re: Zion left Orlando to tend to an urgent family medical matter

Exactly. A timeline has probably been discussed with the organization but he is not ready to mark a specific date because the situation is ongoing or he just plain doesn't know exactly how many days it will be.

What we do know is that he will be returning and that's really all that matters. Plus we know our team has the depth to even win games without him. Cut the kid some slack, he's a 19-year-old who has already had a rollercoaster of a rookie season and now he has an emergency family situation to deal with.

Some of these posters don't seem to have the capacity for empathy and view professional sports players as robots who can't and shouldn't focus on anything but basketball. It's a minority of the posters here, but in general there is a pessimistic tone to this board. Basketball is a game, it is entertainment and is supposed to be fun. Why watch if you aren't having any?