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Message: [QUOTE="McLovin, post: 3107856, member: 9450"] This article hits the nail on the head of what I am saying... maybe a little more polished than how I presented the argument. He's a freak of an athlete, but his basketball skills are not at the elite level of his athletic ability. In order to be at the top level in the pros (which again, they keep giving him comps to LeBron) you need more than freakish athletic ability. NBA scouts and college coaches say the exact same thing in this article. When he goes against NBA caliber players in the paint, he won't be able to move them the way he did in college. Can he still be successful? Sure, but it is going to take a lot of work to develop his skills if he is going to live up to the hype and comparisons they make on ESPN every day and night. That's the point I was trying to make. Edit: Basically everyone who told me I was wrong about his basketball skills used the justification that Zion has great passing / facilitating, decision making and shooting. Scouts and coaches say the opposite on all 3 points. When someone has insane athletic ability and are playing against inferior competition, it will elevate how that player looks on the court. But too many people confused his athletic ability with pure basketball skills. The former is something a person is born with, the latter a person has to develop. He will be playing against the best basketball players in the world next year who are seasoned and have been around the block, not teams of kids who may be sending 1 or 2 players to the pros. There is a good chance I am wrong about Zion and he ends up tearing up the NBA, but I also seem to be one of the few people (besides all the scouts and coaches who also agree with me) who are being realistic about his basketball skills / how much more he needs to develop to live up to the hype in the NBA. *drops mic* From the article: [I]The translation of that explosiveness is a divisive topic. Bounding through the frontcourt of Virginia, Hartford and Princeton is much different than the Bucks, Suns and Heat. He can certainly compete with that level of athleticism. But can he dominate it? His two-point percentage is No. 4 nationally at 75.8. But how effective will he be against bigger, stronger and faster athletes? [B][U]Williamson’s passing is also considered pedestrian. He’s averaging 2.3 assists per game, and his decision making and distribution aren’t considered elite.[/U][/B][/I] [I][B][U]“He has three cards, and he needs to add two — shooting and quick decisions with the ball,” Gallagher said. “When NBA people overlooked Luka Doncic, they undervalued skill, passing and shot making. That’s what Zion does not have. Zion is going to have a great career, the question is whether he can add those two cards.”[/U][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]

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