I cannot imagine what it must be like for someone who has a NBA fantasy team that is built around drafting Dukies. Like if you had Zion, Paolo, Barrett, McCain, and maybe you also had Joel Embiid, Ja Morant, and Cam Thomas. Whew... can't imagine how tough that would be.
Would love to see him on the Warriors if they could find a trade worth making. Keep Zion's minutes down until the playoffs. Having Steph and Draymond passing the ball to Zion and getting to watch Zion finish in the paint would be fun stuff.
i mean, they could do the same in NOLA. Zion's body just won't let him play.
That why I mentioned that GSW can limit his minutes until the playoffs. They can't do the same in NOLA. They don't run the kind of offense in NOLA that the GSW run (movement and passing) and they don't have Steph or Draymond passing the ball....
I dunno; NOLA seems to be limiting Zion’s minutes pretty drastically.
Yeah, so far zero minutes. That's a good point. I'm guessing lots of people feel like I do: just wish Zion could stay healthy because he's amazing when he's on the court. I don't think NOLA is going anywhere so it'd would be great to see him playing with Steph....
I don't think Zion takes care of his own body enough to stay healthy. Despite being one of the most athletic people on earth, Zion isn't often in great shape. It is widely reported that Lebron spends millions of dollars a year on his fitness. He has personal trainers, yoga instructors, chefs, nutritionists, mental health experts, cryo therapy, heat therapy, massage and stretching specialists and a lot of other people and gadgets to keep him performing into his 40s. Lebron is still an athletic freak. If you've seen some of Zion's videos, it looks like he likes to sit around and play video games, drink mountain dew and eat chips. Zion is headed quickly towards the "what-if off ramp" where Greg Oden, Jay Williams, Brandon Roy and a bunch of others will be waiting to welcome him to the neighborhood.
hopefully we can separate the “what ifs” from those that lacked will and those were involved in horrific accidents.
I was going to do that, but I didn't want to pile on Zion too much.
I so hate having been wrong about Zion. When he entered the league, I was of the opinion that he was going to be a top five player in the NBA for 15+ years, which would have made him one of the all-time greats.
Sadly, I think there's a better than 50% chance this is correct.
Yes, indeed! "Unique physique" may well cause unique physical problems.