Claudius wrote:
Wow. Just watched extended highlights of the Duke game. That was some thrilling stuff, particularly the ending. Zion is real - loved the drive at the end against the 7’6” Fall and his battle all night with Smith. Thought UCF gave Duke too many open 3s - when you have that many good shooters you need to be much more aggressive on the permiter D.
Where will Zion play in NBA? Can he be Charles Barkley-style undersized power forward with all that mass, or is he going to have to build more of a permiter game and be a small forward? Or is it less important these days?
i think its less important. its weird to try and project what position he plays. for example, hes 6'7, the same height as draymond, who plays the 4/5, but he weighs like 50 pounds more than draymond already. hes a good athlete, but hes raw defensively, from what little of him ive seen. hes not a rim protector so its unlikely he can play center.
id guess that he'll guard either 3s or 4s, which could be a challenge for him, and he'll operate in the post on offense. his shooting is going to take time to develop
