Zion Williamson is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. He plays the power-forward position.
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On July 6, 2022, Williamson signed a 5-year rookie extension with the New Orleans Pelicans.
Zion Williamson Parents: Meet Sharonda Sampson and Lateef Williamson
Sharonda Sampson and Lateef Williamson are the parents of basketball player Zion Williamson.
Zion’s mother Sampson was a middle school Physical Education teacher and former athlete, coaching her son until he joined high school.
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Her birthday is on January 20, 1979, and her star sign is Aquarius.
Sampson moved her family to South Carolina after her mother passed away in 2002, two years after Zion’s birth.
Zion’s father Lateef Williamson played football in college for North Carolina State and Livingstone College, where Sampson ran track and field, and that is where the couple met, tying the knot in 1997.
After she and Williamson divorced in 2005, Sampson married former college basketball player, Lee Anderson.
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