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

might f around and post every zion game highlight vid until further notice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox9DxNyStxw

he grabs an alleyoop from behind the backboard and switches to his other hand and makes it somehow

duke steals it @ unc in ot after trailing like the entire game

also i was watching the end of ark/missou & the announcersaid somethinglike "i need to apologize for the deeply offensive statement i made earlier abt college gymnastics" ? lmao what did dude say

whoops meant this for the cbb thread obv

Zion did some stuff 31-9-5-1. 14 fta

+25

What's highest fg% for a rookie averaging 15+ ppg? Shaq? Wilt?

I can answer that question, Granny.
Deandre Ayton! 58.5%
Buck Williams 58.2
Zion 57.4
Shaq 56.2
Chris Webber 55.2

In his rookie season in the ABA, Artis Gilmore averaged 24 ppg on 59.8%

1st I remember being aware of Artis was in Guiness Book for highest career FG%

Artis had the misfortune of being Kareem's exact contemporary, so he was always overshadowed.

Deandre Jordan gonna smash that record

Isn’t gobert even better

nah .670 vs .638

zion posting in transition

Zion Williamson is here to save the Pelicans, and along the way, he just might save the low-post game, too. https://t.co/4rLrZo0cgI pic.twitter.com/1qZarE73yn

— Rob Mahoney (@RobMahoney) February 13, 2020

Cool. Has he been coached to do that or is it hoops instinct?

the article credits coaching but theres not any proof of it in there quotes or whatever

the one time my ex-D2 hooper friend wanted to make a point that I had no chance of guarding him if he played at >75% of his capabilities, he'd just sprint down court, get in the key, seal me off, and I was as helpless as a newborn

I miss PGs who would back down into the post, a la Magic. I guess Giannis does that fairly often huh.

westbrook does it a little. chauncey was good at it iirc

oh yep Russ. Chauncey was who came to mind as one of the last to do it. Andre Miller too.

gonna just keep upping his career high til he drops 100 hopefully
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv53nav7Eao

He's even less comprehensible in person.
https://i.imgur.com/yQIli9nr.jpg

his ~10 game highlight reel is already better than most pros full career reel

he does something truly astonishing several times a night

The Beast of the Bayou.

🎵 'King of Terror' @CLanceEnemySoil pic.twitter.com/K0x3NBe2VE

— Dunk Comp (@dunk_comp) February 26, 2020

his rebound over the top of dwight last night got me up out of my seat

Zion flying over Howard for this offensive rebound is SCARY athleticism ... pic.twitter.com/zUbkDpXViy

— Reed (@Reed_nba) February 26, 2020

with all due respect what the fuck

Zion caught this like a WR1, then went bully ball 💪 pic.twitter.com/IubA5IbXdv

— ESPN (@espn) March 4, 2020

that's......four guys

utterly absurd

like young shaq and young barkely melded into one

zion goes where he wants to

he's what we were looking for

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESU9VSgUMAANDzG?format=jpg&name=medium

lol wtf

reminds me of
http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/zion1-4.jpg

gravity is a social construct

a thread for pictures of floating zion is likely not too far in our future

wtf looks like a video game glitch

Zion and Doncic facing off, what a wonderful world

madness

HAIL MARY TO ZION pic.twitter.com/JhD7QEEuwH

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 8, 2020

https://www.nba.com/video/2020/04/27/nba-together-ernie-johnson-joined-zion-williamson
seems like a nice kid who might need a bit more media training

Remember when we used to be excited about our special boy

run for your lives pic.twitter.com/q8FRtwnmvD

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 18, 2021

our grand boy's still finding his feet in the nba. or maybe he's aware this is a cursed season that won't count for or against his eventual place.

22-9 55% 20 years old

i'm still excited, except when it comes to watching literally everyone else on the pelicans

Yah that may be the problem.

zion when he not throwing down thunderous dunks is the ultimate makes it look easy guy, catches the ball on the move and is at the rim for a layup, and it just looks like a play anyone couldve made but really its not

hes been the fastest to all the hundreds of points milestones since iverson and everyone is all i wonder if this guy is gonna do anything, hes played 35 games and averaged 20+pts the whole time

Yah he’s basically a rookie