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

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

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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

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yeah i support that

watching zion

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

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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