On his podcast, Bill Simmons said there are only 6 players you wouldn’t trade for Zion: Curry, Jokic, Doncic, Harden, Embiid, and Giannis. He was on the fence with Lillard. I def wouldn’t trade Dame for Zion but I agree with his list. LeBron, AD, KD, Kyrie? You better believe I’d trade them for Zion right now.
Kingspeed, for the good of the forum could you try taking HCP off of ignore? There is a thread about Zion (that he started) that this would be a perfect addition to but instead we have to have the similar conversations in different threads because some people can't see others post.
Embiid I understand but if you’re Dallas, no way you trade Doncic for anyone really. He had shown MVP potential in the NBA and he’s 20. Zion could be glorified Wiggins. We don’t know. I def wouldn’t trade Dame for an unknown quantity who might see himself playing elsewhere in the future.
Doncic is a great talent, but he's not in the untradeable category to me, not when it comes to acquring a "generational prospect" (the greatest prospects come along every 4-6 years, not once per generation, but still). I agree with PtldPatypus that Embiid isn't either.
Wow really? Why didn’t anyone tell me about this? This is honestly the first time I heard of it. Does he not know how ignore works? I’ll read it now. Someone should’ve told me.
Nope. Not on the level of Anthony Davis, Greg Oden/Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal, etc. Not even close. Beyond just perceptions (and I never saw a single analyst put him in that company), he went #3 and that team traded him for another prospect in the draft and a future pick. None of the aforementioned prospects would have been traded for anything short of an in-prime superstar (if traded at all).
It would be great if the culmination of this thread became @ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsTheHCP 's Zion thread and @KingSpeed's Zion thread merged!
No one told me. What do you mean by tagging? I don’t read my alerts. Is that where I see that? No one PMed me or texted me, something HCP could’ve done but instead he makes a grand gesture for you guys instead of to me.
