You would love the coverage if it was for an Iowa State athlete. We just do not have those types often. He is fun to watch and is a generational player so i would just enjoy the 1 year.
Zion Williamson?
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If he were to come to ISU he wouldn't have gotten the coverage. The coverage is reserved for Duke's best player, not necessarily the top player in the country.
You must not have seen the coverage the Kid got in HS on Twitter and YouTube huh? Not any different than he gets now on ESPN to be honest.
Zion is considered to be the best college player since Anthony Davis, at least. PER has flaws, but I think he may be the first player to have a PER higher than 40. He also one of the more unique and exciting players to come through the college ranks. I agree he wouldn't get the same coverage at ISU, but he would definitely be considered the best player in the country and the likely 1st pick if he was at ISU.
People in the national media have been trying to find some contrarian takes on him, and find some competition for POY but it's just not happening.
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I'm glad no one is making money off him since this is amateur sports.
Personally nothing against him, but I'd be fine if Duke went away...forever.
True, but him being on Duke is also a factor. If he were anywhere else you wouldn't see it as much.
The kid is--and I mean this as a compliment--a FREAK. He's 6'7" 280 lbs and zips around the court like someone who weighs about 50 lbs less. Usually when you see guys like this they're just a little slower than other dudes or they're injury prone.
He's an impossible matchup for anyone in college basketball, so when he drives in and draws three defenders, he simply uses his brain to pass to one of Duke's many 5 star recruits on the parimeter for an open shot.
AND, he seems like a likeable kid. At Duke.
It's disgusting, really.
Maybe but if you remove him from Duke and put him on Kentucky, KU, UNC or any blue blood he could have gone to I think he gets the same coverage.
I know ESPN does go over the top but this is a kid that is worth going over the top for. He is so much fun to watch. He is just ridiculous. I think this is one of those years when the best team actually does win the championship because I don't see anyone stopping them or stopping him.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...on-williamson-mild-knee-sprain-shoe-blows-out
Didn't see a separate thread about this, so bump.
I wonder if he decides to shut it down for the year. I wouldn't blame him if he decided to think long term.
Didn't see a separate thread about this, so bump.
I wonder if he decides to shut it down for the year. I wouldn't blame him if he decided to think long term.
I know the shoe company is inevitably going to take some heat for that injury, but I have to wonder if any shoe on the market currently is built to withstand the kind of pressure that a freak athlete of that size can put on it.
