Time flies so fast that I didn't even notice he's that old now. It was only a few years ago that he was one of the most talked about centers in the league. Definitely not a choice for Nuggets as a replacement for Jokic right now but things can change quickly in today's NBA.


You completely lost me at the binance link mate.


Yeah, the Nuggets are putting all their hopes on those two. It's been a while since they got close to a championship since the time of Melo.

I Jokic becomes unhappy, that would be a different story. 

Losing weight might be necessary but losing weight is not easy.

At his age and current weight he can still deliver the expectation and it's just unfortunate that he was injured but I know this injury is not a serious one and he will be back soon. Missing games is not what they like that's why some teams are not imposing much their star players in preseason to prepare them in a real battle where a win is credited.

I agree, that's why he really needs to trim down that excess baggage of his otherwise it can give him problems in the future. Who would have thought about what happen to Greg Ogden of Portland? As an amateur he was a stand out leading Ohio state. But as soon as he entered NBA his knees didn't hold up on the tough competition of the NBA league, had lot of surgery missed 3 out of 5 seasons.

Zion losing weight wouldn't equal to him being a bad player or not even being explosive. Look at Blake or even Lebron for example, Lebron has lost weight since his Miami days and he is at 35 years old as good as he was when dunking. Yes, he is not dunking over Ben Wallace type players anymore but that is not only related to explosiveness but because he is smarter now. Lebron is at an age where he has to take care of his body so some stuff that he can even do, he won't do to save his body.

Look at Draymond, he was a lot chubby when he entered the league but now he is a bit leaner. So long story short, Zion could lose some weight, the importance is he should not just lose weight for weight loss sake, he should lose fat and keep his muscle levels same, if he can do that than he would still be fine, 220 pounds pure muscle Zion would be even scarier than this Zion.

Yeah, and besides this condition of him, he's like a guard. I mean, his movements are like guards in the NBA.

And also, I want to point out the Miami's training in basketball. They wanted their player to be in shape when the play in the NBA. There was a news in which one of their players did not made it to the line up because of their condition.

And that's it, NBA Season will officially commence in less than 48 hours now with TOR vs NOP and LAL vs LAC as a season opener match-up.

However, between the Los Angeles teams, we will not see the full power of both teams because of injuries.

LAC
Paul George
Rodney McGruder
Amir Coffey

LAL
Rajon Rondo
Kyle Kuzma
Alex Caruso
Talen Horton-Tucker

Just a Game 1 though. But still, surely they will show us a close match since key players of both teams are there.

Current Moneyline odds:
LAC@2.21 LAL@1.68 (Sportsbet)
LAC@2.26 LAL@1.68 (NitrogenSports)

Though you are right with those previous super rookies ending up nothing from this league because of those hard injuries that cause them not to be in the same level, but we also need to consider that being the priorities from the team medical attentions will be focus from how this young kid will be able to develop balance between and take care of his health conditions. He needs to adjust in anyhow to stay healthy and not to suffer the same fate with those long forgotten hotshots.

Well only Denver Nuggets can offer him supermax contract, and they will do it for sure if he keeps playing this good. Imho it would be stupid from him to sacrifice a lot of $$ to chase the ring.


Damn, situation with Zion Williamson is much worse than i thought, he will be out  for 6-8 weeks due meniscus surgery. I thought he will miss maybe week or two, but this is way more serious. Bad luck to start professional career this way.

edit: Jayleen Brown signed 4y/$115M contract extension. I think that Celtics overpayed in this case, bad deal, but kudos to Jayleen Brown manager, maybe Hield should get him as well.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1186368729061441536

Meniscus surgery? Damn, one of the worst injury for a basketball player. One advantage though is that Zion is very young so recovery is going to be very quick, he will be fine I guess.

And hope for a speedy recovery so that we can see his potential as the next star in the NBA. I down know if this can affect his running for the ROY though because of those missed games.