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It’s kinda crazy how Zion has basically become an afterthought (alien.top)
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I remember the hype coming out of duke, how teams were tanking for him, the “generational” talent/prospect talks. How by this time Zion would either be the straight up face of the league or one of them. Definitely a top ten player and more than likely a top 5 player by now. That basically didn’t happen, he’s been surpassed by other young players since. I legit remember several Who would you rather have going forward Luka or Zion threads. It’s crazy

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[–] cromulent_weasel@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I remember the hype coming out of duke, how teams were tanking for him, the “generational” talent/prospect talks.

Eh, there are three types of red flag that fans typically discount: being undersized, injury prone or a bad shooter. Zion is a good shooter but he ticks the other two boxes and that's enough to stop me from ever getting on the hype train.

Definitely a top ten player and more than likely a top 5 player by now.

And that's completely true IF you ignore those above red flags.

I legit remember several Who would you rather have going forward Luka or Zion threads.

Luka doesn't have the red flags that Zion does.