Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
With 408 total points now, Zion has reached 0.149 Baynes. It's incredible progress.
He has now moved up to 18th in total points among rookies, having passed Cam Johnson. He is now 12 points behind Jaxson Hayes, who is in 17th place with exactly 420 points.
His 24ppg average still sits at 17th in the league, just ahead of Pascal Siakam, Joel Embiid, CJ McCollum, Jayson Tatum, and D'Angelo Russell, and just behind Donovan Mitchell, Brandon Ingram, and Lebron James (Lebron, who is currently averaging at least 25ppg for his 16th consecutive season).
Zion has now played in 17 games. He has scored at least 20 points in 15 of them, and his current streak of 13 consecutive 20 point games not only extends the all-time record for a teenage (previously 9 games, by Carmelo Anthony) but it also ties Anthony Davis for the 2nd longest such streak in Pelicans history, and Joel Embiid+Donovan Mitchell for the longest rookie streak of 20pt games at any age since Blake Griffin's stretch of 14.
If Zion can get one more 20pt game, he will tie Blake for the longest consecutive streak of 20pt games by a rookie regardless of age since Jordan had 16 straight in 1985. Jordan also had another streak of 20pt games as a rookie that hit 23 straight, so that'll be Zion's next target if he can manage 16.
Breaking any rookie 20pt streak record after that is impossible for Zion; the next highest streak would be Connie Hawkins' 1967 rookie run of 37 straight. The Pelicans only have 20 games remaining, so even if Zion scores 20 in all of them, he can only hit 33 straight; 37 is out of reach.