition, the Pelicans also officially updated the injury situation, and Herbert Jones is out of action indefinitely due to injury. Coupled with Ingram and Murphy III, who are still recovering from their injuries, the Pelicans are understaffed.

Later, Haynes broke the news that Zion was late to catch the team's flight to Philadelphia yesterday, and he was late for training many times this season, so the Pelicans decided to punish him a little. Zion is only suspended for one game, after the Heat suspended seven games for Butler's actions to damage the team. So far this season, Zion has only played seven games for the Pelicans due to injury, averaging 22.6 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game while shooting 47.1% from the field.Zion said there was no excuse for being late and has apologized to the team and fans. Salary expert Marks said Zion lost $253,280 due to a one-game suspension.

Before announcing Zion's suspension, the Pelicans also announced that Jones' injury was reviewed yesterday and that team forward Herbert Jones suffered a labrum tear in the back of his right shoulder and will be out indefinitely, and the team will provide further updates as appropriate. Herbert Jones has played in 20 games this season, averaging 10.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

According to statistics, although the team has only played 38 games so far, the Pelicans have seven main players who have missed at least 15 games this season: Zion, Ingram, Dejounte Murray, Trey Murphy, Herbert Jones, Hawkins, Alvarado. The Pelicans are currently on a two-game losing streak and are at the bottom of the West with 7 wins and 31 losses.