re: Zion is so freaking good

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That said, I we can't move him, I hope he magically figured it out and will lead us to the Western Conference Finals, but I just don't trust him any further than I can throw him.

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I 100% understand. Bowdown just beat me to the punch on the Lucy/football analogy that I was going to make.

But a lot of posters here overlook what he did earlier this season. He came into the season in relatively "improved" shape, but still not nearly where he should have been. He got hurt, missed a month of basketball, and showed up in SIGNIFICANTLY better shape. Coming back off of a month-long injury in better shape would be impressive for even the most dedicated players, but it's insane for a lazy twat like Zion to do it. I was 95% in on Zion as a longterm Pel after that, and he's only been looking better since then. I don't know if he's naturally maturing (probably not based on the tats/baby mama drama) or if he simply got pissed about the likes of Shaq/Barkley ragging on him, but it doesn't really matter.

It's probably stupid of me, but I'm not worried at all about Zion starting next season out of shape. He may put on a few pounds relative to where he is now, but nothing crazy. I am a bit worried that he won't improve his deficiencies (I'm about to start a thread on this). He's improved a bit as a player in his career, but not as much as you'd like. And the things that he has improved on (distributor, shiftyness/touch around the rim) were already pretty great when he was a rookie, so there's diminishing returns working on those parts of his game.