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Since 2019, which #1 pick would you not take in place of Zion?
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:49 pm
2020: Anthony Edwards
2021: Cade Cunningham
2022: Paolo Banchero
2023: Victor Wembenyama
2024: Zacharie Risacher
2025: Cooper Flagg
I made a thread like this during Wemby's first year and many said they'd still take Zion over Cunningham and Banchero.
Fast forward to now and the only player you could make the argument for is Risacher.
Everyone else has passed up Zion, despite having more hype entering the draft than all of them except Wemby.
Not sure who failed the other more, Zion failed the Pelicans or the Pelicans failed Zion. Either way, what a huge disappointment he is.
2021: Cade Cunningham
2022: Paolo Banchero
2023: Victor Wembenyama
2024: Zacharie Risacher
2025: Cooper Flagg
I made a thread like this during Wemby's first year and many said they'd still take Zion over Cunningham and Banchero.
Fast forward to now and the only player you could make the argument for is Risacher.
Everyone else has passed up Zion, despite having more hype entering the draft than all of them except Wemby.
Not sure who failed the other more, Zion failed the Pelicans or the Pelicans failed Zion. Either way, what a huge disappointment he is.
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:18 pm to Broski
Misread. Probably risascher he’s not very good
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:08 pm to Macintosh
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Misread. Probably risascher he’s not very good
Runner-up for ROY last year. He's not an all-star, but at least he actually plays. 75 games last year, Zion will never touch that in his career.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:37 pm to SEC Doctor
Runner up and regressing.
He's not that good.
They messed up by passing on sarr who was consensus #1 for so long.
He's not that good.
They messed up by passing on sarr who was consensus #1 for so long.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:37 pm to SEC Doctor
quote:that draft class is horrific
Runner-up for ROY last year.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:40 pm to Macintosh
For the two people who downvoted the OP, state your case you cowards
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:46 pm to Broski
I’m taking Zion over Risacher and probably Flagg. Always thought Flagg was a bit overhyped and he has not looked great so far. Think he ends up becoming a Mikal Bridges type of player.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:18 pm to Tigerjim09
Devil's advocate, I'd rather Mikal Bridges last 7 years over Zion and I think Cooper definitely has more playmaking ability than Mikal.
That's before you get into character, off the floor, who do you actually want as a Face of your city, team, organization type questions. Bridges and Cooper clear Zion by miles there.
That's before you get into character, off the floor, who do you actually want as a Face of your city, team, organization type questions. Bridges and Cooper clear Zion by miles there.
This post was edited on 11/5/25 at 12:37 am
Posted on 11/5/25 at 3:35 am to Tigerjim09
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probably Flagg
You're insane. You'd take a guy who barely plays, doesnt care, cant shoot and cant defend, over Cooper Flagg? That take will age like milk.
Posted on 11/5/25 at 5:55 am to Broski
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I made a thread like this during Wemby's first year and many said they'd still take Zion over Cunningham and Banchero.
The Banchero takes were dumb but Cade took a HUGE step last year, so at the time that wasn't a bad take. Weren't the Pistons incredibly bad Wenby's rookie year?
Posted on 11/5/25 at 6:35 am to Broski
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I made a thread like this during Wemby's first year and many said they'd still take Zion over Cunningham and Banchero.
A portion of our fans have some serious Stockholm syndrome
ETA: I would take all of them, including Risacher, just to get the fatass off our team and let our young players grow without him taking up space and setting a horrible example.
This post was edited on 11/5/25 at 6:37 am
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:28 am to Tigerjim09
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probably Flagg
quote:
Think he ends up becoming a Mikal Bridges type of player.
So you wouldn't have taken Mikal Bridges career over Zions? Even if you took out Bridges 82 game rookie year, Bridges has played 262 (262!!!!0 more games than Zion. Over three full seasons of basketball for his teams. Averaging 15ppg, hovering around 40% from three and giving you elite defense night in and night out. We would 100% have been better off if we had Bridges over Zion.
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