Zion is the next face of the league

[Blessings]

Its Anthony Edwards

 

[4-Rin]

Zion needs to lose some weight. If he stays big his prime will be very short

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Nope.

 

[SadimirPutin]

He is currently a statistical demon.....

But the next face of the league requires certain things..individual excellence and awards.....team accomplishments...have to make the postseason and excel there....personality

 

[staticshock]

Based on OP’s history I’m surprised he didn’t say Luka, Jokic, Herro, Riddikk or KP

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

I can respect it.
I hope he stays healthy

 

[ISO]

He won't.

If R.J. is an All-Star level player at that point it’s pretty possible.

 

[ISO]

at 20 years old he is already at a higher ceiling than 20 year old Lebron

are there really any counter arguments to this?

LeBron was better all the ‘lytics are on his side.

He was a better playmaker, shooter, and defender with similar rim pressure and paint efficiency at the same age.

Zion is a negative defender (lacks discipline, awareness, effort, average length) and he doesn’t take shots outside the paint. Zion is an All-Time great in the making for sure though.

 

[SadimirPutin]

18-year-old Bron in literally his first NBA game ever is the counter-argument.



Or this one just 5 months later when he was barely 19 against the reigning EC champs:



20yo Bron averaged 31-7-7 and two steals/game in a slower era on a team full of scrubs where he had 100% of every squad's defensive attention focused on him. 1st-team All-NBA, 2nd in MVP voting, All-Star MVP, averaged a ridiculous 36-8-6 in his first playoff series ever with two game-winners to almost single-handedly defeat the Arenas-Jamison-Butler Wizards, then came one play away from defeating the title contender Pistons.


LeBron as a teenager was already showing better shooting, passing, court vision, leadership skills, and defensive instincts than Zion has ever given any indication of. Not to mention that he was taller, faster, with a more consistent motor and had a more sustainable NBA physique. So Zion's ceiling is higher by....what standard exactly?

cause they made it up in their mind of course

 

[Black Lightning]

Him & Lamelo

 

[Derek Lee]

This guy needs to spamming the forum with these useless threads

 

[10bandz]

Blaze makes a thread about a black player ?

 

[Kski]

While Zion shaping up to be an All Time Great NBA player, OP shaping up to be an All Time WOAT Coli Poster

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

If R.J. is an All-Star level player at that point it’s pretty possible.

And if Kira Lewis is an All Star level player Zion will re-sign with us. See how easy it is to go the "Oooh if my team's player turns out to be really good..." route?

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

One thing about the "face of the league" thing is the social media aspect. LeBron is great on social. Usually the "next face of the league revolves around Luka and Zion. Luka is pretty decent on social, Zion is nearly non existent. It'll be pretty interesting to see if Zion can be the face of the league when he barely tweets and all his IG posts are usually just from his marketing team. In this day and age, fans want their stars to be personable on social media.