Zion finally told to lose weight, change his diet

[Roid Jones]

Knaw, son looks like the villain/bully in class act lol

That's Wedge show some respect

 

[606onit]

He can eat seafood. New Orleans got me eating seafood after never messing with it. Gator, catfish, shrimp, etc.

even after they batter and fry it?

I need to take my ass down to NOLA for tha one time.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Zion looking like the guy that gave young Ricky his football back. Boys in the Hood

 

[old pig]

goddamn!

 

[Buckeye Fever]

But but but coli brehs are haters

Exactly.

Only an idiot would think that type of weight is good considering he plays above the rim

 

[NatiboyB]

I just want to know when they are going to keep it 100 and say he’s done for the season.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

You must not have seen him in preseason. If he's healthy, he's easily a franchise player and then some. Dude made Rudy Gobert the defending dpoy look like a straight chump on multiple plays. And it's not like he's just some athletic bully, he's got some of the greatest touch near the basket I've seen from anyone his age.

It's one thing doing it in a handful of preseason games that are essentially treated as scrimmage, and then doing it over the course of a 82-game season (and then playoffs), where teams gameplan and adapt to his style of play (lack of jumpshot / limited height-wingspan), and the fact that he won't last long playing the way he does (playing above the rim, banging relentlessly inside the paint), at his weight. He hasn't even played one official game yet because the Pelicans are basically rebuilding him from head to toe - that should tell you everything.

Anyone who thinks that him playing the way he does, at his weight, will be a long-term thing, is in for a rude awakening. The only way he'll have an actual career is changing the way he plays and shedding weight. 280+lbs at 6-6, with his style of play, in today's NBA, is a recipe for disaster. There's a reason why nobody around his height comes even remotely close to his weight, and why all big men have been cutting down in recent years; he literally weighs more than players who have 4-5+ inches on him.

And while he does have great touch around the rim, he's still an "athletic bully" who can't operate outside of the paint. Someone of his height-wingspan isn't going to be a "franchise player" if he doesn't develop an outside shot.

Spoiler

In college:

73% of Zion's shots were at the rim last season
He only took 80 jumpshots in total (71 from behind the arc, and only 9 inside the arc);
Only 18% of his total shots were jumpshots - at a completion rate well below average D1 standard
He only took 38 NBA-standard 3s in total, most of which were uncontested, which he completed at 31%.

These are his shot charts against NBA competition thus far:






And against the Knicks in SL, his shot makes/attempts were as follows:

Missed 3-pointer
Missed 20-ft jumpshot (blocked by Knox)
Missed shot near rim (blocked by Robinson)
Dunk (uncontested)
Dunk (uncontested)
Missed shot near rim (blocked by Robinson)
Dunk (uncontested)
Dunk (uncontested)

The only made shots he had were dunks; all other shots he missed (three of which were blocked).

Across four games against NBA competition, he's only attempted seven shots (outside of 5-ft of the rim), and he's only made ONE of them. That's one made jumpshot across nearly 50 total shots.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Double.

 

[Arcavian]

I almost fell out of my chair at the thread title

 

[KnickstapeCity]

Zion looking like the guy that gave young Ricky his football back. Boys in the Hood

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

Zion looking like the guy that gave young Ricky his football back. Boys in the Hood

Nah thats young Frank Gore

 

[The God Poster]

But but but coli brehs are haters

Might be the below

He's put on weight since the injury which is understandable given the lack of cardio

 

[get these nets]

Re-up

 

[jwinfield]

 

[DetroitEWarren]

The fact he’s still growing.

He did look closer to Ingram's height a few days ago, Ingram is 6'9 right?

shyt Jason Tatum grew 2 inches since he was drafted maybe Zion gets to 6'9 or some shyt