The 3 people I would Love to see mentor Zion
I have 2 NBA players and a trainer I would love to see Zion work with in the offseasons.. 1 current star, 1 retired HOF, and 1 of the best personal coaches in the NBA..
First would be for Zion to work with Draymon Green! IMO not a better player in the NBA for Zion to model his on court game after on both sides of the floor. After entering the NBA Green transformed himself into the player with the skill set he has today. Zion is even further along with those skills at the same point when they decided to leave college while being the athelete Green could only be in his dreams. Let’s not forget Zion left as an 18 y/o freshman compared to Green as a 22 y/o senior.. Learning how to pass and create for others without being some Simmons type of passer, how to run the pick&roll as the handler/roller, how to play in space and when to shoot from deep. Would like to see him develop some more into his game then Green like shooting from range, a better post game, and becoming a more aggressive scorer where I believe we can expect immediatly especially if he trains with my 2nd choice..
Secondly would be for Zion to work with Charles Barkley! IMO not a better player in NBA history for Zion to model his post game and scoring inside the arc as a slightly undersized PF. Barkley was a great athlete during his career as well having a lot of similarities in skill sets as Zion. What Zion doesn’t learn from Green he would get from Barkley like a dominant post game as a more aggressive scorer with a higher usage. How to be an elite scorer who can just put the ball in the hoop with great technique. His shot could stay where it is now and just developing into some Barkley skills along with his god given traits the kid is a super star!
Lastly would be for Zion to work with “LethalShooter”! He is an NBA shooting coach with some big time clients and IMO one of the best shooting coaches in the world as well as being one of the best shooters in the world himself. When NBA players call this guy to come work with them their game starts to make huge improvements. Zion does not have some broken shot that needs to be rebuilt like Ben Simmons but more Kawhi Leonard and could use some minor tweaking in his form/release while getting the ball arc higher. LethalShooter specializes in implementing some of the best drills creating muscle memory along with consistent release and creating a 3pt shot. Would love to see him be hired by the Pelicans to work with some of our players like Zion/Jrue/?RJ? primarily and giving some time to others. I believe the Lakers have hired him in this type of role with helping develop Lonzo/KCP along with what I believe another similar role with a team in the Sixers. He still works outside of this with many other NBA players around the league personally hiring him. I could definitely see him absolutely jumping all over the chance to help develop Zions shot not to mention RJ. He loves challenges and the Art of shooting.. What young duo out there better to go teach the Art of shooting to?! If the Pelicans were smart he would be hired full time during the season as our Head Shooting coordinator while maybe letting him keep few important clients during the offseason if that’s what it took. Hiring LethalShooter if just for Zion/RJ would be incredible!
Instagram name is “LethalShooter”
Twitter name is “@LethalShooter__”
How do you feel about this top 3? Who would you choose as the 2 players and skills coach to bring in?