re: We're not gonna talk about how good Zion looks?!

I do like that the pictures show a level of summer effort we haven't seen often. But as someone else already said, it's when he gets injured that there are problems. Work this hard when you're injured to stay in shape and then you'll be giving us what we need.

Lol this board knows zip about athlete nutrition or just nutrition in general and it shows.

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this board knows zip about athlete nutrition or just nutrition in general and it shows.

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Touchdownjeebus is someone I would trust when it comes to conditioning and nutrition. Dude is beyond yoked

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We're not gonna talk about how good Zion looks?!

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We do. Every off season

Except that he has come in fat before.

I’ve got zero bias. Zion used to be a top 3 favorite athlete for me. Now, he’s just kind of another dude. I look at him as if he’s just a random player on a different team. Which ultimately removes the bias I used to have for him. I now see Zion more clearly for what he is. Fancy Charles Barkley who doesn’t rebound or play games. Consider if this was a message board for any of the other 29 teams, everyone would largely be rolling their eyes at this pic.

I’m still rooting for him as a Pelicans fan. I just no longer have any percent of confidence/expectations left in him. Every game he plays for the Pels is kind of more or less an unexpected bonus vs something I trust and expect. He’s a very good player. But he’s untrustworthy. And this most recent pic still shows that he doesn’t completely get it imo.

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I now see Zion more clearly for what he is. Fancy Charles Barkley who doesn’t rebound or play games.

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Zion is a excellent rebounder -- I don't know what you are talking about at all with that comment. His total rebound % of 12.0 would have been 50th in the league if he'd played enough minutes to qualify. And it would be even higher if he didn't play on the same team as the guy with the #1 TRB% -- Jonas Valanciunas. Because Jonas is so good at getting rebounds, when they are both on the floor, the team usually prefers for Zion to leak out early for a potential fast break.

He’s getting there. He won’t ever be in real shape until he plays in games.

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Are you serious? If you look at that and have those comments, it is clear that you have a major bias.

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He doesn’t look THAT different. Still soft in chest and midsection but he will probably need to be playing consistently for that to taper down more. His shoulders and arms are jacked but a lot of guys start to look leaner/more muscular there first.

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Are you unaware that people’s bodies store fat differently? And as you lose weight it will fall of different parts of the body at different rates?

Often times people who have effortless abs store fat in their lower back or arse/legs. Theres even a distinction between over or under muscle (subcutaneous vs. visceral….though most likely not relevant here).

Zion very clearly loses fat LAST in his midsection. Like the last 30 lbs. Again….from an athletic standpoint….neck/face/arms/shoulders tell you more