Irreparable implies a 0% chance. People just use whatever words get the biggest reaction these days
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Irreparable implies a 0% chance. People just use whatever words get the biggest reaction these days
All very valid points. My takeaway is that the first two years of Zion's time here, the franchise was pretty directionless. Almost no one thought that keeping Alvin Gentry was a good idea. And Stan Van Gundy's hire was pretty uninspired.
I put most of the blame last year on Zion though. From what I've heard he wasn't exactly dedicated to his rehab early on. And his attempts to put pressure on the Pelicans to play him (which would have apparently been against his own doctors' advice) by putting his dunks out on social media was inexcusable.
My biggest concern with Zion remains his maturity. Hopefully being around Willie and CJ will help him grow up a bit.
Yeah, I dont remember anyone using irreparable, but I am sure someone did. But it was bad, and my contention was (and still is) that now you just lost a pillar. In any relationship, there is a foundation it is built on and when it eventually crumbles, it is never because of just one thing. My thing is, that if you look at NBA history, it is very rare that it ever got as rocky as it did between them and didnt eventually crumble. Now, there are some examples - Hakeem and the Rockets. Kobe and the Lakers.
Winning and money cures all. To be fair back then, there wasnt a very clear path to winning without Zion, let alone with Zion. And they also got lucky. Lucky that there is now a play in. Lucky that you didnt even need to be close to .500 to make said play in. But they took advantage of that luck and then played well enough to get everyone excited. Then, they get the Laker pick. A lot of things broke a way nobody could have possibly forseen in December, including Zions camp. Combine that with him being hurt and CJ and JJ calling him out a bit, causing some heat on him and his camp they werent getting until then - all that and you have a perfect recipe for what happened yesterday. And thats how life works. Sometimes all things work for you, sometimes your name is Dell Demps and they all work against you.
What is done is done and they are where they are now. Got here by unconventional means, but are here nonetheless
Zion revenge tour season is going to be... pic.twitter.com/f7duN7VvBE
— The David Griffin Piano Lounge (@The_Fallon) July 6, 2022
Zion might turn Chet into dust.
— The David Griffin Piano Lounge (@The_Fallon) July 6, 2022
I guess I'm the only one who raised an eyebrow at the silence from his teammates yesterday. Probably nothing to it then.
I wasn't looking for it, but did notice the absence. Maybe because most of the guys wished Trey a happy birthday on their socials a couple of weeks ago. Not so much for Zion.
Athletes post all the time congratulating teammates and former teammates for stuff like this. When Jose signed his deal they all posted congratulating him. Maybe it's just July and the Pels are on vacation.
BI sharing year old Meek Mil quotes while his name is being speculated in trades…
But there’s nothing to see here.
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Yes. I’m bored. But also…
The NBA is the most online league of all the sports. NBA athletes use social media to communicate more than I’ve seen in any other league. “NBATwitter” is it’s own thing of value that insiders and the league office promote and follow. But I guess in this case it’s nothing. Which it probably is. But maybe it isn’t.
But yes. I’m bored.
Zion dunking on kids and posting it means he wants to move to Utah. Hear me out.....
Why would you post videos of you taking games with young kids so seriously, unless you wanted to do it more often? And what better place to be able to destroy a bunch of kids in one-on-one than Utah, where they have the nations highest amount of children per family (2.32, as of last Census)
Combine that with Utah having the 'Jazz' name, which was once a part of New Orleans and you can see how all signs are pointing to Zion going to Utah, just like the Jazz name did in 1979, which will be 44 years ago during this season, and Zion just turned 22. And what's 44 divided by 22? TWO - which is the number of teams Zion will have been on once he moves to Utah!!!!!!
I do think there was friction in the process obviously, but that is the case with many superstars in the league. It?s fair to question his maturity yada yada, but at the end of they day he is here and that is all that matters. I can?t wait to see this team at full strength. Crazy to think we could be a real contender.