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

Dude floats

washing doen a dubs loss with zion highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjUwM5bYz4I
love to see that even fellow beefcake isaih stewart bounces off of him like everyone else

Exclamation Point pic.twitter.com/0Hkm3l7pNx

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) December 10, 2022

he looks at the rim the way I look at a donut when I'm extremely high

looks like hes standing at halfcourt and is very large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjlqWIxX0AAVk53?format=jpg&name=large

Bruh 😭 pic.twitter.com/iZIj2IsT7U

— Denver🎁🎄 (@doubledworth) December 11, 2022

more zion highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PqPPgWXSk
love that step through move just before the half

He’s so good. I want to see a grizz/pels WCF.

last 5 31-9-5 on 66%

He’s so good. I want to see a grizz/pels WCF.

― Jeff, Monday, December 12, 2022 6:57 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

needs to happen, with the pels wrecking the suns in the semis

pels warriors wcf i will accept

we def need another suns pels playoffs matchup tho. and a gsw memphis one

its time for some new guys

it may be

griz young legs and physicality could, and has tbf, def cause the dubs major problems, classic changing of the guard matchup, pelicans too actually

i dont think the warriors have played healthy vs a healthy (with Zion) pels team yet

dray v zion could be pretty nice

zion doesnt seem to think too much of rudy lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5KbwD1pOMA

just constantly challenging him lol

driving straight at the two time defensive player of the year over and over why not

learning on the fly literally

ha yeah

speaking of rudy
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjwQf2JX0AAKFn1?format=jpg&name=small

lolllll fuck rudolph gogurt

what a loser

entire league hates rudy but zion is one of the only players w/ the game to put that into action on the court

at least in the regular season anyway...

lol was gonna say..

OH MY WORD ZION IS DIFFERENT!!!😱@PelicansNBA | #Pelicans |📺:BSNO pic.twitter.com/mAnMviwC5m

— Bally Sports New Orleans (@BallySportsNO) December 18, 2022

Rocking that rim like only shaq could

ZION WILLIAMSON RISE UP 😱pic.twitter.com/0FCSZeURtA

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 29, 2022

excuse me coming through haha

zion is a living myth 😳 pic.twitter.com/YVIT6N176X

— Dan Favale (@danfavale) December 29, 2022

zion loves to dunk on rudy its his favorite

He spent the entire end of that game just going after Rudy again and again. It was beautiful.

how does this guy play 34 mins and end a game with 3 rebounds lol. nice game tho

wow rudy gobert fanclub mad

ZION WITH A CAREER HIGH 43 POINTS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/nYH5azYZ7o

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 29, 2022

im sure he doesnt have the energy for it but just zion driving on every play is a pretty good offense the other team would foul out and get physically destroyed, mb do it in the 4th quarter

27 drives for Zion last night and 31 points scored off of them! pic.twitter.com/o1Og8RKfJT

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) December 29, 2022

more missed games than AD, Kawhi, PG and Kyrie in that span pic.twitter.com/TuHvK7YKqB

— nbaayy (@nbaayy) February 13, 2023

extremely sad

He's gonna be a daddy! Congratulations to Zion Williamson!!

haha yeah he uhhh has a lot going on in his personal life

this is so funny

if I were preternaturally athletic and very rich I would definitely be a locker room cancer but I’d be taking the zion/harden approach rather than the ja one

theres really no reason not to

the tweets about how she was motivating him to stay in shape are in perfect balance on the lol/sad axis

lmao

Guns and Buns: A South Carolina Addiction Story pic.twitter.com/bjQBidVwci

— Hoops (@HoopMixOnly) June 7, 2023

as always, I recommend the bomani jones podcast from today