New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson will no longer be represented by the Creative Arts Agency, The Athletic’s Joe Vardon and Sam Amick report.

Williamson’s “contract situation” is “questionable” due to his injury history, according to Vardon and Amick.

He has been represented by CAA since 2019.

News of the split comes on the same day that ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Williamson is “not close” to returning from an ongoing hamstring problem.

Williamson originally signed with CAA Sports as a 19-year-old NCAA star.

Since entering the NBA as the top pick of the 2019 draft, injuries have limited Williamson to fewer than 50 percent of the Pelicans’ games. He played in six of New Orleans’ 16 games this season.

Williamson is playing in the second season of the five-year, $197 million contract he signed with the Pelicans in 2022.

However, Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic previously reported that the Pelicans have built an out into Williamson’s contract after this season.

Because Williamson did not fulfill a games play clause in his contract during the 2022-23 season, the final three years of his contract are not guaranteed, Vorkunov said. That opens up the possibility for the Pelicans to part with Williamson after the 2024-25 season without taking on dead money.

Williamson, who has not played since suffering a left hamstring strain in the Nov. 6 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, has undergone “multiple treatments” on his hamstring, according to Charania.

Charania reported that Williamson could be sidelined after mid-December “while he rehabilitates a body part that has endured multiple strains in recent years.”

Williamson missed the final 53 games of the 2022/23 season due to a right hamstring injury.

He returned to play a career-high 70 games in 2023-24, but the Pelicans lost Williamson for the postseason after he suffered a left hamstring strain in a play-in tournament loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Pelicans advanced to the postseason without Williamson, but were swept in the first round by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

New Orleans has similarly struggled to cover a crowded injured list that includes not only Williamson, but CJ McCollum, Jose Alvarado, Dejounte Murray and Herbert Jones.

The Pelicans have the second-worst record in the Western Conference at 4-12 heading into Friday night’s NBA Cup action against the Golden State Warriors.