Now the joooooy of my woooorld is in ZIIIIION — thread for Zion Williamson

most exciting nba prospect since... lebron?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZSBK2yKeME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEJb8Iyv4n8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek-bVyaTRE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swoH636CmQY

This could be the most athletic thing I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/DjaSyNGykl

— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) February 10, 2019

There's a term in basketball called a "grown man rebound," but this is so far beyond a grown man rebound I dont even know what to call it. MERCY ZION pic.twitter.com/32jZEgp3Ni

— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) February 2, 2019

Wow. 6’8 280 pounds with an inside-out crossover and finish in traffic.

Zion shows you something new every game pic.twitter.com/tKrNBkjkPC

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) February 2, 2019

Currently averaging 22/9/2/2/2 on 68% shooting. PER of 42

depending on yr politics hes more exciting than bron

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3NcbyzqILd8

agree

his highest self-rated dunk this year is an 8

lol

zion foot go through his shoe

just saw that, but looks like he got injured on the other leg cos of it.

Zion’s leg is too powerful for his own shoe. pic.twitter.com/gGOwCt31Ch

— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) February 21, 2019

man hope he's ok. dude is gonna need his own signature line and it's gonna have to be like 5x as strong as other shoes.

could be his right acl

didnt look bad he got right up was limping a bit

.@ZionW32 gets loose in the Nike PG 2.5 PE tonight. pic.twitter.com/yFswoRYgMx

— B/R Kicks (@brkicks) February 21, 2019

oops lol

adidas sabotage

UPDATE: Zion Williamson will not return. Knee.

— Duke Basketball (@DukeMBB) February 21, 2019

Knike.

welp guess I’m not seeing zion play on saturday anymore :’(

dang dude that sucks. this was the first college game i tuned into this year...

looked to me like the steph curry mcl sprain from the 2016 playoffs

cld see him playing on saturday, cld see him being out for the season

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dz5dsxCWoAEah5x.jpg

wtf

Unless he gets ACL surgery and won't be able to play again until the 2020-21 season, he's still the consensus #1 pick.

man he just exploded that shoe even put a rip in the sole

paul george on a conference call with nike right now im sure.

adidas is such trash. michigan's old adidas jerseys used to rip frequently. haven't seen any shoes bust, but it was only a matter of time.

https://www.michigandaily.com/sports/1-daniel-wasserman-what-i-learned-adidas-minneapolis-18

nba players should consider inventing in a good pair of boots

holy shit @ all the people who paid $3000+ to see this

thats the funny part

“His shoe broke.” pic.twitter.com/FAtpaF5uAt

— Chase Hughes (@ChaseHughesNBCS) February 21, 2019

hes right

accurate

My thoughts and prayers go out to Zion Williamson, the tremendous superstar basketball player from Duke. His injury isn't surprising though once you realize Obama was at the game. Everywhere Obama goes nothing but disappointment and pain follows!!!! Sad!!!!

— DonaId J. Trump (@SportsTalkBarry) February 21, 2019

^ why bother? it's not DJ Trump. it's not funny.

sp0rts talk b3rry is bad.

coach k said it's a mild strain so kev you might be in luck. altho if im zion im not playing another minute of college ball.

if im zion im flying to ny and getting my suit tailored and then i move into the green room for the draft until july where i am frozen in carbonite with a "fuck coach k" bumper sticker slapped on the side

otm

Duke freshman sensation Zion Williamson was forced out of Wednesday night's game against rival North Carolina after just 36 seconds with what Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski called a "mild knee sprain."

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dz8Hc0TX4AAgz-r.jpg

pretty remarkable that even his injuries are somehow ridiculously athletic and impressive

this is low key the funniest basketball subplot in a while

Paul George on Zion Williamson’s injury and situation with his shoes, says he talked with Nike to find out what went wrong: pic.twitter.com/pJ3N6CEdMj

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) February 21, 2019

someone said zion needs to wear lebrons since lebron is also very powerful and imo that makes sense

hoping he makes a point of signing a shoe deal with non-nike and this remains a thing forever

lol yeah needs to happen

reading this thread from the beginning in one shot is sooooooo sad

Montage of exploding Nike shoes (Manu, Bogut, Wroten, Gordon, Zion) pic.twitter.com/FuXH2qqSiv

— David Astramskas (@redapples) February 21, 2019

lol manu skidmark

I never liked Nikes as actual athletic or workout shoes, quality always seemed a little weak to me, not that I ever played at the intensity to cause a blowout like that.

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/26237677/zion-astonishing-slam-index

its like im always saying "the famous dunk is the best shot"

its what we math nerds in the basketball world call "a good high percentage shot"

Yeah that's the argument I always pull out against "old school fundamentals" dorks. Dunking is like the most fundamental thing you can do. But it seems like the old school fundamentals dork is a dying breed.

dunks not being worth 3 points is the real crime.

dunk judges on the sideline deciding how many pts the dunks are worth

teams start drawing up out of timeout 360 alleyoops to get the 5 pter and win the game

haha im down. at least try it out in the all star game... midrange jumpers by ya boy lamarcus are negative 2 if he misses, 0 for a make.

im fighting you

lol

anyway rumor is LA and dame have patched things up and have discussed a reunion in portland so who knows

knicks are gonna get this guy for real huh

they only have a 15% chance iirc

their ping pong balls are already in the fridge

i am really worried about zion that he is going to have his career cut short by hitting his head on the roof of a stadium too hard

he might jump into outer space and suffocate

Zion is playing tonight!

11/11 from the field so far

lol, boeheim's kid is hoisting

zion should punch reddish and jones every time they shoot

otm

he’s 12-12 from the field with 5 steals (and should have been credited with another a minute ago)

I’m at a party rn with someone who is arguing very strenuously that barrett is a better prospect than zion and my head is about to explode

lol some people

feel like its underrated how rare it is for a freshman to dominate, like the last couple before zion were prob brow and kd, and zion has been much better than either of them

I’m at a party rn with someone who is arguing very strenuously that barrett is a better prospect than zion and my head is about to explode

― k3vin k., Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:08 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i barely even follow these guys and still lol

theres always one

did our big special boy do good tonight

well shit

29 points on 13-for-13 shooting with 14 rebounds, five steals and a block

P good imo

the only reason I can see why someone would favor Barrett as a pro is that there are already a ton of great players in the league who look and play like Barrett, whereas Zion doesn't have nearly as many (or maybe any) ideal comps. but then you remember guys like Ben Simmons and Giannis who are doing just fine as freak outliers.

I have this nagging feeling that I don't want the Knicks to get him because Dolan doesn't deserve anything good and they'll probably just fuck it up somehow anyway.

he could be cool on the Bulls. Zion + LeVine + Lauri + Porter is pretty intriguing.

oh and i forgot Wendell Carter! that's a solid young five.

zion to bulls would be legit

nicholson-yes-nod.gif

yeah i support that

watching zion

the classic rivalry

i too am indulging in some zion

cant take my eyes off zion

who is zion

our big beautiful son

Zion is the whole March madness he’s all we need

there is no ncaa only zion

hes made like 3 or four insane plays since i started posting itt

wonder what kinda numbers hed be putting up in the nba this season

It’s crazy that Barrett and Reddish are super elite prospects that people are penciling in as future nba all stars and Zion renders them completely anonymous

yes they look extremely lame compared to him

I got two degrees from UNC. He’s the first duke player I’ve liked...ever? Idk what do do with these feelings

Why are they running plays or passing the ball just give to Zion and clear out coach K is trash

i want duke to win the chip so zion will be happy

srsly xp

tuning in 2 zion now i have been convinced

Can’t even hate duke like I used to anymore they’re just a g league team w a famous coach now

yeah just another kentucky

i want duke to win the chip so zion will be happy

same

hmm lol

Can’t even hate duke like I used to anymore they’re just a g league team w a famous coach now

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Friday, March 15, 2019 11:15 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

coach k still manages to roll out a grayson allen now and then tho

Lol true

i suggest giving the ball to zion now

weird it worked

this is not a new observation but zion's leaping ability is crazy

literally theres never been anything like it

how soon until we hear rumors of juice?

If he decides to juice he’ll just jump over the rim for fun

since he's a basketball player i'm guessing never?

its more likely hes a god tbh not sure if they can test for that

he's just a huge bouncy kid with a decent feel for the game, it's actually refreshing

I keep thinking one of these days his damn tibia is going to do what his shoe did

I mean his name is Zion.... the kingdom of heaven

he has an amazing feel for the game tbh, like hes a str8 baller, wld be good even if he wasnt the most freakish athlete ever

Hopefully his bones and ligaments are built like lebrons

hes mega burly so thats good

no assists tonight. he's learning

I have one word folks...

“zion”

this is a very good thread about our future warrior emperor zion "zion" williamson

He’s going to the warriors????

hahah that could never happen

*may 14, 2019*

adam silver: and the number one selection goes in the 2019 nba draft goes to
*opens envelope*
the gold--
*closes envelope*
there must be some sort of mist--

pricewaterhousecoopers chairman robert moritz: there is no error, mr. silver

i havent seen someone this big move this well since shaq, and even college shaq seemed like he had room to grow *physically* like zion could still get BIGGER and he's already enormous

Zion with an absolute dime on the fastball bounce pass to Tre Jones pic.twitter.com/IyyfQ29NqO

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) March 17, 2019

Siccck pass

he is christ

i let out a really embarrassing yelp when i was watching the game and he made that pass

nice

I should not say this in a public forum but of my many gorgeous sons he is my favorite

congratulations to zion for single handedly winning the acc championship and receiving the trophy awarded just to him not the team which is unprecedented

kinda regret no longer caring about college hoops

lol imagine him playing four years as in days of yore

our big beautiful son

― lag∞n, Friday, March 15, 2019 11:02 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

uh excuse me

his last name isn't lag∞nson

it's williamson

don't try to take this away from me

we all just want whats best for zion

can i just say that i think its cute that you non-dads all want zion to be your son but friends he already has a dad

im his dad

don't you dare tell me who is and is not my son

otm

we are taking this shit to maury

really when you think about it aren't we all fathers and aren't we all sons?

not of each other!!!!!!!!!!

I've heard that success has a thousand fathers, but failure is an orphan. zion is a huge success and therefore it stands to reason that he could have a much larger number of fathers.

he has many fathers of which i am one

i just made dinner for zion because he is a member of my family

yes yes he has a real dad and it isn't me but i just... i just want him to be ok and safe is that SO WRONG

Everything he does is a highlight

OK THEN, ZION! 😳#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/JINUjeCjze

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 23, 2019

jesus

btw, ja morant yesterday!!

ive begun to think of the tourney as "who would i like to see zion dunk on"

tacko obv

yeah

one concern I have about drafting Zion Williamson is he might accidentally jump into orbit someday pic.twitter.com/oxJGQsA3lT

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) March 30, 2019

agreed

I’d really like to see Zion wind up with the Hawks because he and Trae Young would be a delightful combination.

— Paul Flannery (@Pflanns) March 30, 2019

Against Virginia Tech he's playing like he's not very interested in playing unless he sees a chance to add to his highlight reel. Otherwise he's just marking time out there. nagl, imo.

idk since i turned this on he's had a sick block on a play where the guy thought he beat him as well as a sweet drive and layup

yup. sick blocks go into the highlight reel. sweet drives, too. he probably had about 8 or 9 really excellent plays in this game to add to his collection. it's not like he played badly. he didn't. he played more like he knew he could turn on the jets if he had to and instantly make up the difference between being fully engaged and a bit lackadaisical.

dude you are so wrong. I haven’t seen a player with zion’s motor in a long time

really? are you watching the NCAA tournament? the players may not be NBA talent, but, good lord, they burn through energy like four year olds on a sugar rush. they all have motors.

ok, a serious NBA prospect. there is absolutely no question about his motor — it’s one of his biggest strengths imo

zion can be in the nba but first he needs a good scolding lol

my main concern with the NBA is that they let/make him put ZION on the back of his jersey

I will tarnish the name of the first announcer who calls him williamson

classic aimless

shame about carolina tho

aimless what on earth! I read your post before I watched the game and was looking for any semblance of what you were on about and found nothing.

Since January 8th, Zion Williamson is shooting 40.5% from 3 on 2.3 attempts per game

— Zach Milner (@ZachMilner13) March 30, 2019

looking for any semblance of what you were on about and found nothing

OK. But I took a look at the box score a minute ago. He played all 40 minutes. He had off-the-chart offensive numbers: 11-14, with 1-2 from 3pt. Also 3 blocks. Exciting stuff!

But he only took one FT, had 1 assist, and for a big man 6 rebounds in 40 minutes is not exactly bad, but not an indicator of extraordinary effort. This kind of supports my impression that he's a human highlight machine, but between highlights he was not exactly dogging it last night, but not really putting out his full effort either - which is what I thought I said to begin with.

1) he wasn't getting fouled because the defense was just getting out of the way once he was in position.
2) in the 6 minutes i watched he tossed a couple of great passes to open shooters, but they missed because the rest of the team sucks. saw a dude shoot an airball *past* the basket on a corner 3.

he didn't seem to be in great rebounding position at times but i'm not sure it was an effort issue.

playing all 40 minutes is pretty taxing I’m sure...

if he were *really* trying he'd have had more than three fouls, smh

duke college has failed to live up to my beautiful sons high standards

suing duke for giving my son a bad grade aka not winning the tournament his prospects are ruined

i want Zion to fail bc I want bill simmons predictions to fail.

Coach K on the hot seat

Zion is going to return to college as player/coach

also I'm pissed it's looking promising I might be able to get a free ticket to the final four and I wanted to see him

could be cool to see the players that won games

i want Zion to fail bc I want bill simmons predictions to fail.

― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, March 31, 2019 8:46 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

zion will not fail if anything ppl dont know how good he really is

Zion has "epochal star player" written all over him as a freshman as much as Wilt, Kareem, Shaq, or Lebron (had he ever gone to college).

I don't understand college basketball. Does this mean no more Zion til next nba season??

no more Zion til next nba season??

Yes.

Zion's college team lost today. Before that college team plays any more games, Zion will enter the NBA draft and be drafted at #1. Then, come late October, if he's healthy, he'll begin to play NBA games for his new team.

xpost wha?

Feels wrong.

LET. ZION. PLAY.

Zion is on the wolves now

haha I got u April foolz

damn

realized if he never learns to shoot he wld still be extremely good in a giannis like role w a shooting 5

the legend grows

“He literally broke the club!”

Grown. Man. Strength. 💪@Zionwilliamson pic.twitter.com/uRd3cV6WX6

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) September 13, 2019

Super normal stuff. Just a strong guy

what a freak

i think this guy is a pretty good basketball player

Trying to decide how high I should draft him in fantasy

he is #1 in our hearts so you should take him #1

its only right

otm

hes gonna average like 20-7-3 on 60% shooting but prob miss some games cause hes not in great shape and has never experienced "the rigors of an nba season"

coudl see him leading the league in steals hunting those fast break dunks

its true he is very good at steals

shd get many blocks too one wld think

woudl think he'd be able to average 1.5 blocks per game pretty easy but he may need to stay planted NBA players are smart at drawing fouls.

he so explosive he cld wait for them to shoot and still get there, may take some time tho

Trying to decide how high I should draft him in fantasy

The downside risk is vanishingly small compared to the upside potential. I'd take him first for fantasy, higher than Kawhi rn, if only because Kawhi regulates his output and will sit out regular season games to give his body a break. Zion is young, durable, and eager to dazzle the league every night.

im thinking 2nd/3rd round but no way i draft him over kawhi. depends where my draft position is but its pretty rare a rookie ends up in the top 40 fantasy rankings after a full season

Where would you have taken Shaq in his rookie year? O'Neal averaged 23.4 points on 56.2% shooting, 13.9 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks per game for his rookie season.

idk

Zion isn't gonna avg anything close to those numbers cmon now

Shaq had 3 yrs of NCAA experience leading up to his rookie year

I doubt he'll average 13.5 rebounds, but Zion is going to get the ball in his hands nearly every time down the floor and his point production will be high. With his off-the-charts athleticism his steals and blocks will be high, too. Rookie or not, the Pellies will be built around him from day one.

21/10/5 would be enough for ROY and realistic i think depending on how beat up he gets

If they play Zion more than 35 minutes per game then they are incompetent

0 blks in 4 preseason games. You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.

knee flaring up already??? hope its nothing

Bo Jackson

DONT

mods

yellow card dammit

Zion simply doesn't want to embarrass his friend RJ.

yellow card dammit

― mookieproof, Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:23 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

thy will be zion

New Orleans rookie Zion Williamson will undergo further evaluations on right knee today and possibly tomorrow, but the organization is relieved the forward has avoided any major longterm issues, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) October 18, 2019

good but like... this is concerning

was reading a thing saying he has knee valgus too

A severe injury has been ruled out for Zion Williamson’s right knee, but he is expected to miss period of weeks to start regular season, league sources tell ESPN. Pels are clearly treating injury with an abundance of caution but there’s no shortage of confidence on full recovery.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 18, 2019

:[

Barkley would miss 15-20 games most seasons. I guess maybe that was partly because he was drunk all the time but

weird I just saw a video from a bone doctor basically arguing that Zion's destiny is to be perpetually injured and will most likely tear his ACL at some point

that's a grim oden

*omen

lollll

zion shd lose some weight imo

sad lol xp

haha what a slip

Ladies call me the bone doctor

the world is a dark, shitty place

did everyone already forget that the pels are cursed

brow was an iron man relative to the norm on that team

didn't griffin bring in a whole new medical staff

he stole someone key from the phoenix operation iirc

.@ZionWilliamson rocking “Ray Allen” Air Jordan 7s tonight.
📸: @LayneMurdochJr pic.twitter.com/bdHU5TTwFV

— Complex Sneakers (@ComplexSneakers) November 15, 2019

he is a big dude

Love how tiny his face looks in that shot

beginning to wonder if we are going to see him play this season.

Woj tweeted this (upthread) on Oct 18, about nine weeks ago:

"A severe injury has been ruled out for Zion Williamson’s right knee, but he is expected to miss period of weeks to start regular season"

8 weeks was the far end of the prognosis

From Dec 5: https://www.nola.com/sports/pelicans/article_af339a8a-17d1-11ea-aa2f-0b6c0a7fe8db.html

New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin, chatting with Fox Sports New Orleans broadcasters Joel Meyers and Antonio Daniels during the start of the second quarter of the team's home game versus the Phoenix Suns, said everything in Zion's rehab is still going according to the team's six- to eight-week recovery timeline, noting that "we were at six weeks three days ago. He continues to progress, he's progressing very well," Griffin said. "He feels very good about his process.

"Eight weeks is several days from now. If we get outside of that, it will be because he hasn't met the metrics for return to play that are laid out for him and every player on our team. He will not be treated any differently in terms of the return to play metrics."

Griffin's latest comments come in light of a recent report from TNT's Kristen Ledlow, which said Williamson would not return within the eight-week window the team initially projected for his return post-surgery. The report caused a stir among the Pelicans' fanbase, with some accusations of the team not being transparent about Williamson's timeline, as well as fans being sold on promises the team has not been able to keep.

Griffin, however, shrugged those comments off — suggesting that some within the organization believe him to be "too transparent" when it comes to dispersing information. He also said the timeline for Williamson's return hasn't changed, saying Ledlow's report likely stemmed from comments he made earlier in the season during a local ESPN Radio interview.

"What she's referring to is comments that I've made where I have said if he hits those metrics in seven weeks — fine," Griffin said. "If he hits those metrics in 10 weeks — fine. We don't care when that is, but he's not getting on the court until he proves to us he's healthy, no matter what it is he wants to do."

8 weeks is tomorrow i think and he hasn't done any bball activity yet

I know the Pels have a lot of problems that 1 Zion won't fix but they've lost a bunch of games by close margins due to the offense getting bogged down in the final minutes. If the Zion that dazzled in the preseason had been in even just at the end of those games it'd be reasonable to think they'd be above .500

yeah, i've been watching a lot of their games and they're really a team that's close to being competitive

could def be next year's equiv of what the mavs are doing this year

I just wish Lonzo was like 10% better

Yes, an increase of 10% in his TS% is what his game cries out for.

I feel like he’s out for the season and they’re being super sleazy about it

same

if so, what's the endgame there? i get that they would do that to sell tickets but if he's not in there for a month do Pelicans execs just throw up their hands and go "aw shucks, ya got us"? seems like a definite way to alienate your fanbase for years.

The fans will come back because Zion will be there.

definitely getting the impression that there's more to the story but the Pels may not know exactly what it is yet

mb theyre trying to get him to lose weight

that seems likely as well. they are all prob scared out of their minds to be the one to clear him to play

wonder how much the Kevin Durant thing shook these guys

Zion just as a physical being is very 🤔

seemed like the Pels got really screwed last night by a clear shot-clock violation that wasn't called and would have left them with 2-3 seconds left to inbound from halfcourt and try a GW shot. seemed like Gentry was completely oblivious but Antonio Daniels was freaking out on the broadcast.

Oh no

The Pelicans are reportedly trying to teach Zion how to walk and run differently in his rehab process https://t.co/Ipl9C4HJk7

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) December 26, 2019

never a good sign when theyre teaching you the basics of...walking

idk if the pelicans are the right ppl to be doing this

it’s the famous suns trainer now at least.

i think this is good, sounds similar to what steph did to prevent chronic ankle issues.

Yah may be a great thing but just side eying everything about him until he plays at this point

I think they need to be open to the possibility that the way Zion runs is actually good for him

E.g. I’m pretty sure Lebron running like a duck is a key to his long term health

yeah its dicey to f w that sort of thing

I vaguely remember that Myles Turner raised his draft stock by learning to run

starting to think we might not see this guy this year

he's scheduled for 5 on 5 drills in january. if we don't see him things are going really badly.

Blake and Ben both missed their entire rookie campaigns so there is precedent.

except zion doesnt have a major injury...............

depends how bad the meniscus tear was.

they said it was not bad but mb are lying, tbh i support just doing a year of getting in good shape doing whatever crazy kinesiology even if its not bad, just living the spa life

mb bring him back for 20mins a night the last couple months just to get him some burn / give ppl what they need

we deserve it

we may see him this month after all. full practice today and team is loosely targeting a January return

big baby new year won't you bring me a thunderous dunk

Zion testing that knee with some alley-oops 👀 pic.twitter.com/cB9qD2tRpg

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2020

Now we’re talking

my friend and i bought tickets to boston/new orleans (next saturday) a while ago gambling that he'd be back....think we're just going to miss it : (

drop step between the legs its time baby

Zion appears to be progressing well enough to go between the legs and slam at MSG in warmups (h/t @darrenelwood) pic.twitter.com/SA2BAGcEPi

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) January 10, 2020

Good god man

dammit zion, why don't you just play tomorrow for my personal benefit

help a board out

jesus let the man play!

this was a good read
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28485732/zion-williamson-preparation-preservation-no-precedent

yeah good stuff, i love all that technical athletic form how the body is aligned and so forth

me too

Specialists at P3 and elsewhere note that it's easier to repair such issues in younger players than older ones. One veteran Western Conference scout says recent reports for prospects have often included the phrase "tight hips."

"At first, I would kind of laugh at it," the scout says. "But now I notice it more and more often, especially when they move laterally while defending. A lot of these guys can't get low to the ground."

Ok so are there any theories as to why young guys today have this issue?

mb due to more sitting around, p well documented that kids spend more time indoors these days

kids need to get outside and play some damned four square

maybe not getting the calcium from hose water or the vitamin D from the streetlights

facts

my parents still live in mid class suburban home I grew up in and man there's nooooobody ever playing outside. Was staying there few months ago and heard children's voices but that was from the grade school's recess ie the time they're forced to play outside

hello to basketballs favored son

Pregame Zion action. pic.twitter.com/v0Ld6554gc

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) January 20, 2020

That was so much fun.

👀Impressive numbers for #Zion's debut on ESPN (Fast Nationals from Nielsen):

📺2,357,000 viewers. Peaked w/2,777,000.

⬆️Viewership up 88% vs last year's comparable game.

🏀1.6 US rating, matching ESPN's highest-rated NBA game this season (Non-XMas). Up 100% year over year. pic.twitter.com/9ZSbz6zGQv

— Ben Cafardo (@Ben_ESPN) January 23, 2020

the savior

the NBA’s freak out over ratings this year is so obviously dumb

I think a much bigger worry is cable companies refusing to pay for RSNs

lol its literally the only reason i tolerate paying for cable tv

Altitude TV still hasn’t resolved their fight with Comcast and I think a couple midwestern RSNs have died

might f around and post every zion game highlight vid until further notice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox9DxNyStxw

he grabs an alleyoop from behind the backboard and switches to his other hand and makes it somehow

duke steals it @ unc in ot after trailing like the entire game

also i was watching the end of ark/missou & the announcersaid somethinglike "i need to apologize for the deeply offensive statement i made earlier abt college gymnastics" ? lmao what did dude say

whoops meant this for the cbb thread obv

Zion did some stuff 31-9-5-1. 14 fta

+25

What's highest fg% for a rookie averaging 15+ ppg? Shaq? Wilt?

I can answer that question, Granny.
Deandre Ayton! 58.5%
Buck Williams 58.2
Zion 57.4
Shaq 56.2
Chris Webber 55.2

In his rookie season in the ABA, Artis Gilmore averaged 24 ppg on 59.8%

1st I remember being aware of Artis was in Guiness Book for highest career FG%

Artis had the misfortune of being Kareem's exact contemporary, so he was always overshadowed.

Deandre Jordan gonna smash that record

Isn’t gobert even better

nah .670 vs .638

zion posting in transition

Zion Williamson is here to save the Pelicans, and along the way, he just might save the low-post game, too. https://t.co/4rLrZo0cgI pic.twitter.com/1qZarE73yn

— Rob Mahoney (@RobMahoney) February 13, 2020

Cool. Has he been coached to do that or is it hoops instinct?

the article credits coaching but theres not any proof of it in there quotes or whatever

the one time my ex-D2 hooper friend wanted to make a point that I had no chance of guarding him if he played at >75% of his capabilities, he'd just sprint down court, get in the key, seal me off, and I was as helpless as a newborn

I miss PGs who would back down into the post, a la Magic. I guess Giannis does that fairly often huh.

westbrook does it a little. chauncey was good at it iirc

oh yep Russ. Chauncey was who came to mind as one of the last to do it. Andre Miller too.

gonna just keep upping his career high til he drops 100 hopefully
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv53nav7Eao

He's even less comprehensible in person.
https://i.imgur.com/yQIli9nr.jpg

his ~10 game highlight reel is already better than most pros full career reel

he does something truly astonishing several times a night

The Beast of the Bayou.

🎵 'King of Terror' @CLanceEnemySoil pic.twitter.com/K0x3NBe2VE

— Dunk Comp (@dunk_comp) February 26, 2020

his rebound over the top of dwight last night got me up out of my seat

Zion flying over Howard for this offensive rebound is SCARY athleticism ... pic.twitter.com/zUbkDpXViy

— Reed (@Reed_nba) February 26, 2020

with all due respect what the fuck

Zion caught this like a WR1, then went bully ball 💪 pic.twitter.com/IubA5IbXdv

— ESPN (@espn) March 4, 2020

that's......four guys

utterly absurd

like young shaq and young barkely melded into one

zion goes where he wants to

he's what we were looking for

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESU9VSgUMAANDzG?format=jpg&name=medium

lol wtf

reminds me of
http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/zion1-4.jpg

gravity is a social construct

a thread for pictures of floating zion is likely not too far in our future

wtf looks like a video game glitch

Zion and Doncic facing off, what a wonderful world

madness

HAIL MARY TO ZION pic.twitter.com/JhD7QEEuwH

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 8, 2020

https://www.nba.com/video/2020/04/27/nba-together-ernie-johnson-joined-zion-williamson
seems like a nice kid who might need a bit more media training

Remember when we used to be excited about our special boy

run for your lives pic.twitter.com/q8FRtwnmvD

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 18, 2021

our grand boy's still finding his feet in the nba. or maybe he's aware this is a cursed season that won't count for or against his eventual place.

22-9 55% 20 years old

i'm still excited, except when it comes to watching literally everyone else on the pelicans

Yah that may be the problem.

zion when he not throwing down thunderous dunks is the ultimate makes it look easy guy, catches the ball on the move and is at the rim for a layup, and it just looks like a play anyone couldve made but really its not

hes been the fastest to all the hundreds of points milestones since iverson and everyone is all i wonder if this guy is gonna do anything, hes played 35 games and averaged 20+pts the whole time

Yah he’s basically a rookie

i still enjoy watching both zion and new orleans, it's just very hit and miss right now for basketball in general right now

realized recently zion is like if zach randolph was, impossibly, a ballerina

ha otm

Zion getting some work in before the game.

pic.twitter.com/mmhIDaqO9s

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) October 31, 2021

...not exactly looking ready yet. we miss ya z

lookin good out there baby!

looking like an offensive tackle doing pre game drills u_u

his body is just insane

http://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--lLP_zgOH--/t_Preview/b_rgb%3Affffff%2Cc_lpad%2Cf_jpg%2Ch_630%2Cq_90%2Cw_1200/v1560818448/production/designs/5091977_0.jpg

god he was so fucking fun to watch, really hope there's more in the tank

This is making me sad

i mean, he isn’t dead lol. he is going to be fun to watch the second he steps back on a court. he just needs to get in shape to be a much better basketball player and to have a long career

hope there's more in the tank

zion i still a very young man and an incredible athlete. but he's a long way from being in nba game condition.

i mean, he isn’t dead lol. he is going to be fun to watch the second he steps back on a court. he just needs to get in shape to be a much better basketball player and to have a long career

i mean nothing is written in stone but its def not a great sign

Leave bro alone😭 https://t.co/CB7LZPm4yS

— KENNY BEECHAM (@KOT4Q) December 6, 2021

I miss him

350 easy

that pic is shopped fwiw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPxiLf4JGM4

i guess the rumor is he’s about 330.

more to love

maybe his vertical increases as his weight increases and he'll look like even more of a cyborg

is zion actually even alive? has anyone seen him? just a complete mystery... anecdotally at least

Griffin with an update on Zion: pic.twitter.com/5EeZHjExyV

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) February 10, 2022

what we see antidotally is very good

i agree things are looking good, anecdotally... maybe we'll get new news in a week, maybe two, maybe three!

zion is real trajan has met him antidotally and hes my friend

David Griffin, Executive VP of Basketball Anecdotes

CJ McCollum to the TNT crew re: Zion communications:

"I haven't had conversations w/ him directly. I've spoken with some people close to him & look forward to sitting down with him sooner than later. I know about as much as you do right now but I'm gonna get to the bottom of it"

— Mason Ginsberg (@MasonGinsberg) February 20, 2022

zion is out fighting crime somewhere

anecdotally, CJ has really enjoyed being zion’s teammate

lol oh no

Not sure Zion is gonna love the float they made for him at Mardi Gras @BarstoolNOLA
pic.twitter.com/XhFcajbfqn

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 26, 2022

really good fanbase theyve got

Well, when he was drafted everyone was predicting that Zion was gonna be HUGE!!

i wonder if he texted cj yet

Pelicans say Zion Williamson's foot is showing improved bone healing. He will now progress to full weight-bearing exercises and basketball activities.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) March 2, 2022

Finally!! Basketball activities!!

bearing weight

love to heal my bones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31tRvMlNMDw

TS: Zion's feet vs. Bill Walton's feet

apparenlty he's alive

My girls mom sent her this picture to show her the dogs, not even realizing that’s Zion 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/7X7peb5Dox

— Eric Ray (@EricRayweather) March 6, 2022

lol

that man's ass is thicker than the head of a mastiff as proven by science

hes back and all smiles

Zion Williamson is back with the Pelicans and all smiles 😁

(via @PelicansNBA) pic.twitter.com/nb9ExfuaTT

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) March 11, 2022

he has returned to knock the lakers out of the play in

love to see it

that first one is very “hey! so great to see you! remind me what your name is…?”

man

Zion Williamson is not expected to return to play this season, but he is making progress toward on-court work.

Sources tell @ShamsCharania: https://t.co/SXVmv7tzI1 pic.twitter.com/BZOxE5u9qu

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) March 21, 2022

veering dangerously close to This Facial Expression

speaking of missing whole seasons, i had forgotten that ben simmons missed his first season after being drafted with the same fracture that zion has now

He’s so big there’s no way he can play until he loses like 20 lbs at least

Pelicans: Zion we can’t clear you to play

Zion: 😎 pic.twitter.com/TgD567ixXf

— Dr. Evan Jeffries, DPT (@GameInjuryDoc) April 25, 2022

Zion Williamson's new contract extension will require his weight and body fat percentage to add up to less than 295, per @cclark_13

Failure to meet this could reduce his guaranteed money. pic.twitter.com/vjCaqNQ33t

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 28, 2022

https://www.gq.com/story/zion-williamson-naruto-profile

Now I'm thinking of Zion writing a death note in midair just before he posterizes someone.

I love him.

promising
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdmEqsNWIAAHDH_?format=jpg&name=small

man now im pumped for zion season

Zion Williamson’s 1 year bosh transformation 😨💪 pic.twitter.com/iN4OuYNYbA

— Ingram Alerts (@IngramAlerts) September 30, 2022

you love to see it. this is exactly what needed to happen for him. let's hope he'll be as durable as lebron has been

Lol, Ingram Alerts 🚨

are we sure this isn't cgi
or maybe some sort of dall-e thing

excited for some new zion highlights this year

OKAY ZION 💪 pic.twitter.com/GEBrBYGqRb

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 5, 2022

dont think we hear enough about zion atm in the general nba landscape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzGT4LjS3I8

You know he’s cooking when he’s throwing 3/4 quart outlet passes to Garett Temple for a layup.

dont think we hear enough about zion atm in the general nba landscape

the more we think about zion the more he gets hurt ime

that left handed kickout from under the basket is Sick Stuff though

Zion.

(📸: @LayneMurdochJr / @PelicansNBA) pic.twitter.com/b131ExhYER

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) December 1, 2022

thats out guy

Whenever I see his highlights the thing that still surprises me is how much silk, finesse, and touch he has in his game.

hes a true baller

the raptors in that photo are literally rapt

its nice how all of them are in the shot

just me and the boys coming out to watch zion do dunks #thisisthelife

https://i.imgur.com/2O1ZQEc.png

https://i.imgur.com/krqtPPf.png

33 PTS
10 REB
5 AST
4 STL
2 BLK
12-15 FG

this dunk is nuts

ZION WILLIAMSON.

BACK TO BACK. pic.twitter.com/gjVYYRZT3N

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) December 1, 2022

they trapped him lol did not work

Zion double-clutch dunk 🤯 pic.twitter.com/VPM5dMLLnG

— NBA TV (@NBATV) December 1, 2022

One more look at Zion's double-clutch jam.... probably won't be the last time either. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/Xoz0I4P108

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) December 1, 2022

thats just not normal

got by two of the better defenders in the league too

Our beautiful boy is ballin

Our long national nightmare is coming to an end.

https://i.imgur.com/OYoCZYV.png

he's going stuff it on you is what's going to happen

cool that he realized hes the best dunker ever and also has the touch of an angel so why waste time shooting outside the paint

giannis should study him

wonder when the last time someone scored 30+ without taking a shot outside the paint was

cant imagine zubac taking a shot outside the paint on his 31/29 game the other night

u are correct https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=FGA&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0022200292&PlayerID=1627826&RangeType=0&Season=2022-23&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612746&flag=3&sct=plot§ion=game

its gotta be pretty rare tho. and obv the way they go about getting buckets is very different

wild that he only took one shot outside of the restricted area

assume shaq had many 30pt games all in the paint, but surely more rare in the modern era

best giannis has some

shaq for sure, dwight prob a lot, giannis maybe but hes always fancied himself a J tho.

more likely theres a few per season like zubac where its just a center getting a bunch of o rebounds tips and dump off passes for dunks. wouldnt be surprised if guys like jarrett allen, drummond, deandre, whiteside or even gobert have done it in the last half decade or so.

the cool thing with zion is hes usually like full head of steam coming downhill and has all these unique angles off the glass.

yeah its mostly drives, the combo of nice handles defenders bouncing off of him and elite finishing skills is so sick

the vertical leaping too of course

yeah it really is the mixture of all the elements that make him special. we've had plenty of dunkers and high flyers but this is just something else completely.

he has really good feel for the game too hes not just a freak hes a true baller

I hope he adds a Tim Duncan like bank shot to his bag.

that would be sweet. being able to steamroll over everyone and get to the cup is probably not conducive to focusing too much on your footwork, but he's got plenty of time, sky's the limit

whenever i read this thread i get the (great) lauryn hill sing stuck in my head then i find myself singing it and realize im singing it to zion williamson which is even better lol

wonder if hes named after the song, didnt find any info by googleing but the timeline checks out the album came out in 98 he was born in 2000

lol same xp. would not be surprised if that was the story behind his namesake

Maybe his rents are Rastas?

his family are big christians iirc

Zion Williamson.

Return to sender. 📬 pic.twitter.com/HyiN3UESGF

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) December 3, 2022

Dude floats

washing doen a dubs loss with zion highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjUwM5bYz4I
love to see that even fellow beefcake isaih stewart bounces off of him like everyone else

Exclamation Point pic.twitter.com/0Hkm3l7pNx

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) December 10, 2022

he looks at the rim the way I look at a donut when I'm extremely high

looks like hes standing at halfcourt and is very large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjlqWIxX0AAVk53?format=jpg&name=large

Bruh 😭 pic.twitter.com/iZIj2IsT7U

— Denver🎁🎄 (@doubledworth) December 11, 2022

more zion highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PqPPgWXSk
love that step through move just before the half

He’s so good. I want to see a grizz/pels WCF.

last 5 31-9-5 on 66%

He’s so good. I want to see a grizz/pels WCF.

― Jeff, Monday, December 12, 2022 6:57 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

needs to happen, with the pels wrecking the suns in the semis

pels warriors wcf i will accept

we def need another suns pels playoffs matchup tho. and a gsw memphis one

its time for some new guys

it may be

griz young legs and physicality could, and has tbf, def cause the dubs major problems, classic changing of the guard matchup, pelicans too actually

i dont think the warriors have played healthy vs a healthy (with Zion) pels team yet

dray v zion could be pretty nice

zion doesnt seem to think too much of rudy lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5KbwD1pOMA

just constantly challenging him lol

driving straight at the two time defensive player of the year over and over why not

learning on the fly literally

ha yeah

speaking of rudy
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjwQf2JX0AAKFn1?format=jpg&name=small

lolllll fuck rudolph gogurt

what a loser

entire league hates rudy but zion is one of the only players w/ the game to put that into action on the court

at least in the regular season anyway...

lol was gonna say..

OH MY WORD ZION IS DIFFERENT!!!😱@PelicansNBA | #Pelicans |📺:BSNO pic.twitter.com/mAnMviwC5m

— Bally Sports New Orleans (@BallySportsNO) December 18, 2022

Rocking that rim like only shaq could

ZION WILLIAMSON RISE UP 😱pic.twitter.com/0FCSZeURtA

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 29, 2022

excuse me coming through haha

zion is a living myth 😳 pic.twitter.com/YVIT6N176X

— Dan Favale (@danfavale) December 29, 2022

zion loves to dunk on rudy its his favorite

He spent the entire end of that game just going after Rudy again and again. It was beautiful.

how does this guy play 34 mins and end a game with 3 rebounds lol. nice game tho

wow rudy gobert fanclub mad

ZION WITH A CAREER HIGH 43 POINTS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/nYH5azYZ7o

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 29, 2022

im sure he doesnt have the energy for it but just zion driving on every play is a pretty good offense the other team would foul out and get physically destroyed, mb do it in the 4th quarter

27 drives for Zion last night and 31 points scored off of them! pic.twitter.com/o1Og8RKfJT

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) December 29, 2022

more missed games than AD, Kawhi, PG and Kyrie in that span pic.twitter.com/TuHvK7YKqB

— nbaayy (@nbaayy) February 13, 2023

extremely sad

He's gonna be a daddy! Congratulations to Zion Williamson!!

haha yeah he uhhh has a lot going on in his personal life

this is so funny

if I were preternaturally athletic and very rich I would definitely be a locker room cancer but I’d be taking the zion/harden approach rather than the ja one

theres really no reason not to

the tweets about how she was motivating him to stay in shape are in perfect balance on the lol/sad axis

lmao

Guns and Buns: A South Carolina Addiction Story pic.twitter.com/bjQBidVwci

— Hoops (@HoopMixOnly) June 7, 2023

as always, I recommend the bomani jones podcast from today

Our special boy

that was certainly a sequence. pic.twitter.com/BVojkQtjke

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 26, 2023

He did have some trouble with JJJ, but OK for opening night. Funny 23/7/3 on 9/17 is a mediocre night for him. Matt Ryan saved the day.

maybe the Wemby stuff will light a fire under him. can't feel good to lose the title of "everyone's favorite big boy"

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9VCfb0XAAApxFO?format=jpg&name=medium

our boy does not seem to have the right mindset for nba greatness.

Zion Williamson doesn't look too happy: "I'm trying my best to buy in right now." pic.twitter.com/uyzuDRAe8M

— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) November 13, 2023

probably not but he’s also playing for a franchise that seems hell bent on never putting the right team around its no 1 overall picks

wonder what hes mad about ive watched some pelicans this year and when he was in they were running a very zion based offense

hes getting just as many shots as last year but hitting them at 50% instead of 60

he and BI dont seem like a good fit.

idk bi is a pretty all purpose kind of player

why's he breathing like that when he's just sitting there

hes mad!

idk i had serious lung problems for years and that trips my "dude see a pulmonologist" wires but when you're a hammer etc

one would think with all the medical professionals looking at that guy all the time theyd catch anything major but also maybe not

i think hes a lost cause. 23 and already on the decline in every way

Pelicans "have repeatedly stressed to [Zion] Williamson that his diet and conditioning need to improve," but the former No. 1 pick "doesn't listen," per @cclark_13 of The Times-Picayune pic.twitter.com/sl4logTLz4

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 8, 2023

weird shit

he looks idk about ~75 lbs heavier than his duke days

the dawg in him got overfed

Watching Zion in person was a different experience than watching Haliburton. Zion will get 30 in a game next week and people will say he’s fine but he isn’t. The bet that he’ll figure it out seems like the wrong side now. Tonight was brutal.

— Russillo (@ryenarussillo) December 8, 2023

many clips of him during the game standing around or just barely moving

there is also the quote from after the game where he said he was “too laid back” or something

saw a thing that said zion is back, guess he played himself into shape

Eye test says that’s not true

yeah still doesnt seem like he has that old pop but he is playing well, pelicans are running the point zion offense again which might have something to do with it, because thats a good offense

Still waiting for him to become an elite defensive player. When does that happen?

i dont think that was ever the plan

I went looking for receipts and found an opinion of mine so wrong I'm shook.

link?

i think he was expected to make insane wow splash plays on defense, blocks where he comes from out of nowhere and skies above the backboard and shit. which he did regularly at duke and has not done basically at all in the NBA. but i’m not sure ppl saw him as like a potential elite lockdown defender tho i could be misremembering

i'm sure there was some wishful thinking about his defense at the time given his ceiling as an athlete, but his body type is not one of a plus defender

I went looking for receipts and found an opinion of mine so wrong I'm shook.

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, February 21, 2024 7:33 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

link?

― lag∞n, Wednesday, February 21, 2024 7:35 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

I might have said Simmons > Embiid. Dark times.

(hundreds of thousands of years hence, faint tremors of PBKR's opinion arrive at an advanced civilization on a far off planet sparking a global wave of madness, riots, and rapid social disintegration)

lol oh no

when keeping receipts goes wrong

in another era (and with another mentality) could have imagined zion scraping being an impact defender in the model of say charles oakley. bruiser making the paint inhospitable. but pretty clearly neither he nor nba basketball are wired that way anymore

his block and steals rates were through the roof in college, didnt really take much interest in all that in the pros tho

Yeah pretty sure people thought he’d be a menace as a help defender

i saw a full zion game last night --

i thought he looked slimmed down and pretty athletic. there were 2 or 3 times where he just jumped much higher than anyone else on the floor -- one for a block that was ruled a goaltend, another on a rebound. i think the thing is you just don't feel that athleticism throughout the game the way that you did w/ idk vintage blake griffin or something. and if you watch the duke highlights that's the kinda thing you start to picture. but he still has a lot of quickness and leaping ability relatively speaking. he got iso'd on jimmy a few times and was pretty easily able to use quickness off the dribble to get to his spot and then his elevation to just sky up and over for the shot. he had more trouble w/ bam tho who can slide his feet and jump w/ zion. the interesting thing is that for as good as he is in the paint he doesn't really dunk the ball -- he's outside the top 30 in the league in total dunks. you see him use the rapidness of his leaping ability to get floaters and other sorta hook shot, post move-y type looks in the paint.

the pels were also w/o ingram and mccollum got hurt in the second half -- the pels played the last like 6-8 mins of the game w/ zion out there w/ herb jones, trey murphy, jordan hawkins & nance, which is a sensible line up on paper: zion + a big + wing role players. but the pelicans literally could not score, i think they scored like 4 points in that stretch before garbage time. the heat were throwing zone at them and have been playing great defense lately in general, idk if those 5 guys have ever played together so i don't want to overstate it, but i do think point zion prob has a lot of strides to make w/ the actual "point" part

Yah the thing w Zion is he could be the most violent player in the league but he’s really a finesse player at his core

That Naji steal and alley 🤌 pic.twitter.com/MVrasSnAoZ

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 20, 2024

zion is back baby

why does whichever zeller that is look like a newborn baby

Is our sweet boy really back? I remain skeptical

dont want to jinx anything but he seems back

when i saw that video earlier i truly had to double check the date

Yeah pretty sure people thought he’d be a menace as a help defender

― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Wednesday, February 21, 2024 9:16 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

eyes emoji

pic.twitter.com/H8D92RNPTK

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 8, 2024

So proud of him.

Crazy but true: Last night was Zion’s first time making multiple 2-point jumpers outside 10 feet in the same game, per Second Spectrum tracking data.

It’s a shot he works on in practice all the time. Using it more in games will help when teams pack the paint against Pels’ O. pic.twitter.com/c3LmQjfoum

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) April 8, 2024

he went off last night mega clutch performance for our guy

both those jumpers theres four defenders in the paint my lord

Welcome back to our boy

Another angle of Zion Williamson’s INSANE 360 windmill 🔥

(via @PelicansNBA)pic.twitter.com/GN4S3msFk6 https://t.co/j9hJltizyy

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) January 8, 2025

thunderous

yikes at the crowd in nola

Send em to Seattle

crowd just not back from halftime

Not back from never being there

Wait, he's back?? My son, sorry I missed your return!