re: Do you think Griff and the front office are satisfied with just beating average/bad teams?

We also should've seen the writing on the wall when JJ called out Zion's work ethic and then CJ alluded to it as well.

Before this season, we kept trying to rationalize that Zion's lack of fitness was because he kept getting injured, but I think we're getting confirmation this year that his lack of fitness is due to him not taking his fitness seriously. The realization that his injuries are due that lack of fitness and not the other way around has been really sobering for me this season.

I've said for years that I'm just waiting for it to "click" for Zion where he'd go from immature kid to adult who realizes he can be a special player in this game. I thought all the drama from the 21/22 season would do it, then I thought that his 22/23 season getting cut short after he was playing near an MVP-level would do it. Hell, I even thought that having a kid and him playing for something more than himself would do it... but none of that seems to be motivating him to change his philosophies.

This season is the first time I've gone from "just wait till it clicks for Zion" to "What if it never clicks for Zion?"