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We're not gonna talk about how good Zion looks?!

Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:09 pm
Posted by NOLATiger86
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:09 pm
Posted by supe12sta12z
Tiger Town
Member since Apr 2012
12827 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:17 pm to
My man looks motivated.
Posted by Buck Dancer
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2008
4822 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:31 pm to
If that’s a real non photoshopped picture that’s real good.

Going into a season strong , in shape and healthy should help alleviate some of the other injuries that occured while he was playing trying to get into shape.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
53787 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:36 pm to
Let’s hope he doesn’t tweak something with no timetable again
Posted by 3PieceSpicy
Metairie
Member since Jan 2021
7717 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:38 pm to
Same ole 35 inch biceps, 55 inch waist and 290 pounds physique.

This is more of the same. Not anything to get overly hyped about imo. Coin flip at best if he stays healthy with that frame.
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
25057 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:42 pm to
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Same ole 35 inch biceps, 55 inch waist and 290 pounds physique.


I am one of the biggest “Zion is fat” guys on this board.

But no…not same ole.

Sure, his midsection has some fat, but that dudes body is just going to have that there. Thats his build.

Look at his arms and neck. He’s fricking lean for his body. Do you know what weight Zion would have to get to not have a gut? I’m thinking like 215.
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
30884 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:46 pm to
IWHI
Posted by longhorn22
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Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:50 pm to
Posted by ned nederlander
Member since Dec 2012
5490 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:52 pm to
I took one of the team and didn’t renew my tickets this year. This team and Zion is putting it all together for an unforgettable run this year.
Posted by MizunoDude
Member since May 2020
1109 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:59 pm to
My car looks great but the tires don’t hold air and the engine keeps breaking.

Looks ain’t everything….
Posted by J_Hingle
LA
Member since Jun 2013
5391 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 8:07 pm to
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Same ole 35 inch biceps, 55 inch waist and 290 pounds physique. This is more of the same. Not anything to get overly hyped about imo. Coin flip at best if he stays healthy with that frame.


I 100% disagree….that is a 300lb man in that picture. Now having said that, it’s definitely not the worst he’s looked, he just looks a little too jacked and a little too thick.
Posted by J_Hingle
LA
Member since Jun 2013
5391 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 8:08 pm to
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I am one of the biggest “Zion is fat” guys on this board. But no…not same ole. Sure, his midsection has some fat, but that dudes body is just going to have that there. Thats his build. Look at his arms and neck. He’s fricking lean for his body. Do you know what weight Zion would have to get to not have a gut? I’m thinking like 215.


He is definitely not lean, still a little too thick, but he is jacked. His arms looks especially bigger but we’ve seen him without a gut and that was at duke when he was probably 270.
This post was edited on 8/18/23 at 8:09 pm
Posted by GOP_Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
20666 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 8:12 pm to
I expect us to be top-3 in the West. The injury history of Zion and BI just indicates to me that they're due a healthy season.
Posted by MartinVanNostrand
Member since Mar 2018
147 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 8:14 pm to
Need to see that side view
Posted by fightingtigers98
Member since Oct 2011
13295 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 8:45 pm to
He would’ve been fine last year, even with the hamstring at his weight + where he was at coming into the season. The problem is when he doesn’t play basketball, he doesn’t do anything but guzzle Dew and that’s when the problems arise.

The hamstring injury came up a week after he had COVID, and then, what happens? He doesn’t do anything, skips rehab, etc. then tries to go full boar and injures himself again and repeats the process.

If/when he gets hurt, he needs to do his best to maintain everything and not get up to 310 then try to smash the peddle down to get to 285 in two weeks.
Posted by whatiknowsofar
hm?
Member since Nov 2010
25747 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 8:49 pm to
He looks better, and if he plays 60 plus games this year, come playoff time he'll be a fricking monster in April/May
Posted by SaintTigerPel
LaPlace
Member since Dec 2017
1384 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 9:02 pm to
What do centers like Chet Holgrem and Wembanyana think when think this dude is rumbling down the lane towards them?
Posted by ThePistol
Lafayette, LA
Member since Mar 2007
1805 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 9:29 pm to
I really have no idea what some people want. Has everyone here seen footage of Zion in high school? He was “overweight” for a basketball player then. He has never been a shooter or a smooth ball handler. The reason that he was a phenom and the reason he was drafted #1 is he is an absolute freak, literally unlike anything seen before. He is built like a defensive end but he can fly and he has amazing touch. It is what has allowed him to do things that haven’t been done since Jordan early in his career.

I only see positives here. I don’t remember him being at the team facility working out in the off-season prior to this. I think he looks about as good as we could have hoped. He looks like he is ready to break most guys in half and we have to assume he is still going to be quicker than pretty much everyone who tries to guard him. In the first picture he is doing the very flexibility work that we have all been hoping for.

I’m not saying it’s all going to work out but these pictures are about as good as we are going to get in August. I’d bet he’s going to be about 10lbs lighter by media day. We need him to be freak Zion and he looks like he is well on his way.
Posted by DomincDecoco
RIP Ronnie fights Thoth’s loafers
Member since Oct 2018
11680 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 9:30 pm to
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Coin flip at best if he stays healthy with that frame.



He aint lying
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
25057 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 9:43 pm to
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He is definitely not lean, still a little too thick, but he is jacked.


Being jacked alone doesn’t make you vascular or give you shoulder striations. Gotta be lean.
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