If they play Zion more than 35 minutes per game then they are incompetent
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
0 blks in 4 preseason games. You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
knee flaring up already??? hope its nothing
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Thursday, 17 October 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
Bo Jackson
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 18 October 2019 02:13 (four years ago) link
DONT
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 18 October 2019 02:14 (four years ago) link
mods
― Clay, Friday, 18 October 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
yellow card dammit
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 October 2019 02:23 (four years ago) link
Zion simply doesn't want to embarrass his friend RJ.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 18 October 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
― mookieproof, Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:23 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
thy will be zion
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 18 October 2019 02:51 (four years ago) link
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
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Friday, 18 October 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
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
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Friday, 18 October 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
:[
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 October 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Barkley would miss 15-20 games most seasons. I guess maybe that was partly because he was drunk all the time but
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 18 October 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Friday, 18 October 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
that's a grim oden
― omar little, Friday, 18 October 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
*omen
lollll
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 October 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
zion shd lose some weight imo
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 October 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
sad lol xp
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Friday, 18 October 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
haha what a slip
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 October 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
Ladies call me the bone doctor
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 18 October 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
the world is a dark, shitty place
― k3vin k., Saturday, 19 October 2019 00:24 (four years ago) link
did everyone already forget that the pels are cursed
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 October 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
brow was an iron man relative to the norm on that team
didn't griffin bring in a whole new medical staff
― Clay, Saturday, 19 October 2019 00:48 (four years ago) link
he stole someone key from the phoenix operation iirc
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 19 October 2019 00:49 (four years ago) link
.@ZionWilliamson rocking “Ray Allen” Air Jordan 7s tonight.📸: @LayneMurdochJr pic.twitter.com/bdHU5TTwFV— Complex Sneakers (@ComplexSneakers) November 15, 2019
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Sunday, 17 November 2019 05:35 (four years ago) link
he is a big dude
― k3vin k., Sunday, 17 November 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
Love how tiny his face looks in that shot
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Sunday, 17 November 2019 22:58 (four years ago) link
beginning to wonder if we are going to see him play this season.
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Monday, 16 December 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
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"
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 16 December 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
8 weeks was the far end of the prognosis
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 16 December 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
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."
"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."
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 16 December 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
8 weeks is tomorrow i think and he hasn't done any bball activity yet
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Monday, 16 December 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
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
― Fetchboy, Monday, 16 December 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
yeah, i've been watching a lot of their games and they're really a team that's close to being competitive
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 16 December 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
could def be next year's equiv of what the mavs are doing this year
― ciderpress, Monday, 16 December 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
I just wish Lonzo was like 10% better
― frogbs, Monday, 16 December 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
Yes, an increase of 10% in his TS% is what his game cries out for.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 16 December 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
I feel like he’s out for the season and they’re being super sleazy about it
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 16 December 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
same
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Monday, 16 December 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
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.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 03:19 (four years ago) link
The fans will come back because Zion will be there.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
definitely getting the impression that there's more to the story but the Pels may not know exactly what it is yet
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
mb theyre trying to get him to lose weight
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
that seems likely as well. they are all prob scared out of their minds to be the one to clear him to play
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
wonder how much the Kevin Durant thing shook these guys
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
Zion just as a physical being is very 🤔
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
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.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
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
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link