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

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

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

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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