That is not what happened. That was the lame cover story he used. If you read between the lines of everything that was said and not said, he did not meet the fitness/weight/conditioning quotas that Aaron Nelson had set.

The team limited Zion's basketball activities because he wasn't in shape. Zion doesn't get in shape unless he plays basketball. It was a stupid battle of wills where both sides lost. That is why Nelson is no longer in the picture other than collecting a check.

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Posted by LSUgrad88

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Posted on 11/3/23 at 10:53 am to TigerinATL

Then he gets lumped in because he used a lame cover story. And/or he gets lumped in because, while getting paid millions at his job, he can't keep himself in shape with the focus that he uses to chase porn star trash. If Zion had come out and told the press he was healthy and wanted to play and be there for his teammates during a playoff run, he would have played. Having said that, I'm fine with the team being cautious with him, and actually think its he right thing to do. But if people are dubious of that and wonder if its Zion being soft and lazy, its understandable. I'm done giving either guy the benefit of the doubt. They need to earn it. They have done the opposite.

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Posted by Pels_Yaz

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Posted on 11/3/23 at 10:59 am to TigerinATL

Agreed. Zion didn’t want to seem like a fat lazy bum because he didn’t meet conditioning metrics so he took the blame and said I wasn’t ready because he didn’t “feel like himself” not because he failed tests. Team didn’t want to be like yeah we can’t make playoffs because Zion keeps failing conditioning metrics. Griffin said there was too much say by one person in that type of situation and in the end Nelson basically screwed over the team/Zion because of his metrics. That being said to me this is a situation where a more invested owner would have stepped in and put the heat on Griffin to let Zion play otherwise we lose money and it pisses off our fanbase if we miss playoffs. Its pretty alarming that the end of the day- Griffin really doesn’t have to worry about reporting to anyone. Similarly, here we are with BI- where again a more invested owner would demand he play or be traded. Instead a one time all star acts like hes Kawhi Leonard or something.

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Posted by brmark70816

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Posted on 11/3/23 at 11:14 am to TigerinATL