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2018-19 College Basketball Season-Long Thread

There was similar consternation when Kenyon Martin got injured way back in the day.
 
Well, Wake's odds at Cameron are climbing rapidly after that Zion injury. Went from 0.4% to 0.5%.
 
cville deac said:
Didn't realize he slid out of the top 10. But I stand by what I said about Zion. He's still a top 2 pick if he tears an ACL or Achilles. Now if I'm K, I may hold him out of the rest of the regular season to ensure he's healthy for the 2 tourneys.
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That's true. Personally, I don't think Zion will have a long NBA career unless he drops a significant amount of weight. His knees won't be able to withstand many 82 game seasons.
 
CantStandYa said:
ESPN would be pissed. What would their college basketball content be without Zion?
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The same as CBS's golf coverage without Tiger. The same can be said about ESPN.com's golf materials. Headline from last Friday or early Saturday "Tiger Likely to Make Cut." Apparently Tiger is still good clickbait even when not having his A Game.
 
greekdeac2011 said:
That's true. Personally, I don't think Zion will have a long NBA career unless he drops a significant amount of weight. His knees won't be able to withstand many 82 game seasons.
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Kind of agree, but Zion's body type is not that different than LeBron, and LeBron has been incredibly durable.
 
Zion weighs 35 lbs more than Lebron. We don’t really have a precedent for a guy that big jumping and landing repeatedly over a career. He’s similar in size to Julius Peppers.
 
PhDeac said:
Zion weighs 35 lbs more than Lebron. We don’t really have a precedent for a guy that big jumping and landing repeatedly over a career. He’s similar in size to Julius Peppers.
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Peppers had an exceptionally long career for a DE and football careers are often a lot shorter than basketball careers.
 
Pilchard said:
Kind of agree, but Zion's body type is not that different than LeBron, and LeBron has been incredibly durable.
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If I'm not mistaken, Lebron came out of HS at 6'8, 240. That's a lot different than 6'7 (6'6), 285.
 
Pilchard said:
Peppers had an exceptionally long career for a DE and football careers are often a lot shorter than basketball careers.
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You missed the “jumping and landing” part of my post. Also Peppers wasn’t nearly as vertically gifted as Zion. Zion has Lebron’s athleticism plus 35 lbs. Zion would definitely benefit by losing weight.
 
Yeah, I'd be a little worried about Zion's knees and longevity if I were a GM with the #1 pick. Whoever has that pick could face a dilemma. Barrett is more pro ready and has a higher floor. Zion may have a higher long term ceiling and will put more fannies in seats in the short run, but may not end up as the better pro and has a higher likelihood of microfracture being in his future. I'd definitely try to get him more in the 260 range.
 
Well if you’re Knicks management, you know you’re going to trade him or won’t be able to resign him anyway.
 
PhDeac said:
Well if you’re Knicks management, you know you’re going to trade him or won’t be able to resign him anyway.
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You wouldn't be able to re-sign Barrett either. So if you're the Knicks and you have the #1 pick, you draft Zion to get more fannies in seats before you have to trade him.
 
is Zion a Panthers fan? it'd be cool to have two of the biggest stars in the NBA be Panthers fans
 
Pilchard said:
Kind of agree, but Zion's body type is not that different than LeBron, and LeBron has been incredibly durable.
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LeBron was hardly the size of Zion coming out of high school. He bulked up later but then dropped weight to increase the lifetime of his career.
 
PhDeac said:
You missed the “jumping and landing” part of my post. Also Peppers wasn’t nearly as vertically gifted as Zion. Zion has Lebron’s athleticism plus 35 lbs. Zion would definitely benefit by losing weight.
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I enjoyed the phrase "vertically gifted"... That's all. Just wanted to point that out.

Feels like it should just mean "tall", but it works in this context.
 
DeacsATS said:
I enjoyed the phrase "vertically gifted"... That's all. Just wanted to point that out.

Feels like it should just mean "tall", but it works in this context.
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You missed the "jumping and landing" part of that post. Peppers and Zion are about the same height and size, but Zion jumps higher.
 
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