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

yeah, i've been watching a lot of their games and they're really a team that's close to being competitive

could def be next year's equiv of what the mavs are doing this year

I just wish Lonzo was like 10% better

Yes, an increase of 10% in his TS% is what his game cries out for.

I feel like he’s out for the season and they’re being super sleazy about it

same

if so, what's the endgame there? i get that they would do that to sell tickets but if he's not in there for a month do Pelicans execs just throw up their hands and go "aw shucks, ya got us"? seems like a definite way to alienate your fanbase for years.

The fans will come back because Zion will be there.

definitely getting the impression that there's more to the story but the Pels may not know exactly what it is yet

mb theyre trying to get him to lose weight

that seems likely as well. they are all prob scared out of their minds to be the one to clear him to play

wonder how much the Kevin Durant thing shook these guys

Zion just as a physical being is very 🤔

seemed like the Pels got really screwed last night by a clear shot-clock violation that wasn't called and would have left them with 2-3 seconds left to inbound from halfcourt and try a GW shot. seemed like Gentry was completely oblivious but Antonio Daniels was freaking out on the broadcast.

Oh no

The Pelicans are reportedly trying to teach Zion how to walk and run differently in his rehab process https://t.co/Ipl9C4HJk7

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) December 26, 2019

never a good sign when theyre teaching you the basics of...walking

idk if the pelicans are the right ppl to be doing this

it’s the famous suns trainer now at least.

i think this is good, sounds similar to what steph did to prevent chronic ankle issues.

Yah may be a great thing but just side eying everything about him until he plays at this point

I think they need to be open to the possibility that the way Zion runs is actually good for him

E.g. I’m pretty sure Lebron running like a duck is a key to his long term health

yeah its dicey to f w that sort of thing

I vaguely remember that Myles Turner raised his draft stock by learning to run

starting to think we might not see this guy this year

he's scheduled for 5 on 5 drills in january. if we don't see him things are going really badly.

Blake and Ben both missed their entire rookie campaigns so there is precedent.

except zion doesnt have a major injury...............

depends how bad the meniscus tear was.

they said it was not bad but mb are lying, tbh i support just doing a year of getting in good shape doing whatever crazy kinesiology even if its not bad, just living the spa life

mb bring him back for 20mins a night the last couple months just to get him some burn / give ppl what they need

we deserve it

we may see him this month after all. full practice today and team is loosely targeting a January return

big baby new year won't you bring me a thunderous dunk

Zion testing that knee with some alley-oops 👀 pic.twitter.com/cB9qD2tRpg

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2020

Now we’re talking

my friend and i bought tickets to boston/new orleans (next saturday) a while ago gambling that he'd be back....think we're just going to miss it : (

drop step between the legs its time baby

Zion appears to be progressing well enough to go between the legs and slam at MSG in warmups (h/t @darrenelwood) pic.twitter.com/SA2BAGcEPi

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) January 10, 2020

Good god man

dammit zion, why don't you just play tomorrow for my personal benefit

help a board out

jesus let the man play!

this was a good read
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28485732/zion-williamson-preparation-preservation-no-precedent

yeah good stuff, i love all that technical athletic form how the body is aligned and so forth

me too

Specialists at P3 and elsewhere note that it's easier to repair such issues in younger players than older ones. One veteran Western Conference scout says recent reports for prospects have often included the phrase "tight hips."

"At first, I would kind of laugh at it," the scout says. "But now I notice it more and more often, especially when they move laterally while defending. A lot of these guys can't get low to the ground."

Ok so are there any theories as to why young guys today have this issue?

mb due to more sitting around, p well documented that kids spend more time indoors these days

kids need to get outside and play some damned four square

maybe not getting the calcium from hose water or the vitamin D from the streetlights

facts

my parents still live in mid class suburban home I grew up in and man there's nooooobody ever playing outside. Was staying there few months ago and heard children's voices but that was from the grade school's recess ie the time they're forced to play outside