Zion Williamson Out indefinitely with a Hamstring Injury. Same Injury that ended his last two seasons.

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Giannis has too much pull for that

True, but the Bucks getting their picks back would likely be more valuable than most other trade packages they get in return.

 

[Damnshow]

He's averaging 6p 6r 6ast and solid defense. If you view him like Draymond, and not who he is supposed to be, he's solid.

Ben Simmons aka the 666 the mark of the beast. I knew it! A tidal wave will wipe out the whole western sea border! It will either be an asteroid or an earthquake in the western fault. Now all world events start making sense

 

[clutch]

I hate everything

 

[yseJ]

hes destined to be crippled by constant injuries

 

[Regular_P]

Gotta thin out like crazy, and honestly he'll never do this but, watching less explosive but properly scoring euro players would be good tape to study for him to learn how to score with out needing so much burst and shift

Last year, I thought he played like they told him to ease his way through the season so he could be ready for the playoffs in one piece. Then, he went all out in the play-in game and fukked up his hammy.

His destiny might just be 25 minutes a night at best.

The contract is bad but not insane compared to Kawhi/Beal/Lillard and he's still young. Someone will take a flyer on him with some mid-contracts. San Antonio would be really interesting.

 

[waltthizzney]

hamstring injuries are the result of being overweight and out of shape

 

[Damnshow]

Bad Pelicans medical staff + him being injury prone doesn't look like a winning formula.

 

[J-MIL]

Had a spark when he started......

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

He’s too explosive for his body. Even with him coming in great shape, he still gets hurt. He’s not supposed to be playing like how he does. Better adjust his game or it will be a continuous cycle.

I told cats this from Day 1, but they kept saying I was wishing injury on him:

All that wear and tear at his weight will catch up to him eventually if he doesn't cut down. It will be inevitable.

My g, you do realize me stating that Zion needs to lose considerable weight, and adding a jumpshot, is only me hoping he maximizes his abilities and prolongs his career, right? Once he gets down to suitable playing weight, he's going to have to change his game, and adapt, and that's where a more perimeter-based game comes into play.

You think he can continue down this path he's on?

What we do know is that because of his gait, landing mechanics, BA, his body still growing and simultaneously trying to map out a course of its own functionality, and his reckless, physical, and high-paint activity style of play, that in itself, is a cocktail of doom. But when we add in the fact that he's playing at an incomparable weight, that players who're 4, 5, 6+ inches taller aren't even tipping the scales at, we've entered territory where it's become the inevitable (as I've said time and time again).

The problem with you is, for whatever reason, you got it in your head a long time ago that he doesn't need to lose weight, and are now trying to fit the pieces around that to where you're keeping up that fictive, even it goes against all common sense, the nature of the game, opinions of physicians, and most importantly, reality.

More weight = more stress on body.

That's about as layman as we can get. And yet here we are with you playing dumb to ignore the culmination of stress he's put his body under. Especially where he exists in a game that has more running/covering of distance, more jumping and moving at angles, than it ever has before, that even the standard-NBA body type isn't made for.

Are you really asking if the benefit of decreasing the risk of injury, where he'd increase his chances of having an actual career, outweighs the benefit of him playing a certain way, all at the cost of him lowering the chances of having an actual career?



You can change the way you play; you can't change shyt if your career is over.

This is partly the reason why I said the success he has at the NBA-level is down to him developing an outside game, because he's not going to be able to truly dominate with his style of play, especially in his current state of weight.

There are far, far, far too many factors standing in his way: his body won't let him, the war of attrition that is the season won't let him, his SOP won't let him, length / size / experience at the NBA-level won't let him, coaching, game-planning, and adjustments won't let him.

Losing weight and changing/adapting his style of play is the only way.

Years and years telling these cats and now they're learning the hard way.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@Gil Scott-Heroin

Unfortunately, sooner or later we'll all see the prophet is.



Nxggas was living in fantasyland thinking this was going to end any other way.

 

[FaTaL]

Not surprising.

You can never really go full speed again.

I've pulled both.

so, it heals. hes not stretching properly before games

 

[stepbackj34spud]

I was a Zion fan, not anymore. Nogga can never stay on the court. Saw him when he came to bk last season.. he was phenomenal. Imo he’s officially a bust.

 

[010101]

style of play & weight a double edged sword

players that play off all athleticism burn out the worst

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[BigTyme Records]

Talented player but it might be time to move on from him. Zero playoff games. Can’t stay healthy. NOLA needs to reset

 

[Diondon]