Kirby Jackson Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) So as some of you know I split season tickets with a group. This part of the schedule I’m especially heavy. I have tickets to 6 of 7 games in this window. The one game I’m missing? Zion’s debut....fml Edit: and I’m back!! Just got invited by my buddy that I split with (also a Bills fan). Edited January 15, 2020 by Kirby Jackson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Make sure you don’t feed him anything but salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I don’t watch the NBA until the Finals, but I was looking forward to tuning in to watch him in the opener. Very happy he's finally ready to get back out there. He’s.......unique, and I can’t wait to see him (despite the Duke connection ) As an aside, he went to high school with my brother in laws kids and even went to their house for a pool party on Prom night after leaving a party that got sketchy. His parents came by to check it out first. Supposed to be a VERY nice family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 On 1/15/2020 at 2:32 PM, Kirby Jackson said: So as some of you know I split season tickets with a group. This part of the schedule I’m especially heavy. I have tickets to 6 of 7 games in this window. The one game I’m missing? Zion’s debut....fml Edit: and I’m back!! Just got invited by my buddy that I split with (also a Bills fan). Zion appears to be a big and bulky dude. Looks can be deceiving. On yesterday's broadcast of the Pelican/Clipper game it was mentioned that he recently took a stress test. The announcer stated that the examiner had to repeatedly turn up the pace because his heart rate was so low. From a cardio standpoint this guy is physical freak. I still believe that he needs to slim down a bit in order to take some pressure off his joints from the grinding pro game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckyBoys Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Should be exciting to watch. Lot of hype to live up to. There haven't been many players in that size/explosiveness and most did not last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 As an NBA fan, been waiting for this all year!! I think everyone is rooting for this kid. Just hope these knee issues are behind him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 19 hours ago, DuckyBoys said: Should be exciting to watch. Lot of hype to live up to. There haven't been many players in that size/explosiveness and most did not last long. Charles Barkley who had a similar body type had a long and distinguished career. He started off his career with a body type that fit the moniker of "round mound". It didn't take him long to realize that he needed to work on his conditioning and eating habits to have a long career. From what I have observed about Zion he is starting off his career in better physical shape than Barkley, a HOF player. Zion is a smart and well grounded kid with good people around him. I think that he will more quickly grasp what he needs to do to have a successful career like Barkley had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 My son says he kept falling sleep on the bench watching the games... seriously, he seems like a good kid, hope he can salvage a good rookie year. Don’t want to see him be another Oden. lets go Celtics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckyBoys Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 12 hours ago, JohnC said: Charles Barkley who had a similar body type had a long and distinguished career. He started off his career with a body type that fit the moniker of "round mound". It didn't take him long to realize that he needed to work on his conditioning and eating habits to have a long career. From what I have observed about Zion he is starting off his career in better physical shape than Barkley, a HOF player. Zion is a smart and well grounded kid with good people around him. I think that he will more quickly grasp what he needs to do to have a successful career like Barkley had. Charles was even bigger but weight was distributed little bit different and he was mostly a one foot leaper. Zion is more explosive, two foot leaper with skinnier lower body Think he's more like Larry Johnson far as body type. Larry's back gave out. Charles lost a lot of weight and also changed his game drastically. Putting that much torque to elevate at 270lbs and as much as his game right now is predicated on jumping over people I just dont see a long career. Hope I'm wrong hes fun to watch and seems like a nice personable young man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Shouldn't expect much in his first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 9 hours ago, Formerly Allan in MD said: Shouldn't expect much in his first game. The over under is 12.5 pts & 5.5 Rebs I am taking both overs. In the preseason he averaged 23 pts in 27 minutes on 70% shooting!! They’ve been waiting so long for him they are going to give him some chances to shine tonight. He may only play 20 minutes tonight or whatever but I’d expect 15-18 points and 7 or so rebounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: The over under is 12.5 pts & 5.5 Rebs I am taking both overs. In the preseason he averaged 23 pts in 27 minutes on 70% shooting!! They’ve been waiting so long for him they are going to give him some chances to shine tonight. He may only play 20 minutes tonight or whatever but I’d expect 15-18 points and 7 or so rebounds. smash that bet. Spurs don’t have many solid bigs to stop him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: The over under is 12.5 pts & 5.5 Rebs I am taking both overs. In the preseason he averaged 23 pts in 27 minutes on 70% shooting!! They’ve been waiting so long for him they are going to give him some chances to shine tonight. He may only play 20 minutes tonight or whatever but I’d expect 15-18 points and 7 or so rebounds. I think your numbers are a little high because I think his nerves are going to be very charged. I do think that he will beat the established lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Zion looks kinda fat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Zion looks kinda fat He moves well though. Looks pretty solid playing defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 The 3-4 minute bursts sucked for both his and the teams rhythm. Should’ve played him off the bench instead of chopping up the first lines chemistry if counting minutes that close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Alvin Gentry is dumb. Gotta let the big boy play until he misses one after the 4-4 3 point fire sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, Teddy KGB said: Alvin Gentry is dumb. Gotta let the big boy play until he misses one after the 4-4 3 point fire sequence. The minutes restriction at the end was stupid. They needed to have some sense of the moment in his debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 12 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: Zion looks kinda fat He's just a big dude. That is not a basketball build, which is why he could be a phenom, given his off the chart leaping ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Teddy KGB said: Alvin Gentry is dumb. Gotta let the big boy play until he misses one after the 4-4 3 point fire sequence. 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said: The minutes restriction at the end was stupid. They needed to have some sense of the moment in his debut. Should have pushed it a little bit with Zion scorching. At the very least you should have brought him back with 3 minutes to go for another short burst to close the game. With that being said, that 3:08 was absolutely incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 5 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: The minutes restriction at the end was stupid. They needed to have some sense of the moment in his debut. they said it was docs orders, 100% and not arguing with them if so, I get it. Coach can’t overrule the docs call just cause the players making shots.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Sundancer said: He's just a big dude. That is not a basketball build, which is why he could be a phenom, given his off the chart leaping ability. That’s not a basketball build that’s why his knees and ankles will be toast much sooner than they would if he was much lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: Should have pushed it a little bit with Zion scorching. At the very least you should have brought him back with 3 minutes to go for another short burst to close the game. With that being said, that 3:08 was absolutely incredible. The medical staff and the team came up with a cautious strategy to handle him before he was cleared to play. They stuck to their plan. They were prudent. I heard one account that when he was rehabbing and wasn't very mobile he worked on his shooting because he could do it while being stationary. He took a bad situation and used it to add to his game. Maybe in the long run that injury will end up working to his advantage because it gave him the time and opportunity to round out his game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Impressive! Wish they had won but understand the load management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 6 hours ago, CommonCents said: That’s not a basketball build that’s why his knees and ankles will be toast much sooner than they would if he was much lighter. he also looked softer last night though. At least from my seats. Maybe not fat but not near as cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 If he gets bored with basketball, why not TE for the Bills? That would make a LOT of DB’s very unhappy. Great debut, get in shape at the right weight and stay healthy. He’s the most interesting thing to hit the NBA since Lebron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckyBoys Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 playing well tonight in limited minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) On 1/24/2020 at 9:41 PM, DuckyBoys said: playing well tonight in limited minutes Zion has been scoring when he’s in there. My Celtics have to defend him today without their big guys enes kanter and Robert Williams. Should be interesting how they approach it, maybe Tacko Fall will play? They are decimated by injuries right now, not sure if Jalen brown, Marcus smart or Jason Tatum will play. Edited January 26, 2020 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said: Zion has been scoring when he’s in there. My Celtics have to defend him today without their big guys enes kanter and Robert Williams. Should be interesting how they approach it, maybe Tacko Fall will play? They are decimated by injuries right now, not sure if Jalen brown, Marcus smart or Jason Tatum will play. Yeah, sucks. I haven’t been able to watch many games and I will be home for this one. I was excited until I saw that amount of guys going to miss the game!!! Oh well, it should be fun either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Here’s an interesting question. If Davis never gets traded to LA and having a fully healthy Zion....would New Orleans be legitimate contenders in the East? Could they give the Bucks a run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 On 2/14/2020 at 6:32 PM, Royale with Cheese said: Here’s an interesting question. If Davis never gets traded to LA and having a fully healthy Zion....would New Orleans be legitimate contenders in the East? Could they give the Bucks a run? They would absolutely give MIL a run. That would be a hell of a series. MIL and MSY (I do airport codes) would be the best East teams by far. MSY is going to be good for a while if they can surround Lonzo and Zion with some talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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