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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3523362, member: 1001"] Zion was a household name but mainly due to his athleticism/dunks/being an Instagram sensation, even though he was a consensus Top 5 recruit. There wasn't a single preseason mock draft that had Zion at #1 going into the season. He was somewhere between #3 and #5. Barrett was the consensus top pick before the season started and plenty of people had Reddish above him too. Many people thought Zion was just an athlete and were worried about his height. Having one of the best and most efficient ACC seasons in history surely helped him--plus seeing him on the same court as Barrett and Reddish for 30 games showed beyond doubt that he was better than those two--but I'm sure he would have been the top pick regardless of if he went to college or the G-League. [/QUOTE]