Yesterday a story surfaced that Zion Williamson tries to sign every autograph he can because Anthony Davis and John Wall turned him down when he was a little kid.
Take a look at the transcription of the video in question from CBS Sports:
“When I was little, I looked up to high school players and wanted their autographs and sometimes I couldn’t get it, I’d be hurt,” Williamson says on camera. “I said when I grew up, I don’t want to be like that. I want to sign every kid’s autograph. No matter how long it takes me.”
“I try to sign every kid’s autograph. I don’t want to turn a little kid down because I know it will hurt them because it hurt me. Anthony Davis, John Wall turned me down. So I try to sign everybody’s.”
Now listen to the video in question. The quote in question begins around the 4:45 mark.
You heard around the 5 minute mark that he has never met John Wall and Anthony Davis. Then, around the 5:35 mark, Williamson says “it would hurt me if Anthony Davis or John Wall turned me down.”
Shams Charania of The Athletic shut down the false reporting today with the tweet below.
Some context on Zion Williamson/Anthony Davis/John Wall autograph story being rehashed: Williamson has never met Davis or Wall, per source close to him. Neither snubbed him. Williamson was providing analogy using athletes he looked up to in high school, on why he signs for kids.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 21, 2019
Nothing like the national media trying to run with a story to try and make Kentucky look bad.
