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the thing is, the "Zion is injured" excuse seems to always be in effect. He's played in 114 games and missed 172. That's less than 40% of games. This situation is almost to the level of talking about how good the Blazers were when Oden played.

It seems pretty clear that Zion can't stay healthy playing at the weight he's been playing at. Maybe he can lose 3o-40 pounds, but then he wouldn't have the physical game that makes him nearly un-guardable around the paint

 

Not sure i agree with you there. Had a knee injury last year but has been decent this year on a badly constructed roster. Giving 20 mins a game off the bench.
When he played for the Heat in a much better situation he played well. Could drop 20-25 on any given night. He plays decent defense as well though not great.
At this point he's a decent backup PG. Whatford has never even sniffed those numbers.

 

Zion is injured = Zion
That is what he brings you. All star level play in 40% of the games.

 

But you will make a new thread about the same topic soon enough.

 

Sad but probably true. The guy is a beast no question when he is on the court.

 

It was extremely predictable after his injury at Duke. The guy clearly can't stand up against the rigors of the NBA.

 

Maybe the Pels are getting to be cursed like the Blazers. First, they could not keep AD healthy, and now Zion.

 

LOL...make up your mind....sure looks like Portland's record is right around your prediction you're so proud of...

...so then, why would it be surprising that the "very stacked", "very talented" Pelicans are a game ahead of the Blazers? And it's not like the Blazers haven't had injuries: Dame has missed 12 games; Nurkic 6 games; Winslow & Little 21 games each; Payton 39 games. The Pels aren't the only team that can retreat behind the injury excuse...

Suns: Booker has missed 23 games; CP3 has missed 21; Ayton has missed 9; Cam Johnson has missed 38; Payne has missed 24; Shamet has missed 22

Clippers: PG13 has missed 17 games; Kawhi has missed 26; Powell has missed 10; Wall has missed 20; Kennard & RoCo have missed 21 each

so, while you and a couple of other posters have morphed from nut-snuggling the Pelicans talent/future to shedding crocodile tears for their injury luck, a lot of us haven't been as impressed with the talent nor as sympathetic about their injuries. Blazer fans know all about injuries

 

I don't' think anyone could keep AD healthy. They just keep drafting super talented and injury prone players.

 

yeah why no stat muse for how many games Zion has missed in his career? oh how times have changed...

 

Yeah, that is why I was comparing them to the Blazers. Those were two #1 picks

 

Only one parade though. Portland Wins!