Yeah it was said yesterday he would be cleared for play vs the spurs. It is hot news as the pelicans are just four games out of a seed.

What to expect from a young core with an injured super hyped rookie. I don't think the Pelicans will be able to secure a spot in the playoffs since they are less experienced team.

Well that's what you call hype, we still don't know if he has the tools to make it big in the NBA, that's why people are eager to see him play.

So we can't say for certain that they're not going to secure a spot in the playoff. They are just a couple of games behind the 8th and final position. So anything is possible, Feb-March will be critical for them so it's going to be exciting and I'm sure he want to prove his critiques wrong.

Do you really believe that their number 1 rookie is their best player? Well, I don't think so since he hasn't proven anything yet and his playstyle is not suitable to carry a team. Anyways, that's based only on my own observation when he was in college.

He's presence might give them some lift but not that big to have an impact to their stats. There are lots of adjustment and with how Ball managing
the play the focus might not be for Zion as they already have working system. But it will be depends from how the coaching staff will manage and
adjust for new rotations in order to make some good working one for him.

I doubt the hype is because dude is just a number one overall, there has been plenty of number one overalls in the past 10 years and only few of them got the attention Zion got. Dude has been known as a "youtube phenom" ever since he was in high school, when he got to Duke everyone was wondering if he was so good on videos because he played weak rivals or would he be good even in Duke and dude actually played very well in Duke as well, not saying that matters the most but he passed the test in front of him.

Of course now he has to play in NBA and show how good he is but it looks like dude can actually jump very well and he is thick so he can actually be an insane rebounder, nobody thinks he can be a superstar like Lebron, Harden, Giannis or whoever at that level but dude can %100 guaranteed to be a good player, possibly all-star for 10+ years, thats not something you can get very easily so he is very valuable.

Don't get me wrong guys, Zion is a good rookie. But whatever you'll say, his efficiency will definitely decrese due to his previous injury (in physical or mental aspect). So I guess it's better if we don't expect too much at this moment, let's give him some time to cope first. I just hope things will turn good for him because many fans and I'm sure that his team as well is rooting on him, I hope he will not choke throughout his career. .

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I also love the atmosphere as long as it will remain a friendly debate. How funny to think that we suddenly became sports analysts because of that rookie.

Guys, I think Ja Morant is better than Zion. (Lol sorry for creating additional issue , just kidding)

Golden state has no chance really.  They have the worst record in the nba and are 11 games out of the loss column.  They would need to win 11 straight and the 8th seed and everyone ahead of golden state to loss 11 straight games...just for them to be tied for 8th...in other words, not going to happen.  Book it.

I do not understand that you are surprised by his game, he is a player of great trump cards, who did not stop with his vestion, but is progressing with the training day by day.
Curry is a different topic and I don't think he can compare the two, with Leobron outperforming