Now the joooooy of my woooorld is in ZIIIIION — thread for Zion Williamson

most exciting nba prospect since... lebron?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZSBK2yKeME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEJb8Iyv4n8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek-bVyaTRE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swoH636CmQY

This could be the most athletic thing I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/DjaSyNGykl

— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) February 10, 2019

There's a term in basketball called a "grown man rebound," but this is so far beyond a grown man rebound I dont even know what to call it. MERCY ZION pic.twitter.com/32jZEgp3Ni

— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) February 2, 2019

Wow. 6’8 280 pounds with an inside-out crossover and finish in traffic.

Zion shows you something new every game pic.twitter.com/tKrNBkjkPC

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) February 2, 2019

Currently averaging 22/9/2/2/2 on 68% shooting. PER of 42

depending on yr politics hes more exciting than bron

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3NcbyzqILd8

agree

his highest self-rated dunk this year is an 8

lol

zion foot go through his shoe

just saw that, but looks like he got injured on the other leg cos of it.

Zion’s leg is too powerful for his own shoe. pic.twitter.com/gGOwCt31Ch

— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) February 21, 2019

man hope he's ok. dude is gonna need his own signature line and it's gonna have to be like 5x as strong as other shoes.

could be his right acl

didnt look bad he got right up was limping a bit

.@ZionW32 gets loose in the Nike PG 2.5 PE tonight. pic.twitter.com/yFswoRYgMx

— B/R Kicks (@brkicks) February 21, 2019

oops lol

adidas sabotage

UPDATE: Zion Williamson will not return. Knee.

— Duke Basketball (@DukeMBB) February 21, 2019

Knike.

welp guess I’m not seeing zion play on saturday anymore :’(

dang dude that sucks. this was the first college game i tuned into this year...

looked to me like the steph curry mcl sprain from the 2016 playoffs

cld see him playing on saturday, cld see him being out for the season

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dz5dsxCWoAEah5x.jpg

wtf

Unless he gets ACL surgery and won't be able to play again until the 2020-21 season, he's still the consensus #1 pick.

man he just exploded that shoe even put a rip in the sole

paul george on a conference call with nike right now im sure.

adidas is such trash. michigan's old adidas jerseys used to rip frequently. haven't seen any shoes bust, but it was only a matter of time.

https://www.michigandaily.com/sports/1-daniel-wasserman-what-i-learned-adidas-minneapolis-18

nba players should consider inventing in a good pair of boots

holy shit @ all the people who paid $3000+ to see this

thats the funny part

“His shoe broke.” pic.twitter.com/FAtpaF5uAt

— Chase Hughes (@ChaseHughesNBCS) February 21, 2019

hes right

accurate

My thoughts and prayers go out to Zion Williamson, the tremendous superstar basketball player from Duke. His injury isn't surprising though once you realize Obama was at the game. Everywhere Obama goes nothing but disappointment and pain follows!!!! Sad!!!!

— DonaId J. Trump (@SportsTalkBarry) February 21, 2019

^ why bother? it's not DJ Trump. it's not funny.

sp0rts talk b3rry is bad.

coach k said it's a mild strain so kev you might be in luck. altho if im zion im not playing another minute of college ball.

if im zion im flying to ny and getting my suit tailored and then i move into the green room for the draft until july where i am frozen in carbonite with a "fuck coach k" bumper sticker slapped on the side

otm

Duke freshman sensation Zion Williamson was forced out of Wednesday night's game against rival North Carolina after just 36 seconds with what Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski called a "mild knee sprain."

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dz8Hc0TX4AAgz-r.jpg

pretty remarkable that even his injuries are somehow ridiculously athletic and impressive

this is low key the funniest basketball subplot in a while

Paul George on Zion Williamson’s injury and situation with his shoes, says he talked with Nike to find out what went wrong: pic.twitter.com/pJ3N6CEdMj

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) February 21, 2019

someone said zion needs to wear lebrons since lebron is also very powerful and imo that makes sense

hoping he makes a point of signing a shoe deal with non-nike and this remains a thing forever

lol yeah needs to happen

reading this thread from the beginning in one shot is sooooooo sad

Montage of exploding Nike shoes (Manu, Bogut, Wroten, Gordon, Zion) pic.twitter.com/FuXH2qqSiv

— David Astramskas (@redapples) February 21, 2019

Super normal stuff. Just a strong guy

what a freak

i think this guy is a pretty good basketball player

Trying to decide how high I should draft him in fantasy

he is #1 in our hearts so you should take him #1

its only right

otm

hes gonna average like 20-7-3 on 60% shooting but prob miss some games cause hes not in great shape and has never experienced "the rigors of an nba season"

coudl see him leading the league in steals hunting those fast break dunks

its true he is very good at steals

shd get many blocks too one wld think

woudl think he'd be able to average 1.5 blocks per game pretty easy but he may need to stay planted NBA players are smart at drawing fouls.

he so explosive he cld wait for them to shoot and still get there, may take some time tho

Trying to decide how high I should draft him in fantasy

The downside risk is vanishingly small compared to the upside potential. I'd take him first for fantasy, higher than Kawhi rn, if only because Kawhi regulates his output and will sit out regular season games to give his body a break. Zion is young, durable, and eager to dazzle the league every night.

im thinking 2nd/3rd round but no way i draft him over kawhi. depends where my draft position is but its pretty rare a rookie ends up in the top 40 fantasy rankings after a full season

Where would you have taken Shaq in his rookie year? O'Neal averaged 23.4 points on 56.2% shooting, 13.9 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks per game for his rookie season.

idk

Zion isn't gonna avg anything close to those numbers cmon now

Shaq had 3 yrs of NCAA experience leading up to his rookie year

I doubt he'll average 13.5 rebounds, but Zion is going to get the ball in his hands nearly every time down the floor and his point production will be high. With his off-the-charts athleticism his steals and blocks will be high, too. Rookie or not, the Pellies will be built around him from day one.

21/10/5 would be enough for ROY and realistic i think depending on how beat up he gets

If they play Zion more than 35 minutes per game then they are incompetent

0 blks in 4 preseason games. You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.

knee flaring up already??? hope its nothing

Bo Jackson

DONT

mods

yellow card dammit

Zion simply doesn't want to embarrass his friend RJ.

yellow card dammit

― mookieproof, Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:23 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

thy will be zion

New Orleans rookie Zion Williamson will undergo further evaluations on right knee today and possibly tomorrow, but the organization is relieved the forward has avoided any major longterm issues, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) October 18, 2019

good but like... this is concerning

was reading a thing saying he has knee valgus too

A severe injury has been ruled out for Zion Williamson’s right knee, but he is expected to miss period of weeks to start regular season, league sources tell ESPN. Pels are clearly treating injury with an abundance of caution but there’s no shortage of confidence on full recovery.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 18, 2019

:[

Barkley would miss 15-20 games most seasons. I guess maybe that was partly because he was drunk all the time but

weird I just saw a video from a bone doctor basically arguing that Zion's destiny is to be perpetually injured and will most likely tear his ACL at some point

that's a grim oden

*omen

lollll

zion shd lose some weight imo

sad lol xp

haha what a slip

Ladies call me the bone doctor

the world is a dark, shitty place

did everyone already forget that the pels are cursed

brow was an iron man relative to the norm on that team

didn't griffin bring in a whole new medical staff

he stole someone key from the phoenix operation iirc

.@ZionWilliamson rocking “Ray Allen” Air Jordan 7s tonight.
📸: @LayneMurdochJr pic.twitter.com/bdHU5TTwFV

— Complex Sneakers (@ComplexSneakers) November 15, 2019

he is a big dude

Love how tiny his face looks in that shot