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

not of each other!!!!!!!!!!

I've heard that success has a thousand fathers, but failure is an orphan. zion is a huge success and therefore it stands to reason that he could have a much larger number of fathers.

he has many fathers of which i am one

i just made dinner for zion because he is a member of my family

yes yes he has a real dad and it isn't me but i just... i just want him to be ok and safe is that SO WRONG

Everything he does is a highlight

OK THEN, ZION! 😳#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/JINUjeCjze

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 23, 2019

jesus

btw, ja morant yesterday!!

ive begun to think of the tourney as "who would i like to see zion dunk on"

tacko obv

yeah

one concern I have about drafting Zion Williamson is he might accidentally jump into orbit someday pic.twitter.com/oxJGQsA3lT

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) March 30, 2019

agreed

I’d really like to see Zion wind up with the Hawks because he and Trae Young would be a delightful combination.

— Paul Flannery (@Pflanns) March 30, 2019

Against Virginia Tech he's playing like he's not very interested in playing unless he sees a chance to add to his highlight reel. Otherwise he's just marking time out there. nagl, imo.

idk since i turned this on he's had a sick block on a play where the guy thought he beat him as well as a sweet drive and layup

yup. sick blocks go into the highlight reel. sweet drives, too. he probably had about 8 or 9 really excellent plays in this game to add to his collection. it's not like he played badly. he didn't. he played more like he knew he could turn on the jets if he had to and instantly make up the difference between being fully engaged and a bit lackadaisical.

dude you are so wrong. I haven’t seen a player with zion’s motor in a long time

really? are you watching the NCAA tournament? the players may not be NBA talent, but, good lord, they burn through energy like four year olds on a sugar rush. they all have motors.

ok, a serious NBA prospect. there is absolutely no question about his motor — it’s one of his biggest strengths imo

zion can be in the nba but first he needs a good scolding lol

my main concern with the NBA is that they let/make him put ZION on the back of his jersey

I will tarnish the name of the first announcer who calls him williamson

classic aimless

shame about carolina tho

aimless what on earth! I read your post before I watched the game and was looking for any semblance of what you were on about and found nothing.

Since January 8th, Zion Williamson is shooting 40.5% from 3 on 2.3 attempts per game

— Zach Milner (@ZachMilner13) March 30, 2019

looking for any semblance of what you were on about and found nothing

OK. But I took a look at the box score a minute ago. He played all 40 minutes. He had off-the-chart offensive numbers: 11-14, with 1-2 from 3pt. Also 3 blocks. Exciting stuff!

But he only took one FT, had 1 assist, and for a big man 6 rebounds in 40 minutes is not exactly bad, but not an indicator of extraordinary effort. This kind of supports my impression that he's a human highlight machine, but between highlights he was not exactly dogging it last night, but not really putting out his full effort either - which is what I thought I said to begin with.

1) he wasn't getting fouled because the defense was just getting out of the way once he was in position.
2) in the 6 minutes i watched he tossed a couple of great passes to open shooters, but they missed because the rest of the team sucks. saw a dude shoot an airball *past* the basket on a corner 3.

he didn't seem to be in great rebounding position at times but i'm not sure it was an effort issue.

playing all 40 minutes is pretty taxing I’m sure...

if he were *really* trying he'd have had more than three fouls, smh

duke college has failed to live up to my beautiful sons high standards

suing duke for giving my son a bad grade aka not winning the tournament his prospects are ruined

i want Zion to fail bc I want bill simmons predictions to fail.

Coach K on the hot seat

Zion is going to return to college as player/coach

also I'm pissed it's looking promising I might be able to get a free ticket to the final four and I wanted to see him

could be cool to see the players that won games

i want Zion to fail bc I want bill simmons predictions to fail.

― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, March 31, 2019 8:46 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

zion will not fail if anything ppl dont know how good he really is

Zion has "epochal star player" written all over him as a freshman as much as Wilt, Kareem, Shaq, or Lebron (had he ever gone to college).

I don't understand college basketball. Does this mean no more Zion til next nba season??

no more Zion til next nba season??

Yes.

Zion's college team lost today. Before that college team plays any more games, Zion will enter the NBA draft and be drafted at #1. Then, come late October, if he's healthy, he'll begin to play NBA games for his new team.

xpost wha?

Feels wrong.

LET. ZION. PLAY.

Zion is on the wolves now

haha I got u April foolz

damn

realized if he never learns to shoot he wld still be extremely good in a giannis like role w a shooting 5

the legend grows

“He literally broke the club!”

Grown. Man. Strength. 💪@Zionwilliamson pic.twitter.com/uRd3cV6WX6

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) September 13, 2019

Super normal stuff. Just a strong guy

what a freak