This is what happens when you watch the box score instead of watching actual games.
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Whatever happened to the Zion is just Julius Randle with hops crew
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This is what happens when you watch the box score instead of watching actual games.
to be fair most of us called him a bust, Randle, etc without seeing him play... we were wrong 
Care to point out exactly what I was wrong about from those posts you quoted?
- "Nowhere did I state or insinuate he's going to be garbage, I just he's not going to be able to play the 4 full-time at his current height, and his success in the league is going to be based on him developing his perimeter game."
- "But that's the entire point, he can't be a smaller 6'7" Shaq, because Shaq was Shaq because he towered/powered over everyone. Zion isn't going to be able to do that in the league."
- "He'd be able to get away playing at the 4 if he projected to be a dominant defensive player (like Draymond can), but quite clearly he isn't."
- "I mean, he's generally more skilled/athletic than him, but the Julius Randle comparisons have been layered over and over for a reason. He plays exactly like him (well, exactly like Julius thinks he plays). At his height, I'm not sure if that's going to translate over to the league."
Here I am acknowledging that he's definitively more skilled and athletic than Julius, but what I'm saying is, they stylistically play the same - except, obviously, Zion does everything better than he does. Care to explain how that is wrong? We've just seen Zion's activity in the preseason and it's all come from inside the paint, similar to how Julius operates on the floor.
All those quotes you upped are based entirely on what I perceived to be his ceiling. My mans, please take them in the appropriate context - don't take them out of it for some cheap daps. I ain't the one. I've been saying the same damn thing all the way through.
Everythingg
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nikkas patting themselves on the back after 4 preseason games?
He plays exactly like Julius randle with more athleticism and better defense. Where was I wrong?
Exactly.nikkas patting themselves on the back after 4 preseason games?
He plays exactly like Julius randle with more athleticism and better defense. Where was I wrong?
Or as I said in my quote: he plays exactly like Julius thinks he plays (he's a rockhead, while Zion has high BBIQ). Julius is basically the cutting-room floor version of Zion - they have the same stock, except one was thrown in the garbage, and the other is used for the big stage.
Lakerman0834
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How's Jabari Parker doing
This is what happens when you watch the box score instead of watching actual games.
Dwight Howard
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There isnt a single stat to support your analysis. Not one. No player that averages 21-8-3 with elite efficiency is a bad player. You're wrong. Get over it.
This is what happens when you watch the box score instead of watching actual games.
desjardins
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This might be the first time i remember some one getting hyped off preseason 
Usually it's hype from summer league
I don't even remember the preseason getting this much attention in previous years to be honest
Usually it's hype from summer league
I don't even remember the preseason getting this much attention in previous years to be honest
O.T.I.S.
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He wasn’t trying on defense and has even said NBA defense is different than college which is what he’s used to. He will adjust...Yooo off topic but his perimeter defense is atrocious
He looked like a random fan on the perimeter players
He's agile as shyt so I expect him to catch on but man has no one taught the young bul to close out
Hes probably been blocking nikkas shooting 3s from the paint instead of closing out now that I think about it
Honestly he’s just out of shape
Julius Randle with hops would be an All-Star though 
Hacksaw Jim Thuggin
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I wonder if you would’ve said that if he was playing horrible?The regular season can't start soon enough. Crazy hot takes from summer league and now the fukking preseason.
couple months ago cats were saying he was fat
I've seen him show surprise me in games with the pels, fym?
This is what happens when you watch the box score instead of watching actual games.