Zion Williamson Bust Watch

[ISO]

Zion is a much better finisher in the paint than lebron was at this age with a much higher fg %. So you are right they are not comparable. This whats scary about him. He scores too easy in the paint and the offense isn't really geared around him yet.

No he isn’t. His FG% is higher because he only takes paint shots.

Sophomore year LeBron shot 73% at the rim and 64% on lay-ups.

Zion is shooting 59% at the rim and just 52% on lay-ups. He misses a lot of bunnies and has to power back through from an offensive rebound like a Moses Malone or young Carmelo.

He’s nowhere near LeBron right now as a player at the same age.

 

[Nigerianwonder]

No he isn’t. His FG% is higher because he only takes paint shots.

Sophomore year LeBron shot 73% at the rim and 64% on lay-ups.

Zion is shooting 59% at the rim and just 52% on lay-ups. He misses a lot of bunnies and has to power back through from an offensive rebound like a Moses Malone or young Carmelo.

He’s nowhere near LeBron right now as a player at the same age.

Zions fg% is higher period. Not a debate. Just facts.
And Zions agility and 2nd hop/ jump is the most elite I have seen.

 

[ISO]

Zions fg% is higher period. Not a debate. Just facts.
And Zions agility and 2nd hop/ jump is the most elite I have seen.

Because he doesn’t take any jumpers he’s not a better finisher than young Bron.

Zion is nowhere near LeBron at 20 and has a lot of work to do to truly become one of the upper echelon impact players in the league.

 

[Inertia Creeps]

No he isn’t. His FG% is higher because he only takes paint shots.

Sophomore year LeBron shot 73% at the rim and 64% on lay-ups.

Zion is shooting 59% at the rim and just 52% on lay-ups. He misses a lot of bunnies and has to power back through from an offensive rebound like a Moses Malone or young Carmelo.

He’s nowhere near LeBron right now as a player at the same age.

Why would he not take shots in the paint if he can score this many points this efficiently at them??? Would you tell sophmore Shaq to start shooting 3s and mid range jumpers instead of posting up too?? Would you tell Curry to stop shooting 3s and start posting up instead??? Y'all really want professional NBA players to NOT play to their strengths that are enabling them to produce at a historic level so you can win capping ass arguments on internet forums. Your bolded stats are the perfect illustration of this (if they're even true, which I doubt); sophmore LeBron was shooting better than 70% at the rim.... yet his overall FG% wasn't even 48% (again how does this bogus ass math add up )??? Maybe he should've taken a page out of Zion's book and kept attacking the rim more

 

[Nigerianwonder]

Because he doesn’t take any jumpers he’s not a better finisher than young Bron.

Zion is nowhere near LeBron at 20 and has a lot of work to do to truly become one of the upper echelon impact players in the league.

He doesn't get enough touches especially on the perimeter to even take jumpers like that. He scores a lot off collecting rebounds from brandon Ingram bricks when BI starts chucking. If they built the offense around him he would have those opportunities. But that might not happen until he leaves N.O.

 

[Nigerianwonder]

Why would he not take shots in the paint if he can score this many points this efficiently at them??? Would you tell sophmore Shaq to start shooting 3s and mid range jumpers instead of posting up too?? Would you tell Curry to stop shooting 3s and start posting up instead??? Y'all really want professional NBA players to NOT play to their strengths that are enabling them to produce at a historic level so you can win capping ass arguments on internet forums. Your bolded stats are the perfect illustration of this (if they're even true, which I doubt); sophmore LeBron was shooting better than 70% at the rim.... yet his overall FG% wasn't even 48% (again how does this bogus as math add up )??? Maybe he should've taken a page out of Zion's book and kept attacking the rim more

He wants zion to fail thats why. When he is no longer able to drop 20 ppg in the paint they may have an argument that he should shoot more outside. Until then they can just keep hating and enjoy the show.

Zions overall stats are solid and he will only get better.

 

[Inertia Creeps]

He wants zion to fail thats why. When he is no longer able to drop 20 ppg in the paint they may have an argument that he should shoot more outside. Until then they can just keep hating and enjoy the show.

Zions overall stats are solid and he will only get better.

Yea like OBVIOUSLY a 20 year old who hasn't even played 20 damn games for longer than 30 minutes is going to be pretty raw and unfinished in terms of skillset . Eventually over time you'll of course want to see him develop a better jumper than the set shot he has now (at least he will occasionally take and make it when left wide open unlike Simmons ) and a tighter handle and maybe a good floater for when he can't get all the way to the rim. But when you're 19-20, not even able to legally drink yet, in your first 2 seasons in the best league on earth... anyone with a brain would tell you to stick to what you're already good at and what is proven to work for you when starting out. Zion's been doing that historically well and making it look easy, and it's making these goofies extremely mad They better get used to it, he's not going anywhere

 

[Remote]

Zion isn't a bust but he clearly is not comfortable taking the risk of attempting longer shots.

Over time, this is going to be exploited by opposing teams. He will need to adapt.

 

[ISO]

Why would he not take shots in the paint if he can score this many points this efficiently at them??? Would you tell sophmore Shaq to start shooting 3s and mid range jumpers instead of posting up too?? Would you tell Curry to stop shooting 3s and start posting up instead??? Y'all really want professional NBA players to NOT play to their strengths that are enabling them to produce at a historic level so you can win capping ass arguments on internet forums. Your bolded stats are the perfect illustration of this (if they're even true, which I doubt); sophmore LeBron was shooting better than 70% at the rim.... yet his overall FG% wasn't even 48% (again how does this bogus ass math add up )??? Maybe he should've taken a page out of Zion's book and kept attacking the rim more

Ur a simpleton lmao matter of fact you a whole dummy

The math adds up perfectly his FG% is decreased by a high volume of jumpers.
LeBron James 2004-05 Shooting | Basketball-Reference.com

Zion Williamson 2020-21 Shooting | Basketball-Reference.com

I was one of the biggest Zion stans on here.

Wake the fukk up he’s not historical his impact analytics are marginal his defense is bad too many empty bully ball baskets he’s not even as good as rookie or sophomore Blake Griffin or Larry Johnson.

 

[ISO]

He wants zion to fail thats why. When he is no longer able to drop 20 ppg in the paint they may have an argument that he should shoot more outside. Until then they can just keep hating and enjoy the show.

Zions overall stats are solid and he will only get better.

I want Zion to fail?

Nikka I had Zion as LeBron’s replacement I’m rooting for him to be the face of the league after he retires.

Between the declined athleticism and holes in his game that will take years to fix like shooting and defense if they can ever even be fixed there’s a concern.

 

[Nigerianwonder]

I want Zion to fail?

Nikka I had Zion as LeBron’s replacement I’m rooting for him to be the face of the league after he retires.

Between the declined athleticism and holes in his game that will take years to fix like shooting and defense if they can ever even be fixed there’s a concern.

Declined athleticism? This is the stupid stuff yall say unchecked on here. He is just starting his career.

 

[ISO]

Declined athleticism? This is the stupid stuff yall say unchecked on here. He is just starting his career.

He’s less fast, less bouncy, and less coordinated than he was at Duke to even when we saw him early last season

It is very noticeable

 

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[Lakerman0834]

i took him about a year and a half to play 35 games lol

 

[Sauce Dab]

i took him about a year and a half to play 35 games lol

Blame the pelicans organization for holding him out for so long