Is there a way that Zion and Queen can co-exist?

Neither is a real PF. Zion is a wing, Queen is a 4/5 combo, that plays best next to a shot blocking 5. Itd be better if either would shoot 3s. But it flows good with both on the court.

I'm with most fans though and ready to move on from Zion..

Zion played really well down the stretch last year when he played with the 2 big lineup. He can play on the wing.

I feel like Looney, Messi are 5s, Karlo/DQ are 4,5 and Zion is more a 3 now

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Itd be better if either would shoot 3s

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I think Queen can and will. He just needs to develop more and we need to implement schemes for him on offense.

Zion and Queen works due to the obvious talent but it still provides poor spacing and limits the actions you can run on the floor. Look at the last two games, there's so much spacing on the floor with Queen and multiple wing/guards. Actions are more effective when teams aren't sagging 5 feet off Zion. And the majority of the time, they want the ball in Zion's hands and that holds Queen back a bit. Queen has the IQ to play well in multiple roles, but he's at his best when he's the offensive hub.

Zion at PG?

On the bench? In the training room? Zion would actually have to be available to play for this scenario to be discussed.

Get an actual coach first.

It's amazing that some people still think that Zion is a top 50 player in the league considering it's always a mystery of who he would fit with and who he wouldn't. People used to make the argument that it would be similar to building around Giannis, but Giannis is a half foot taller, 10 inches longer, healthier, all out hustle beast with high character.

Truly great players fit with almost everyone. Zion on the contrary, basically fits with almost no one. Trey Murphy would be the closest player he fits with, but both are such dogshit defensively, they don't really fit on defense together. Therefore they ultimately don't fit as winning pieces together.

We need to start asking ourselves who fits with Fears and Queen and try to trade Zion for players that would do that (even if their perceived player tier is lower than Zion's).

Let's pretend that Fears and Queen are a new age CP3 and D West type duo and figure out what the best way is to build out a winner around them. Is Trey new age Peja? Does Herb fit in with these 2? Can he shoot well enough to be a defensive Mo Pete? Can Missi develop and play a little bit of Tyson Chandler's role or is all we can hope for is the Birdman role? Is Jose Alvarado new age Jannero Pargo? Can Micah Peavy be the next Bonzi Wells?

Zion hasn't yet showed that he can coexist with anyone for more than a handful of games.

Injuries aside, Zion needs to have the ball in his hands to be successful and that usually means he aimlessly dribbling at the top of the key until the shot clock gets under 10 seconds and then he drives into a wall under the basket for a left-handed layup.