Zion Williamson told TNT's Ernie Johnson that he is currently in shape to resume the season.

"Honestly, I'm ready now. I've been staying in shape, working on myself and just staying ready. You never know when the time is going to come when they're going to say, 'All right, let's resume.' I don't want to have to look around at my teammates and say, 'Sorry, guys, I'm not ready.' So I'm staying ready for my teammates," said Williamson.

Williamson said that he has a basketball hoop at his house, with Pelicans players participating in workouts over Zoom alongside team training staff.

Williamson added that he was just finding his rhythm in the NBA when the season was suspended.

"It sucks because I had just come back after sitting three, four months without playing basketball or playing in an NBA game. As soon as I felt like I was getting going, this happens. It sucks from that perspective. But I think it's a good thing because it gives me extra time to work on my knee and work on my body overall."

LaMelo, Lonzo and LiAngelo Ball will sign with Jay-Z's Sports Management company Roc Nation Sports.

"This was a family decision," LaMelo Ball's manager Jermaine Jackson told ESPN. "This is now an extended family. They put together a beautiful game plan with Jay-Z. The basketball game is about to change. They are going to create something totally new."

Raymond Brothers will be the primary agent overseeing the Ball Brothers.

"We talked to several agents, but the family had good vibes with Roc Nation," Jackson told ESPN. "I've known Jay-Z since I played for the Knicks, but this is what the kids wanted to do. Jay-Z is a master at what he does. He's global. It's power beyond power.

"This is something that they are building from the ground up together. They are brothers and they love each other and that's how they roll. It's all love. They don't separate from each other."

The Chicago Bulls are hiring JJ Polk as assistant general manager under Arturas Karnisovas.

Polk has worked for the New Orleans Pelicans since 2010 and most recently has served as executive director of basketball administration. 

The Bulls hired Karnisovas to run the Chicago front office earlier this week.

David Griffin said he thought the New Orleans Pelicans had a successful year due to their off-court changes regardless of how the rest of the season turns out.

The Pelicans are currently 3.5 games out of the 8th seed.

“I would. Much less because of the on-court results, and more because of what we’ve been able to do off the court. It’s fairly clear we’ve got really, really good, high-character humans here. The culture has changed a great deal for the better. I think players love being a part of what we’re building," said Griffin on whether he deemed the current season a success.

Griffin added that the team was peaking, and would be a handful for opponents should the season restart.

“We have a team that is sort of on the precipice of being very good and is just scratching the surface of what we’re capable of. We’re optimistic – if we’re able to restart in any form or fashion – that we’re going to be a team that is one to be reckoned with. We’re a team that has shown a great deal of promise. I think there is a lot of optimism that surrounds our team on a lot of levels.”