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
never a good sign when theyre teaching you the basics of...walking
― peloton for the painfully alone (m bison), Thursday, 26 December 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
idk if the pelicans are the right ppl to be doing this
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
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.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
Yah may be a great thing but just side eying everything about him until he plays at this point
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
I think they need to be open to the possibility that the way Zion runs is actually good for him
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 26 December 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
E.g. I’m pretty sure Lebron running like a duck is a key to his long term health
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 26 December 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
yeah its dicey to f w that sort of thing
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 December 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
I vaguely remember that Myles Turner raised his draft stock by learning to run
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 26 December 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
starting to think we might not see this guy this year
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 December 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
he's scheduled for 5 on 5 drills in january. if we don't see him things are going really badly.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 26 December 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
Blake and Ben both missed their entire rookie campaigns so there is precedent.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 27 December 2019 01:06 (four years ago) link
except zion doesnt have a major injury...............
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 December 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
depends how bad the meniscus tear was.
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Friday, 27 December 2019 01:16 (four years ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 December 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
mb bring him back for 20mins a night the last couple months just to get him some burn / give ppl what they need
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 December 2019 01:21 (four years ago) link
we deserve it
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Friday, 27 December 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
we may see him this month after all. full practice today and team is loosely targeting a January return
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Thursday, 2 January 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
big baby new year won't you bring me a thunderous dunk
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 2 January 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
Zion testing that knee with some alley-oops 👀 pic.twitter.com/cB9qD2tRpg— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2020
― k3vin k., Saturday, 4 January 2020 03:03 (four years ago) link
Now we’re talking
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Saturday, 4 January 2020 03:13 (four years ago) link
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 : (
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 4 January 2020 03:18 (four years ago) link
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
― omg what did you type to find this gif? (Spottie), Friday, 10 January 2020 23:33 (four years ago) link
Good god man
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 11 January 2020 00:20 (four years ago) link
dammit zion, why don't you just play tomorrow for my personal benefit
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 11 January 2020 02:20 (four years ago) link