re: Zion has been working with a trainer that was fired by Jazz and then LSU after 2 months.

Donovan Mitchell, who has averaged over 23 points in his four seasons with the Utah Jazz said: “Jasper is an incredible strength coach, trainer, and friend. He’s continuously finding ways to motivate his players. He helped me tremendously with my strength and conditioning. He’s a great motivator! He finds ways to get the best out of his athletes, and he’s definitely help me become the player who I am today.”

Royce O’Neale, who has played close to 300 games the last four seasons for the Jazz said this of Bibbs: “LSU is getting one of the best strength coaches in the game right now. Jasper has helped with my personal development in the weight room and with transforming my body to help me stay healthy and compete at the highest level during my time in the NBA.”

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Contrast that with whats going on in Memphis, and its just misery.

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they are going to get their arse kicked for a week or so.
down two starters and a 6th man.

i wish nba would bubble the last two weeks of season and the playoffs.

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Again I actually like Zion, but I’m not going to lie to myself. Watch NBA Ja. That is Duke Zion in a point guard’s body.

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Again, 20 year old Zion was much better than the best Ja we've seen, and Ja may never have a season dominant as 20 year old Zion.

Health is the only question, because Zion is a few levels above Morant in his on the court play.

And to top it off, the Pelicans with Zion on the court are still better than the Grizzlies with Ja on the court, so there's that too.

But they’re really not though

No one in their right mind was taking Ja that night first. Every single GM who would have, was also gone

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And to top it off, the Pelicans with Zion on the court are still better than the Grizzlies with Ja on the court, so there's that too.

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C'mon man have you been watching NBA this year? Griz are 31-15 and the 3 seed right now with more young talent than us and possibly a better coach. They are exactly what we want to be: A young team with a young superstar that drafted well and surrounded Ja with really good talent. If you're not at least a little jealous of the Griz then you're not being honest or not paying attention.

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While Memphis has played well, still believe they are overachieving similarly to Atlanta last year.

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then they’ve been over achieving for 3 years now. Give them credit. They’re a hard working team that’s well coached and led by a superstar. Atlanta was a one hit wonder. Memphis has been competitive and improving each year since the Ja Era



shite they even went on like a 10 game win streak WITHOUT Ja. And they were winning without JJJ

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C'mon man have you been watching NBA this year? Griz are 31-15 and the 3 seed right now with more young talent than us and possibly a better coach. They are exactly what we want to be: A young team with a young superstar that drafted well and surrounded Ja with really good talent. If you're not at least a little jealous of the Griz then you're not being honest or not paying attention.

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I've specifically pointed out how good the Memphis team is.

As good as they are this season, they have a +2.8 net rating with Ja on the court. Zion for his career is +2.5 when he's on the court.

As I've pointed out many times, the difference in the 2 players and their teams performance takes places when both are off the court, because Memphis is so much deeper and has a better team than we do.

But again, statistically and factually we are better when Zion plays than Memphis is when Ja plays.

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How are y'all taking this so negatively? We don't know why he didn't work out at LSU, and as long as it wasn't for being a bad trainer, I'm not sure we care. He was a trainer with a legit, well run NBA team for 4 years.

Even though he's not officially with the Pels him being with the team in November and December says either the team hired him or Zion likes him, or both.

I don't see this information as good or bad. It just says Zion is working with a real NBA trainer, which is what you'd expect.

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Just status quo with many on this site. If it involves Zion, it has to be negative and many have to find something to complain about him for it.

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So he is getting millions from the team to just do whatever his fat slob a— wants to?

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No, he's getting millions to rehab his foot so that he can return and play basketball for the Pelicans.

Glad I could help you with that question.