Agent23
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Sheesh. Paying off of potential. Jaylen Brown has been a mediocre NBA player so far. Hope Buddy seeing this doesn’t change his mind on the agreement.
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Sheesh. Paying off of potential. Jaylen Brown has been a mediocre NBA player so far. Hope Buddy seeing this doesn’t change his mind on the agreement.
what potential
LoungeLizard
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Yep. Out 6-8 weeks.
If his two comps are Charles Barkley and Larry Johnson, he's looking more LJ right now.
Tetsujin
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At least LJ was healthy for his first two seasons. Zion's body is already breaking down.
Pelicans should just make Zion sit out the whole year. Fix these apparent biomechanical issues, make him drop at least 30lbs and maybe fix his bad shooting mechanics while doing it. Its awfull to say but without some serious work I dont see him avoiding injuries long term and there are examples out there how injuries can turn an all Nba player to a bench guy (Rose for example). His style of play, lack of jumpshot, bad biomechanics and weight combined just scream a huge injury risk and I wouldnt want to see that on a player that special.
The problem with Zion and his weight is if he losses it, he losses his main advantage which is that insane strength build (still will be strong no doubt and maybe quicker). It;s a catch 22 imo.
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Telemachus
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More than he has earned. This could very easily come back to bite them.
Sluggah
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Ummmm. What the hell.
Nobody believed me when I mentioned Greg Oden.
Well, nobody WANTS to believe that Zion will be an injury case, he's just too fun to watch. But I think a lot of us have been concerned about the possibility.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
A snippet from Shams's article about the Zion injury on The Athletic:
The fact that the injury seems to have just come from wear and tear and rather than one single awkward landing or collision is troubling to say the least.
Husky guy + Brandon Roy knees = Bad news.
The fact that the injury seems to have just come from wear and tear and rather than one single awkward landing or collision is troubling to say the least.
Husky guy + Brandon Roy knees = Bad news.
He might be. What if he's Blake Griffin, though?Nobody believed me when I mentioned Greg Oden.
That would be the much better outcome.
Just reported—Klay Thompson out for the year. KD out for the year. Plus—Zion our for two months. Paul George out for a month. “Load management” now an accepted culture. “Competitive balance” has never once driven NBA ratings. I already miss the Warriors dynasty.
— Colin Cowherd (@colincowherd) October 22, 2019
kingsboi
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It's a stars league, it always has been, always will be. That said, There are still plenty of stars that aren't out for the year for the NBA to have a "competitive balance" type of season and have one for the ages too.
How you like that lowkey shade on Okafor, from Webber?
"I've seen plenty of dirty players.... NOT THAT HE IS!"
"I've seen plenty of cheap players... NOT THAT HE IS!"
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"I've seen plenty of dirty players.... NOT THAT HE IS!"
"I've seen plenty of cheap players... NOT THAT HE IS!"
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You know, my criticisms of Anthony Davis and his softness aside, I actually like Davis, and don't really give a **** about New Orleans. And I don't buy into that "Nobody believed in us/everybody doubted us!" bullshirt, either. THAT being said, I am sympathetic to players that were cast aside by other teams, and the Pelicans are full of them. I personally find them easier to root for, without Zion Williamson.
Eh, I'm rooting for Lonzo, simply because of the whole "cast off" thing. Everybody was ready to throw that dude in the trash, even his own father.
Agent23
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I like Lonzo too but I don’t think he is as good some of his “supporters” think he is. He’s a role player right now not some Superstar. I think Melo is going to end being a better NBA player than him.
I don't really check for the hype, so I don't have much of a sense of how good Lonzo Ball's "supporters" think he is; I don't hang out on the portions of the internet where I would be exposed to it.
I will agree with the last part, but only from the standpoint of the NBA being a scorer's league, and Lonzo isn't one. I haven't seen much of LaMelo Ball but, nothing from the limited observations I have had suggests to me that he's a better basketball player than Lonzo Ball is. That being said, when you look at both ends of the floor, and all-around skillsets, I think that the case could be made that Shane Battier is, objectively, a better basketball player than Joe Johnson, but Iso Joe is such a superior scorer, that it doesn't matter.
I mean, it's not looking so great right this second, but...
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