re: Most Enjoyable Player to Watch Play of Current NBA players

I have said this before but it is like me going to a fancy art show somewhere. I will be like wtf this looks like scribble scratch. But someone who really knows their art will see it and have a tear come down their cheek. They will be blown away. That is harden. He is not for the casual fan. You got to really know the game to fully appreciate what he is doing. And this is not a shot at you.

Oh I appreciate what he does. I just don’t like watching it. There are 3 players that are proven to make their teams contenders just by being on the team. Those current players are LeBron, Harden, and CP3.

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Hopefully he develops more range on his shot in due time.

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He just needs a 3pt shot to save his legs and the pels need some spacers. No one is stopping him. They know he's going to drive from 18 ft out and they still can't. He's Shaq like force with a handle- that's Rick Carlisle's words, not mine.

He fricking crossed up some sorry Celtic big last night and finished against two huge guys at the rim. He has elite touch and has more in his bag in post moves than anyone I or you have ever seen at his age.

If this dude gets better, even marginally better, he's going to be a top 5 player for a decade. And maybe I'm underselling him at that.

He’s gonna have to have a bigger impact on winning for that to happen. The pels are 12th in the west and every team below them is tanking. They are last out of the teams who want to win this season. They have GOT to be better for big Z to be recognized as a top 10 / top 5 kinda player.

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He’s gonna have to have a bigger impact on winning for that to happen. The pels are 12th in the west and every team below them is tanking. They are last out of the teams who want to win this season. They have GOT to be better for big Z to be recognized as a top 10 / top 5 kinda player.

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All in due time, they're a young team. David Griffin even admitted that point Zion being so good so early at running the offense has forced them to retool and rethink how they're gonna construct the team. Right now NAW looks like he's turning a corner, Kira looks like a really nice backup pg, etc. The pels are in great position and will take the Rox usual playoff spot for the next few years.

I haven't caught most of the games recently, but his debut against the spurs where he hit four 3's in a row showed he has it in him. If he could spot up shoot like that consistently, yea he'd be unstoppable.

I agree he has a great handle and does finish soft at the rim, with freaky backspin and finger rolls. Which I can appreciate even more, considering there's no limitations on who he could posterize.

Some numbers since Zion starting playing point on 1/26 via David Fisher:

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Team ORtg; 119.6 (1st)

Zion
27.8 PPG
6.7 RPG
4.3 APG
.644/.389/.723
68.5% TS%

Ingram
24.1 PPG
4.6 RPG
4.8 APG
.478/.391/.893
59.8% TS%

I feel it’s safe to say that Zion’s 3pt shooting is good enough that they will not just sag off of him a lot to prevent him from driving. He can knock down an uncontested 3 at a high enough clip IMO.