Realistic Expectations for Zion on Wednesday night

45pts, 6-7 3pt, 11 reb, 5 blocks, 25 minutes

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I wouldn't call any of these realistic.

I think realistic is that he plays 15 minutes or so, has 12-15 points, very efficiently.

I mean, 15 points in 15 minutes would be pretty goddamned good. Some rebounds and spectacular plays mixed in.

The guy is a freak. I'm just not 100% sure he will get the minutes this first game out.

I will say this...its a really, really good matchup for him to exploit.

Yall are acting like scoring a point per minute on the court is bad

I think you're missing some sarcasm.

I'd bet he probably plays about 20 minutes, and has a stat line close to this:

14-5-2 w/ 1 stl & 1 blk 6/9 2/2 FT

He didn't ask for spectacular games...he asked for realistic.

But for real for a second: I guess almost anything is realistic for Zion. The guy is incredible.

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I wouldn't call any of these realistic. I think realistic is that he plays 15 minutes or so, has 12-15 points, very efficiently.

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I think the point of the thread was to ironically post unrealistic hype stat lines

But yea I’m looking for 13 points on decent efficiency, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block. Just get involved in the game and focus on scoring smartly. I don’t think he’s a primary ball handler til later in the season. And I expect him to get beaten hard on some defense. But if he can do his best trait in scoring efficiently, he’ll be a good contributor until the rest of his game catches up

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25 minutes

7/11 fg
1/2 3p
4/7 ft

19 points
7 rebounds
4 assists
2 blocks
2 steals

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This would be awesome.