Why Zion’s Knees Will Never Be Fixed

[Hindenburg]

With today’s medical advancements, how could scouts have missed such an important deformity in his knees?

I thought doctors and scouts were supposed to be informed compared to when Greg Oden was drafted?

That's what I want to know too. How come all of this is surfacing only now? It's not like Zion was some complete unknown until NBA, this kid has been under microscope since high-school.

[SOdisciple]

With today’s medical advancements, how could scouts have missed such an important deformity in his knees?

I thought doctors and scouts were supposed to be informed compared to when Greg Oden was drafted?

That's what I want to know too. How come all of this is surfacing only now? It's not like Zion was some complete unknown until NBA, this kid has been under microscope since high-school.

With how dazzling and talented Zion is as a player, people probably wouldn't have thought to say anything until problems started arising. He is definitely a physical specimen.

[DwayneSchintzus]

Does anyone else remember when LeBron was a rookie and someone said because his feet point out instead of in, that he would have constant knee problems??

15 years later....

It took LeBron 16 years before he had any serious injury. Zion has had his first serious injury before his rookie season has officially started.

I'd compare Zion to Embiid or Griffin at this point when spinning a positive out of this.

I'm not spinning a positive, I have thought that Zion would be injury-prone since I first saw him.

But I would also be cautious of looking at pictures of people and drawing some sort of prognosis.

In my opinion 6'6" 285 lb power forwards that need to jump 3 and a half feet to score will have knee problems. But I wouldn't just look at a picture of his leg and make some sort of broad conclusion.

[tundraknight]

At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if they keep Zion out the entire season. Especially considering how the Pelicans are currently breathing down the Warriors necks for the #1 spot on nbatankathon.

[Lalouie]

the diagram shown is an absolute exaggeration.