The basketball magician or the talented freight train.
The basketball magician or the talented freight train.
Williamson has played once and he had an outstanding game but I have gotta go with Morant, he has been lighting it up every night averaging around 18 points and 7 assists. Once Zion gets comfortable we can see what he is fully capable of but at the moment I'm sticking with Morant.
Morant. Zion won't be the first option nor will he control the ball.
I think Morant is more fun to watch but if Zion stays healthy he will be a more dominating player and could over take Morant. Morants team, other than recently, has not been winning. Morant many has great highlights but it hasn't translated into winning.
Zion has rebounding, inside scoring and now a 3 point shot. He can physically dominate a game.
Of course it's just prediction right now. We shall see. His health record though is not good.
If Zion can stay healthy for more than 40 games per year I will be impressed. I want to see him succeed, but two big knee injuries in the last year make me think he will be hobbled more often than not.
Morant if he plays the whole year.
I also thought Brogdon over Embiid was justified because Embiid did't really play a full season. And wasn't really a rookie anyway. And Morant is much better than Brogdon was.
Umm.. Excuse me sirs... This is LetsRun not LetsBall. The only acceptable conversation here is who would beat who in a mile.
Morant will win has he will have had a full season, and even in his rookie year is elevating a bad team into a playoff spot.
Zion is really amazing. What the critics and media get right is the injury concern given is size and how hard he plays.
What the critics and media miss is that he is not just a dunker in the post, he's actually a complete basketball player with the intangibles that he is humble, coachable, team oriented, and a willing passer.
He already had a 3pt shot last year at Duke, shot 33%, which is the same as Lebron in his early NBA years.
He can dribble and take the lead on the fast break.
He basically has Lebron like point forward skills in a Charles Barkley like body.
With an underrated and improving Lonzo Ball and Zion, the Pelicans have a great core of pass first players to build around with a post and some shooters.
If Zion does not get hurt, this team will get good in a hurry.
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Zion was amazing in his first two games. There is still more than 1/2 season left.
Everyone was too quick to rule Zion out for ROY.
Let's see what he does tonight.
Zion is going to win. It will be a “what have you done for me lately” scenario. People will forget about the first half of the season and all the success Ja had. Zion gets more press and can take over a game due to his bodyweight and athleticism.
Long term I suspect Jerry West will be right in saying Ja was the best pick in the draft. He will continue to develop, put on 10-15 pounds of muscle and be very exciting to watch for a long time.
Zion on the other hand is obviously a ticking time bomb. It only takes one bad fall after jumping 4 feet into the air for a guy that size to have an injury that will take away much of his athleticism and cause him to miss games regularly. I’m rooting for both of them to have long healthy careers but it’s going to take a lot of conditioning and luck for Zion to stay healthy.
Anyway, I say Zion wins ROY in a landslide. It may seem unfair after missing half the year but again I think people will forget about that.
John Wesley Harding wrote: IF Zion could stay healthy with his 18 year old athleticism, he could be an all-time great, but it seems like we’ve all seen this before
We have?
Kyrie won ROY playing in only 51, Vince Carter 50, and Brandon Roy 57 (but his name alone guaranteed him the award). So there's recent precedence for someone not playing a full season and winning the award. Plus I'd believe the league REALLY wants Zion to win. I'd feel bad for Ja if he keeps his fine season going and doesn't win. Hopefully he finishes strong and doesn't give the voters any reasons to go with Zion.
bob here wrote:
Kyrie won ROY playing in only 51, Vince Carter 50, and Brandon Roy 57 (but his name alone guaranteed him the award). So there's recent precedence for someone not playing a full season and winning the award. Plus I'd believe the league REALLY wants Zion to win. I'd feel bad for Ja if he keeps his fine season going and doesn't win. Hopefully he finishes strong and doesn't give the voters any reasons to go with Zion.
The most games Zion could play is 40, not even half a season, and he won't play back to backs. He could be rookie of the year next year
Zion and ja not any went head to head. No contest. Zion will take the ROY.
Grizzlies vs Pelicans tonight was very lopsided with Zion's team winning 139-111. Zion ends the game with the highest plus/minus on his team at +25. Ja Morant had a solid game looking at his stats, but ended with the second lowest plus/minus on his team at -25.
If Zion plays in the majority of the remaining games he's going to get ROY and it's not gonna be close. Zion has too much hype and is delivering. If Morant had the same skills he does, but was about 4-5" taller he'd have a real shot, but dude is too small to wow people like Zion can.
Hmmm Zion takes this one.
Ja has had an exceptional rookie year thus far however, after talking all that RaRa on twitter to Stephen Curry, and that embarrassing defeat to the Pelicans, I think he fits in more in the circus then he does in the NBA.
Zion by 50
Ja has to step it up if he's going to hold off Zion. Zion going to average about 28 ppg on 60% shooting the rest of the way. If a guy is playing at MVP candidate level it would be odd for him to lose ROY to a guy averaging 17 and 7.
Maybe Ja noticed, he's stepped it up recently.
Zion takes the lead wrote:
Ja has to step it up if he's going to hold off Zion. Zion going to average about 28 ppg on 60% shooting the rest of the way. If a guy is playing at MVP candidate level it would be odd for him to lose ROY to a guy averaging 17 and 7.
Maybe Ja noticed, he's stepped it up recently.
You're right. Zion is unstoppable but he's still only played 10 games. This is the time of the season where rookies get tired. Ja fortunately has a week to reboot. I think it will come down to which of the two help their team make the playoffs.
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Zion takes the lead wrote:
Ja has to step it up if he's going to hold off Zion. Zion going to average about 28 ppg on 60% shooting the rest of the way. If a guy is playing at MVP candidate level it would be odd for him to lose ROY to a guy averaging 17 and 7.
Maybe Ja noticed, he's stepped it up recently.
You're right. Zion is unstoppable but he's still only played 10 games. This is the time of the season where rookies get tired. Ja fortunately has a week to reboot. I think it will come down to which of the two help their team make the playoffs.
I think a lot will be riding on the two games they play head to head in March 3 days apart. If Zion dominates both and Pelicans sweep...Zion wins ROY even if he misses the playoffs.
If they play even and split series and Ja makes playoffs over Zion....Ja probably wins unless Zion absolutely dominates the rest of the way....which is looking more and more likely each game though.