( ( ( ( ( nba bubble ball 2020 ) ) ) ) )

his game is very similar to ja's it will be interesting to see how their careers play out

refs wildin all over this okc denver match

incredible free throw shooting contest here

i like both of these teams

Omg grizzlies throwbacks

I got super into basketball back when the grizzlies were still in Vancouver so the retro vibes are serious

not really seeing the SGA/Ja comp. sga seems way more smooth, methodical and crafty to me. ja more violent, speedy and reckless.

Ja has more flair. They’re both lanky combo guards I guess

Huge win for the nuggets and a statement by MPJ

37 pts

MPJ was really engaged on defense which is a great thing

One of the great things about being a homer is that I do not care at all that MPJ is qanon

are jamal murray and gary harris playing in the bubbble?

Murray has a sore hammy and Harris is in covid quarantine of some kind

Ah ok

Brandon Ingram is probably the MVP of the 2020 “he’s good now” team. Who are the other guys?

Isaac was on this team RIP

the aforementioned tj warren

TJ was already good imo. But now he’s a top 40 player

I feel like a bunch of guys went from kinda bad to clearly good this year

SGA and ja are both tall guards who can shoot and are really difficult to guard downhill esp when they both get to the rim. ja is obviously more explosive and SGA more floater-y, but SGA can be dominant in the same way around the basket

looked it up and ja is listed as 6'3" which kinda blew my mind. thought he was 6'5" at least, not the same height as curry.

yeah sga def a finesse dude

jas got a lot higher ceiling than sga because of his explosiveness imo

Ja is more of a genius. SGA more of a craftsman.

well said

It’s very hard for me to imagine Zion having a 10 year career in the nba

jas got a lot higher ceiling than sga because of his explosiveness imo

― lag∞n, Monday, August 3, 2020 8:30 PM (thirty-two minutes ago)

prob but conversely means ja prob has a better shot at a longer career

It’s very hard for me to imagine Zion having a 10 year career in the nba

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, August 3, 2020 8:59 PM (five minutes ago)

shaq played almost 20 years i think zion can pull off 10

i meant SGA obv xp **

Shaq was miraculous. Unique.

Shaq also didn’t walk and run like a nose tackle

joel embiid with a robust 9 points in the first half against a team that has one guy with any sort of chance of guarding him

Shaq was miraculous. Unique.

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, August 3, 2020 9:14 PM (thirty-two seconds ago)

how do those two words not also apply to zion

I hope Zion makes it work but he showed up out of shape after 4 months of quarantine, moves like no other player in nba history etc

Shaq putting on all that weight and being able to carry it for 10 years in the nba is exceptional. Will Zion be able to do it? I highly doubt it

from a body composition perspective, young shaq was light years ahead of zion iirc

Young Shaq had a great build. Then he went to LA and put on a ton of weight and somehow it still worked.

shaq was listed at 325 as a 27 year old in 1999... zion is listed at 285 now and prob won't even put on much more weight as much as he will just replace fat for muscle over time. he'll prob hit 300 once he's that age but he's going to be much more lean than shaq was at an older age even tho he's much pudgier now. you can tell zion's frame will be able to hold muscle & we've never heard anything negative about his work ethic. i'm not going to judge his physique too harshly post-injury and post-pandemic... btw he put up 23-7-5 in 25 mins tonight and was physically dominating everyone on the court in the crunch time lmao

well never know how much shaq or zion really weigh

that game turned on plays in which zion got the ball w/ less than 5 seconds on the shot clock and put his shoulder into ja, sending him back 2 feet before laying the ball in over top of him and a second where he drove baseline and elevated thru 3 dudes for a lay up

i really have the opposite view... i think eventually he'll be healthy and the world will be more normal, he'll be able to get in shape, and there won't be anyone in the nba outside of like embiid who will be able to handle his physicality

rookie shaq was listed at 300! he had to have been over 400 at some point

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/99/18/a199180a07d201f3105a7de3ded23c6d.jpg https://www.celticshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shaqretiresx-large.jpg

it's one thing if zion's knees break down but i rly don't get the vibe that he's going to eat his way out of the league

yeah injuries is what worry me hes such a tank and plays with so much force jumps so high etc, carrying around the extra weight obvs isnt great for that

hopefully with an offseason of nba level training he can drop 50lbs or w/e

yeah i'll feel better once zion has time to seriously change his body and add muscle. as we see above, young shaq was basically 100% muscle and there's no real comparison to him.

their games are so different too

Zion leaps high and often, runs the break hard, and makes very hard cuts (witness the exploding shoe incident). It's his knees and ankles that will get torqued around most. If they hold up, it seems like everything above the knees will do fine.

shaq was listed at 325 as a 27 year old in 1999... zion is listed at 285 now and prob won't even put on much more weight as much as he will just replace fat for muscle over time. he'll prob hit 300 once he's that age but he's going to be much more lean than shaq was at an older age even tho he's much pudgier now. you can tell zion's frame will be able to hold muscle & we've never heard anything negative about his work ethic. i'm not going to judge his physique too harshly post-injury and post-pandemic... btw he put up 23-7-5 in 25 mins tonight and was physically dominating everyone on the court in the crunch time lmao

If you think Zion is gonna have a healthy career at 6’6 300, ok! Shaq not a great comparison for that