I remember the hype coming out of duke, how teams were tanking for him, the “generational” talent/prospect talks. How by this time Zion would either be the straight up face of the league or one of them. Definitely a top ten player and more than likely a top 5 player by now. That basically didn’t happen, he’s been surpassed by other young players since. I legit remember several Who would you rather have going forward Luka or Zion threads. It’s crazy

  • shadow_spinner0@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There’s been a big revisionist history on Zion especially with the Wemby hype. People saying “Wemby is the most hyped prospect since Lebron, haven’t seen a more generational prospect in decades.” People forget, Zion had the same hype too, Obama went to one of his Duke games, Rachel Nichols tried to start a “ZION ZION ZION” chant during the draft lottery. NBA gave the Pelicans of all teams so many prime time games. He was so hyped, yet he faded away.