DASMACKDOWN wrote:To tell you the truth, I equal concerns about both players. Zion and Ja have had knee issues. And I cringe every time they jump off the ground.
The thing to me is if both are healthy, Zion's ceiling is ridiculously high. Like no one can stop him high. For Ja, you cant say you havent seen players like him in the league. There are players like him every year. Zion though is 1 of 1.
Zion is somewhat unique, he actually seems extremely similar to me to Charles Barkley. Either way, I'm not sure why Zion's uniqueness makes him a top 1-2 candidate. Ja may be more prototypical, but its the prototype of the league's most elite players, and he looks like he might have the talent to join them.
Ja's injury history isn't that concerning, as far as I know, he had one procedure to clean out loose particles in his knee. Zion has a sprained knee in college, another knee injury in high school, a mystery knee injury in summer league, and a torn mensicus in preseason. He's hurt his knee in each of the last three seasons as well as once in the off-season.
Beyond that, no one is telling Ja Morant to not play, while the Pelicans are putting Zion on a 15 minute per game limit, for what? Because they don't trust him to be healthy? That's just such a major differentiating factor. Maybe Ja will get hurt, but you're so scared Zion could get hurt that you aren't even letting him play backup minutes.
At any rate, we'll see how it goes with both guys, I hope they can both stay healthy going forward.
