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

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.
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— Complex Sneakers (@ComplexSneakers) November 15, 2019

he is a big dude

Love how tiny his face looks in that shot

beginning to wonder if we are going to see him play this season.

Woj tweeted this (upthread) on Oct 18, about nine weeks ago:

"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"

8 weeks was the far end of the prognosis

From Dec 5: https://www.nola.com/sports/pelicans/article_af339a8a-17d1-11ea-aa2f-0b6c0a7fe8db.html

New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin, chatting with Fox Sports New Orleans broadcasters Joel Meyers and Antonio Daniels during the start of the second quarter of the team's home game versus the Phoenix Suns, said everything in Zion's rehab is still going according to the team's six- to eight-week recovery timeline, noting that "we were at six weeks three days ago. He continues to progress, he's progressing very well," Griffin said. "He feels very good about his process.

"Eight weeks is several days from now. If we get outside of that, it will be because he hasn't met the metrics for return to play that are laid out for him and every player on our team. He will not be treated any differently in terms of the return to play metrics."

Griffin's latest comments come in light of a recent report from TNT's Kristen Ledlow, which said Williamson would not return within the eight-week window the team initially projected for his return post-surgery. The report caused a stir among the Pelicans' fanbase, with some accusations of the team not being transparent about Williamson's timeline, as well as fans being sold on promises the team has not been able to keep.

Griffin, however, shrugged those comments off — suggesting that some within the organization believe him to be "too transparent" when it comes to dispersing information. He also said the timeline for Williamson's return hasn't changed, saying Ledlow's report likely stemmed from comments he made earlier in the season during a local ESPN Radio interview.

"What she's referring to is comments that I've made where I have said if he hits those metrics in seven weeks — fine," Griffin said. "If he hits those metrics in 10 weeks — fine. We don't care when that is, but he's not getting on the court until he proves to us he's healthy, no matter what it is he wants to do."

8 weeks is tomorrow i think and he hasn't done any bball activity yet

I know the Pels have a lot of problems that 1 Zion won't fix but they've lost a bunch of games by close margins due to the offense getting bogged down in the final minutes. If the Zion that dazzled in the preseason had been in even just at the end of those games it'd be reasonable to think they'd be above .500

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.