Wow kinda risky considering his injury history. Not sure I’d make that deal if I were them.
Zion and Pelicans agree to 5 year max rookie extension
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Wow kinda risky considering his injury history. Not sure I’d make that deal if I were them.
Think of all the doughnuts he can buy with 231M
That’s really stupid but it is the Pelicans. Lol. Wow. Wall has probably played in more games recently and he at least did something to deserve the contract in the first place. The world goes around and the Pelicans continue to suck and make stupid decisions. Shocker.
I'm not a huge Zion fan... Mostly because he is a Dookie and has underperformed so far.
With that said he is losing weight and working on his game more. I have a feeling he turns things around and has a decent career. Call me crazy but I think that's what happens. If not it will be top 10 busts in NBA history
With that said he is losing weight and working on his game more. I have a feeling he turns things around and has a decent career. Call me crazy but I think that's what happens. If not it will be top 10 busts in NBA history
Pretty sure Zion played like 60 games in the 72 year season just 2 seasons ago.
I bet Zion wept pork chops and Beaujolais
Fun trivia game. Who played more games their first 3 years in the league?
Greg Oden, Zion, or Sam Bowie?
Greg Oden, Zion, or Sam Bowie?
Underperformed? He averaged 22 ppg his rookie season and 27 ppg his second season
If you really think about it, the Pels had no choice.
I agree with this. If he walks, some other team signs him and he could blow up. He had all the leverage in this.
not hating but i cant really see zion staying healthy.
but to be fair i dont see davis staying healthy either
but to be fair i dont see davis staying healthy either
My favorite part of the article:
"Zion plans on becoming the majority share holder of Nabisco and Little Debbie before he retires."
"Zion plans on becoming the majority share holder of Nabisco and Little Debbie before he retires."
Ok, i am not going to read the article, but is that in there, or are you ****ing with me?
Bingo. And that should put things in perspective. Sam Bowie, whose injury problems never went away, who missed 2 full seasons of college basketball before he ever even started his injury plagued NBA career. That Sam Bowie still played more his first 3 NBA seasons than Zion.
This contract is nuts.
Older I get I’ve learned there’s a LOOOOT of dumb people with sizable money. Makes no sense logically.
He did some scoring. But he has only played 85 games in his career. Still has no jumper. Has 1 pull up jumper in his last playing season and all points come from rim. Points are points but if he doesn't change his body and shot it's a wrap
We will see. Losing weight and keeping it off is probably the hardest thing to do in modern America.
Give a guy who's played 85 games in 3 seasons a contract like that? That's why the Pelicans are who they are. That said, I'd like to see him get his health issues straightened out. He's entertaining as hell to watch when he's on the floor and healthy.
I understand the games played but not very many players in the history of the nba have averaged 27 ppg in their second season. His play style is very inside oriented but that doesn’t matter because of how unstoppable he is inside 15 ft
Man, I didn't think I could care any less than I do about the NBA, but this makes re-think that
Whether you love him or hate him this is a huge gamble for the Pel's. I would have taken my chances on seeing how next season went and if he played well plus stayed healthy at least you would have had a tradable player at the deadline and not $243 million dollars wasted if he misses a bunch more games. His history makes the risk greater than the reward IMO. He's 3 years in and has missed 2/3 of the games his team played during that span.
just proves even people with tons of $$$ are total dumbarses when "hoping, wanting, pretending" and ignoring reality are what drives them.
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Zion could get to under 8% body fat and his frame would still be too big for longevity playing.basketball. He IS a ridiculous athlete to the point of his detriment playing that sport. He is just in the wrong sport and the Pelican ownership are morons.
Okay, Wall could have played A LOT of games last year if Houston wasn’t tanking.
More than Zions fat ass.
Umm… he’s been in the league for three seasons, not two. He played only 24 games his first season, only 61 his second, and ZERO his third. He’s injury prone, overweight, and apparently has made no serious effort to get in better shape, given that the most recent photos show him looking fatter than ever. The notion that a guy with that first three-year record deserves a $231 million extension seems insane.
But I do get how it happens. Small market teams in today’s NBA are screwed, they know the only hope they have to retain their best or most marketable players is to offer these crazy max extensions, even in circumstances where it’s absurdly risky and likely to backfire. You can get away with offering less and exercising discretion if you’re the Lakers, but not so much when you’re New Orleans.
Stop it. You will hurt the apparent Zion cult we have on here.
No kidding. We will get another round of lectures on how we should kiss Duke’s ass and how it’s dumb to take shots at their alumni in the NBA.
Meanwhile, Zion is still struggling and Kylie keeeps mumbling how he can’t believe Magellan didn’t fall of the Earth.
Speaking of Kyrie. What about KD trying to title hop, yet again by wanting to be traded to PHX or MIA? Lol
I pray neither happen. Send his ass to the z pelicans or something. Haha
I get that it’s the only way to keep home drafted talent in these markets but I wouldn’t risk that kinda cash on cheeseburger Eddie.
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