Zion's knees

[LordNu]

Anyone else feeling like this could be another Oden or perhaps Roy situation?

[Seenin]

I do. Watching his college game I was concerned at how hard he cuts. Then he blew up the PG shoes which kinda validated my feeling. He better get a all around game going or it could be a greg oden scenario.

[memyworld]

Such a bummer:

[somuchyummy]

but do you know who's been blowing up in his absence? brandon ingram. 3 games in he's averaging 27.2/9.5/4.8 and a steal and block per game on 50%/50%/80%.

as per zion, i've always thought he's a phenom whose body isn't built to last playing pro basketball. too many games, too much pounding, too much travel, not enough down time.

[Vendetta11]

If Zion wants to play long term in the NBA, he's going to probably need to drop 25 to 30 pounds off that frame. That's a lot of weight on some creaky-looking knees.

[somuchyummy]

wrong thread, i know. but jeez, the nba. not that he didn't get fouled that many times, but what causes refs - on one night - to award anthony davis 29 trips to the line? AD could have missed every FG he attempted and still would have scored 27. and tomorrow night he'll probably get 7 FTs. the inconsistency is rampant.

[somuchyummy]

ingram continues to shine in zion's absence. 9 games in and he's 11th in the league in scoring at 26 ppg along with 7 boards and 4 assists per game. 54%/47%/72%. it's going to be interesting to see how they accomodate his significant emergence once zion returns to the floor.

[bubu dubu.]

ingram continues to shine in zion's absence. 9 games in and he's 11th in the league in scoring at 26 ppg along with 7 boards and 4 assists per game. 54%/47%/72%. it's going to be interesting to see how they accomodate his significant emergence once zion returns to the floor.

And the Pelicans didnt pick up his option. How stupid is that? You are rebuilding and you don't pick up the option to one of the key pieces of a rebuild? I get that this start to the season would be hard for them to predict, but he was playing pretty well at the end of the season last year for the Lakers, so it should have been a no-brainer to pick the option up. He will still be an RFA once they give him the qualifying offer, but it didn't have to be this way for them for at least one more year. Theyre probably gonna have to offer him close to the max now, which they will easily have the cap ability to do so, but there was no reason for them to have to do it a year too early.

[Beef Supreme]

I wonder if the size of so many pro sports players play a role in how common joint injuries are

Men of smaller figures live longer and have fewer ailments than large men

Maybe knees of really tall guys are just more susceptible to injury

The basketball court floor I'm sure is also a cause

There's a reason most of these 6-10 and above guys are built like rails. Folks like Shaq, being that big and able to move athletically for a long career are the exception. The body can't usually take it.

[bubu dubu.]

I wonder if the size of so many pro sports players play a role in how common joint injuries are

No need to wonder. The answer is yes