I swear, who thinks Zion Williamson SUCKS?

[Wade8888]

This entire team (New Orleans) needs training on basic fundamentals of basketball.

Zion likes taking (and missing) one-handed jumpers?

Somebody needs to teach him the basic one-hand shot. He shoots only 50% from the field, even though most of his attempts are actually lay-ups, finger-rolls, and dunks. The coaching staff needs to put a bunch of dots on the practice court at random 8 to 10 foot locations from the goal, and have him shoot 1000 shots per day using his right hand only, and form a basic "L" shape with your right arm and shoot the ball into the goal. If he likes 1 handed jumpers so much, for God's sake at least teach him the basic shot mechanics to make 1 handed shots. Also, this dude doesn't get enough assists and rebounds to be a "real" team leader. He needs 8-9 rebounds and 8-9 assists per game to be a real "elite" player, and right now he only gets about 5 rebounds, 1 assist per game and apparently 0-1 Steal per game. This is pathetic.

The entire team is pathetic. They miss defensive assignments... in a five man sport in Basketball. Like how is it you don't even know who you're supposed to be guarding on defense in a five man sport, but you're being paid tens of millions of dollars to play this game?

Also, we need a better coach than this loser. This guy is too non-committal about losing games. "Oh yeah, Steph Curry is just Steph Curry."

Well dumbass, You're the Coach, figure out a way to guard him, or recruit better players next draft. Duh. Don't just "Well it's Steph Curry".

It can't be that easy to hit 7 or 8 three-pointers in one game. Like my God, people found ways to guard Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, so someone on the team step up and at least keep Steph Curry from getting a free basket every possession.

Like what is Mrs. Benson thinking? Fire this coach and hire Gonzaga's coach for God's sake. Offer whatever it takes.

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Anyway, Zion actually needs to make those 8-12 foot jumpers and one-handed/finger roll attempts, and the only way to teach him that is 1000 reps per day in the Gym. Like DON'T attempt the under-handed finger roll from 10 feet if you SUCK at it. Stick to the fundamentals of Basketball: Basic jump shot mechanics. Teach him a good fadeaway jumper to use too, all the great players have a fadeaway jumper..

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I apologize. It's not his fault. The rest of the team sucks. His numbers are good enough if the rest of the team produced one more block or steal each AND one more shot made each, they'd win games, but you can't expect him to do all that himself. If they actually made shots when they had the ball, his assist numbers would climb naturally anyway.

[Anonymous]

this started off as one of the dumbest posts I've ever seen, but you seem to have found some logic in your updates. hehe. He clearly does not suck. Now you know he's been playing with a broken middle finger on his shooting had for the last several games, and it just got finished off while playing the Warriors (shocker). He has plenty of room to grow, you're right. He needs to work on his mid range game. He's being blatantly hammered down low, without getting the calls for now (people making video collections of it), and he's still setting records. He reached 2,000 points in 79 games. Fastest to get there since Jordan. It's a team problem, not a Zion problem, as to why they keep losing.

My opinion is Lonzo Ball should be their point guard, and not forced to play as a spot shooter. It's driving me nuts to watch. Ingram and Bledsoe shouldn't have the ball nearly as much. And they need to speed up their offense more. That's when they really shine.

[Ripper_E]

He's very young. Very talented, but young.

[Wade8888]

He's got potential, but honest to God he needs a good basketball coach, like pronto; but the guy they have now isn't a good coach. A good coach doesn't just shrug off losses like this.

If they had a good coach, Zion has POTENTIAL to get to that 8-9 rebound/assist mark i mentioned, but that's not going to happen without a ton of work on his fundamentals.

Talent alone won't give you a winning record in the NBA. Until someone in New Orleans' management staff realizes that, they're never going to be competitive, and this coach is just flat out not the one. Every time the media interview him that I've seen, I've been disappointed with his lack of commitment to teaching the players some fundamentals and discipline, like it's too easy (for him) to blame it on the other team's superstar, instead of blaming himself for not doing his damned job.

[Wade8888]

What sucked about the game I just watched is New Orleans got stomped because of High School and Jr. High level mistakes. Again, bad shooting mechanics on offense, and missed assignments on defense.

Also, they need somebody who can run the post and make a reverse lay-up. Zion drives from the front 95% of the time, so who's their post guy? nobody? like neglect an entire dimension of offensive strategy, that could explain the 15 to 20 point losses you know. That's a coaching mistake and a recruiting mistake, which that's not Zion's fault, but still.

Anyway, yeah, he's got potential, but if New Orleans doesn't get some real coaching staff around him pronto it's going to be wasted talent. It's sad really.

[Ripper_E]

Similar to RJ Barret being on the Knicks, an organization that's the epitome of shit. Still talented, but he could have developed better had he been drafted to a decent team with a good coach. I think Zion will be a great player, though I also believe he will fall to injuries in his future, the way he plays and his size, but hopefully he opts to leave at the end of his contract.

[Wade8888]

Couldn't they hire a retired NBA superstar, like Dennis Rodman, to come in and teach him how to use his size to get more rebounds and assists? Or is their a rule against doing that?

But seriously, right now the most important skill he needs is just the 1000 reps per day of a solid fundamentals one-handed jumper. Right now he's only making about 1/3rd of his shots from that 8 to 12 foot range, he makes most of his layups and dunk attempts, but he's just missing the jumpers and lay-ins and needs those fundamentals. When you think about it, every shot you miss is 2 points lost for your team and potentially 2 points gained for the other team, and so when you shoot just 1 for 3 in that distance from the goal, that puts you at a 10 to 15 point disadvantage from the start of the game. He's got to improve to at least 60 to 65% from that distance in order to meet his full potential. That's the biggest gap that needs to be worked on RIGHT NOW to improve his game. Then Rebounds. Assists can come naturally from more Rebounds, and I think Rebounds can come from better COACHING.