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

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%