In 16/27 he played 31 games and the team went 28-64, Zion had MUCH better numbers though I do remember Philly being much better when he played vs when he didn't. He still loses every conversation vs Zion about year 1.
2nd year he played 63 games, team went 52-30, this was with a Ben Simmons the NBA didn't know to defend yet, the team was still good without Joel. Zion once again has MUCH better numbers without the team success.
There is no debate in a 4th year player not being as good as a 2nd year player. We got injuries and minute restrictions for both players, though Joel had a coach that was there for a long time and helped build "the process". New Orleans has been a team freestyling everything. 2 different situations
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If Zion comes back and is no longer an automatic 25+ppg, then you nikkas can dawg bro all y'all want. As long as the nikka is putting up historic numbers I do t want to hear that shyt. Embid didn't get the same criticism and his injury situation was much worse, AND STILL IS.