cartierhoe
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Par for the course for these cats on here
Zion Williamson Bust Watch
- Thread starter Dr. Fauci
- Start date
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All Star
kid need to eat some vegetables
"Not living up to the type" is not the premise of this thread. It legit calling him a bust before playing in an NBA game.
Isn’t that exactly what a bust is
Bust is completely flame out, imo.
You could not live up to the hype and still have a serviceable career. Wiggins is an example of that.
No sir Wiggins is a bust
no one is getting drafted number #1 to be a marginal player
I disagree. My bust doesn't have to be multi-time all star and surefire HoF.
They need to be multi time allstars
You can find a role player in the second round
Bledswole
Slappin and clowning chumps for fun.
Dudes is about to average at the very least 16,8,5 on like 55% FG
ROY award coming right up
Yall trippin if you think this boy about to be a bust
only way it happens is if he gets injured
ROY award coming right upYall trippin if you think this boy about to be a bust
only way it happens is if he gets injured
It depends on your expectations.
If your expectations are he’s supposed to be a generational talent who could be the best player on a championship team and the best player in the league one day he will fail.
If he hits his ceiling and improves in areas he can be Blake Griffin esque imo I think that’s reasonable
If your expectations are he’s supposed to be a generational talent who could be the best player on a championship team and the best player in the league one day he will fail.
If he hits his ceiling and improves in areas he can be Blake Griffin esque imo I think that’s reasonable
You wrote all that to someone who blocked you a long time agoI'll take your silence as you not believing the shyt you wrote - just mindless fandom bullshyt.
First of all, the camera angle and distance, and the stances they're all in don't accurately reflect their heights, and judging by the eye-line between Zion and Lonzo, there doesn't seem to be a significant margin (2+ inch difference) where this would be even worth posting. Second of all, I liked how you completely neglected to address his wingspan, considering it probably has more influence than height does; his wingspan is below-average for a 3 (let alone comparing him to big men who he'll most probably be playing against).
And no, he doesn't have the same frame as Miami LeBron; his frame is considerably smaller. The lastest measurements I can find for Zion:
Standing reach - 8'7 (whereas LeBron is/was 8'9.5)
Wingspan - 6'10 (whereas LeBron is/was 7'0.25).
This is why I said his success is going to be nearly completely reliant on developing an outside shot, because his frame isn't going to allow him to dominate against big men [and in the paint] in the league. I mean, hell, we already saw his shyt get packed in a Summer League game multiple times trying to get his shot off because of his lack of size.
How many players currently, or throughout history, have been undersized for a 3, yet dominated the league without having a jumpshot? I'll wait.
What a nonsensical reference point.
Not only is Giannis' success also reliant upon him developing an outside shot, but he stands at 6'11, with a 7ft-and-a-half wingspan (plus, the third-largest hands in NBA history), so he's less reliant on an outside shot than Zion is, because he basically towers over everyone that's on the floor. Meanwhile, Zion's out here barely standing over Lonzo.
You mean the same poster who initially quoted me? I know you from Louisiana, but try to smarten up.You wrote all that to someone who blocked you a long time ago
chosenaledge13
Superstar
It's going to take some sort of miracle for him to "comfortably" average those numbers.
For starters, for him to average five assists, either Lonzo and/or Jrue and/or Ingram will have to go down injured (he's NOT averaging that amount of assists if they all stay healthy), or the Pelicans have the most high-powered offense in history for all four of them to average a high-amount of assists. And if the former ends up being the result, and he averages five assists - 16 points on 52 FG% seems abnormally high that he'd be producing at a rate for a rookie on an understrength lottery team, likely playing in a position and a role that he's not comfortable in (which would affect his efficiency). And if the latter is true, then the Pelicans would likely be the #1 seed.
LeBron was nowhere near that efficient in his first season, and he was far more advanced as a scorer than Zion was at the same age.
I think it's safe to say he's not going to be comfortably averaging those numbers. Plus, nobody should be looking at his box score #s to evaluate his season/growth. Y'all nikkas need to come up off that.
