re: Check in if you always knew Zion was going to be a bust in New Orleans

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I said it in 8/2020





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You saved receipts like this was a good take.

Oh shite is it receipt day?

Dude did you even read my 2 posts? I heavily defended Zion. I was literally the first one to defend him in this thread. In a response to another poster, I mentioned Zion’s and BI’s defense being a concern, which it was in December 2021. Hell, it kind of still was for Z, until 15-20 games into this season. I also mentioned being concerned about Griff’s roster building. But the context of that was, we were also like 20 games below .500 at the time and guys I liked like Naji and Jose were buried under the bench in favor of other players.

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Dude did you even read my 2 posts?

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You mean the one where you said it would be "almost impossible" to make the playoffs as long as Zion was on the team?

That's why I stay out of these threads lmao

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But we now have 2 regulars who went hard at doubting Zion.


3piece and brmark...repent!

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How am I getting lumped into this? I've never doubted Zions talent or impact.

The only negative things I have ever talked about him are his conditioning and body type. He's going to miss alot of games. We aren't halfway through the year and he's already missed 8 games. He's going to end up probably missing 15-20 by the end of the year. Which is better than I hoped. You just can't have consistent success with your stars missing 20%
(Or more) of the games every year..

I mean like 4 threads have been bumped and I’m being called out in the one thread that I was the very first poster to strongly defend him in.

I’m not even sure what our record was at that exact moment, but being worried about overall team defense and its impact on winning when our 3 best players at the time on the roster were Zion, Ingram, and Jonas was completely valid.

Obviously Herb has become all world on that end. Jose was implemented. Nance was received in a trade. Ingram bought in defensively. We got freaking CJ Mccollum as a leader and 2nd or 3rd scorer. Drafted defensive wizard Dyson. Zion bought in defensively halfway through this year. Etc. It’s obviously an entirely different team situation than what we had at the time.

I still defended an injured, overweight, and rumored malcontent Z more than 95% of people did in that thread. I’ve always been team Z from a human perspective and hell, I even called him an all pro caliber player from a basketball perspective.

Not enough downvotes

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I mean like 4 threads have been bumped and I’m being called out in the one thread that I was the very first poster to strongly defend him in.

I’m not even sure what our record was at that exact moment, but being worried about overall team defense and its impact on winning when our 3 best players at the time on the roster were Zion, Ingram, and Jonas was completely valid.

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You weren't talking about only that season.

I'm not sure why you'd think it's crazy you're being called out when you said it will be "almost impossible" for us to ever make the playoffs as long as Zion is on the team.

What is there to defend about that statement? Why would you want to defend that statement?

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It’s obviously an entirely different team situation than what we had at the time.

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So you thought the team would never ever ever change during Zion's entire tenure? Because AGAIN, your post wasn't about that season, it was specifically stating as long as Zion is here, it will be "almost impossible" to even make the playoffs.