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Pelicans Working Hard To Make Zion Williamson Feel The Love

A nice story and a smart move the Pels

By JD King

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 14: Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans warms up on the court before a semifinal game of the 2019 NBA Summer League against the Memphis Grizzlies at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 14, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
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When the Pelicans drafted Zion Williamson he said “let’s dance.”

The Pelicans quickly filed a trademark application.

Well no more.

They gave it up to Williamson, who will now control the expression and who gets to use it commercially.

Judging from our e-mail a lot of people prefer it to his earlier slogan which Nike put on his Duke shoes with some dripping red marks: “Killers kill,” which of course could be just as easily true for a serial killer as for a nice kid from Spartanburg, SC.

It’s going to be a big seller.

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