Zion Williamson's Career is Starting Even Worse Than You Think

Zion Williamson's Career is Starting Even Worse Than You Think
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[@Terror832]

*Percentage of Career Games Played* Zion Wheelchairson 114/302 = 37.7% KawhICU Leonard 623/943 = 66.1% Anthony Day to Davis 654/875 = 74.7%

[@rockysalvatore435]

Do another one lol

[@KnightOfZero117]

😂😂😂 those names

[@FreeTaylorSwift]

KawhICU is crazy

[@Vessikilla]

Hahahaha

[@DeShawnMcDonald]

Lol bro you need start your own channel where you just roast stats most people wouldn't think to pull up

[@DogDeifiedGod]

If you’re getting injured that much as a young guy, it’ll only get worse as you age.

[@wilsongaye2437]

Facts

[@purpleraikou]

probably, but Joel Embiid is a good example of a guy who couldn't stay healthy early in his career, and now has been an MVP candidate the last few years.

[@DogDeifiedGod]

@@purpleraikou yeah embiid has been killing it. Zion just seems like one of those guys who’s body will continue to betray him.. especially because he’s pushing 300lbs

[@unkown981]

Steph was injury prone the first 5 years of his carrier then became an iron man in his prime then went back to being injury prone

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

@@purpleraikou people gotta start understanding outliers and exceptions like Joel Embiid aren’t the norm.

[@janitorialjargon2411]

I really hate that whenever I talk about zion I always gotta start or end my sentence with "when he's healthy". He's way too talented of a player to be a "what if"

[@gregoryeverson741]

He is a bust just like the Ball Bros.

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

​@@gregoryeverson741 Bust how? Look up definition of Bust. Ball brothers aint a bust either. Lamelo super talented and he shown you, and so did Zion and Lonzo. They all showed they can ball out, especially Zion thats a top player in the league "when healthy". A bust is someone that completely dissapoints all expectation. Zion aint a bust, he a tease.

[@gregoryeverson741]

@@justsomejusstsome8994 They aint superstars if they are injured for 1/2 of season every season, also The Bulls are in the race for 9th seed

[@jjcastilllo]

I was hoping this season I would see Zion healthy and play at least 70 games. He was able to get himself in shape and such a dominate player and gives it all every game. Now it seems his body can't handle the injuries and put him out longer then expected. His first three years were full of injuries and miss a lot of time including missing all of last season and only one good season where he was able to play through no injury. His career is uncertain if he can't stay healthy.

[@demonkingbadger6689]

70 was unrealistic, maybe approach his career high of 58 in his 2nd season (which is over half his entire career)

[@anthonyplanzo1082]

He will never play 70 games in a season.

[@aerokeys]

Zion is still down much weight since he was drafted, he is losing muscle that's it.

[@multiplemike]

Unless he loses a lot of weight he will be retired by age 30

[@ivermectin1974]

Wonder if he just doesn’t know or have the right people helping him fix his body. Or maybe he really is lazy. Either way he will go down as a bust. Cause he won’t play more than what he played this year in a single season.

[@lochl2]

I'm excited to see what Garland can do in the Play-offs. We're so fixated on certain dudes, but what about the guys that are out performing expectations? Not saying this should be your next vid, but yes please

[@da_1nvad3r67]

I mean you can always surpass expectations when no one expects anything out of you lol of course there going to talk about star players who have been consistent OVER the years . Not just 1 season .

[@tavanium]

Cleveland loves their homegrown all star. We cannot wait to see our young fiery team ball out in the playoffs.

[@richborn6700]

More of this. People need to move on from Zion and Ben Simmons and look at the young talent today. I get those two aren't old but being the no.1 pick 4 and 7 years ago is past time

[@udishomer5852]

Zoin is just a much more exciting player, one of my favorite players to watch when healthy. Don't care about the Pelicans, but I watch their games if Zion is playing.

[@lochl2]

@@udishomer5852 he can't be exciting if he's sitting on the bench 90% of the time lol

[@AppalachianDiscovery]

When swishout posts, it’s a good day! 🔥

[@requiemforameme1]

3:18 I appreciate the unbiased Zion and Memphis take. I’m not necessarily a fan of either, but it’s nice to see content based straight up on the construction and performance of up-and-coming teams. Subbed for that. ✌🏽

[@Ronin_Willi]

Bro I was just thinking to myself “man it’s been awhile since Swishout dropped a video” and here we are today. Love the content and your opinions but man what we gotta do to get a weekly drop consistently from you 😂 👀 Mostly a joke but still I feel your channel would blow up because you are definitely on par or slightly better than other basketball channels I follow

[@jaimefish173]

I heard a theory that the training systems they have now, allows players to get stronger, faster at a quicker time period and helps limited the mileage of the body. But the outcome is that players are getting injured easier and more often, compare to how they trained 15 plus years ago. The training system they had back than made the body less injury prone because it worked the core differently.

[@philipmeisterl]

Whoeversaid that knows nothing about training

[@impacc4182]

then why are so many stars getting injured compared to the past

[@ididntaskverified3663]

They are getting more injuries with a less physical game

[@calvin7978]

I think Zion has a timeframe of 2 more seasons. If he still plays less than half the games in both those seasons, he needs to begin considering things in his career

[@samarcuri2210]

Some of the NBA trainers think the increase in injury has been due to lack of lifting weights, such as squats, cleans, and deadlifts. That strength training helps players withstand a lot of the force from quick stops and landing from jumps.

[@cappy2282]

Love Zion and hope he can stay healthy

[@behindthearcyt]

zion was playing great for the first month and half of the season and leading the pelicans to the 1st to the west and then he got injured and im rooting for zion because i believe the pelicans cen be one of the best teams in the west as long as zion stays healthy

[@Monny]

Embiid had a similar start, just gotta work on himself, be more aware of the court and work on training and he'll be great and the team will be great.

[@501jaylee]

yeah I hope Zion succeeds like Embiid. I have his shoes since the day they came out and have been saying he’s the best player in the league when he his playing in my opinion.

[@saz19s8]

Embiid had a worst start imo. He missed two whole seasons after getting drafted

[@calvin8154]

Same thing we've been saying for years now though. At what point do we give up? Embiid didnt take 4 years to get healthy. Edit: That's because it took him 5 years to get healthy! Lol. Thanks @Monny for pointing that out.

[@Monny]

@@calvin8154 94 games in his first 4 seasons

[@calvin8154]

@@Monny Wow! You're right. I completely forgot he was injured for his first 2 full seasons. Crazy.

[@CozyKG]

As a Pelicans fan this shit is sad. Watching Zion play is insane since he's so good. But him being injured all the time is draining.

[@michaelstein7510]

Same. I’m a casual Pelicans fan myself. I can’t get emotionally invested in the team because it seems they’re perpetually destined to be .500 and injury-plagued. There’s always something that gets in the way of them achieving what they should and our star players always leave. We drafted a “sure thing” who’s gonna eat himself out of the league, or even worse, finally get his fat ass in shape and become the player we dreamed of after leaving New Orleans. 😂 Pelicans fans want to support this team so bad, but they keep breaking our hearts. You can only take so much of that before you just stop caring like I have.

[@fritzpollard266]

This was an exceptional video and the only thing I could say is OKC Memphis and especially Sacramento have been their own worst enemy making multiple stupid moves for every positive move they make. Maybe people saw Kyrie going to the Mav’s destroying them but one bad move (maybe in hindsight) set one of the best franchises back possibly for years so if they can poop the bed teams prone to pooping the bed will probably do it again. I love when teams that historically suck become good so I hope you’re right. Great work.

[@hiphopotamus69]

It turns out the concerns about his body not holding up in the NBA were totally justified. Hell it started to break down faster than his doubters were saying it would.

[@Loa...ding...]

Is that a slowed version of Money Trees playing in the background 😂😂

[@astamilio]

Thanks for posting this right after they announced he’s coming back this week.

[@TheHuskyK9]

It's crazy because his talent is at an MVP-level but dude can't stay on the court long enough for it to make an impact. I'm not gonna call him a bust, but if he can't stay on the court due to injuries, he's starting to earn that bust label. Dude has 2 years left to prove himself imo

[@abdirahmanfarah1787]

The best ability is availability it don’t matter if your number are great if you only play 30% of the time

[@raysonfontanez3246]

You hit it on the head. For some reason the man just wont play. When he plays hes literally dropping historic numbers.

[@jortiz2734]

Somebody gotta go into settings and turn injuries off.

[@bitcoinethereum9702]

The kings followed the most slept on yet obvious and most impactful rule in all basketball “a good big man beats a good small man almost every time”

[@TheRealKidTrill]

A healthy Zion could be one of the greatest players of all time. Sadly, that's unlikely to happen due to all the injuries.

[@notacat7127]

Good day when you post

[@BloodoperaBlackvomit]

Availability is the best ability

[@antiguy1994]

Before Zion was drafted and pelicans had the first pick I thought anyone passes on Ja Morant will regret it because Zion never going to lose the weight in time to prevent the damage. As a bulls fan I saw MVP drose potiental in Ja Morant. However Zion issues was way worse than I expected. Thought he have 2 injury free seasons of dominance than get hurt.

[@samuelmoore657]

I agree, always knew he was too big for the nba

[@justgifted5416]

Love your takes bro 🔥

[@Bonobo_JoJo]

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Zion is a large dude who’s entire game revolves around his bounce. That’s a recipe for a career defined by injury…hope it doesn’t end up being what defines him, but it wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) surprise me if it does.

[@andrewharvey3282]

At this point the uncertainty around Zion is definitely retarding the development of a fairly promising young team. Even if they couldn't get the value they wanted, at least they could start to develop a consistent identity.

[@waedjradi]

This is nothing new for high flyers, guys that can dunk with a ton of air time always have horrible injuries. Especially if you have weight. Everytime you land from a dunk, your knees and tendons. Man...

[@justdirt]

Zion being injured, hurts even more when you realize how wide open the west is and is gonna continue to be. Except thr Nuggets, no team is expected to win this year in the west. The east is dominated by 3 teams and this likely will stay the case more the next couple years. Now is the time for a team like the Kings, Nuggets, Grizzlies, or Thunder to stake a claim

[@jordancorley828]

Solid video

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

What makes this even worse is that Ja still won Most Improved Player last year, so even with all his rehab off court activities he still shows that he's a better long-term investment than Zion is currently.

[@charlesgray7410]

I give this man one more chance to prove himself that he can stay healthy because this starting to get out of hand. If he can play a full season with out getting injured then he be alright because he can play his ass off. But I gotta be honest if he keeps on getting injured then he a bust and he injure prone

[@sirissac234]

It is interesting to see all of these major supposedly top level players turn into injury prone letdowns. Like load management doesn't even work...

[@TVHC]

I really don’t want to call him a bust because it just seems so unfair because he hasn’t played due to bad injuries, but I have to because holy

[@BG-it7hb]

Bust does not mean lack of talent. All so called busts been great players in college. It means he didn't live up to expectations and couldn't adjust to the NBA...in Zions case obvious, he can't due to injury.

[@loganm127]

As a pelicans fan… it hurts

[@bullshark3771]

More or less than he is 😂😂😂

[@123bboymeandyou]

That dunk on the suns was probably his 2023 season highlight 🤣😂🤣

[@uberempty]

this was all the talk when zion was being frafted. the only concern was about him being able to stay healthy and contribute. even tho at that point he had not suffered any serious injuries. i wish he was able to prevent the injuries and play in the nba the way we all know he can. when he does play, he is amazing. one of the best on the court without a doubt. but professional sports is a business at the end of the day. the pelicans would be wise to get as much as possible for him while he still has value. people still want the potential zion. each injury and each day lowers the percentage he has in being the guy for any team.

[@rawrss]

How can the New Orleans Pelicans not afford to get this man a personal chef/nutrionist? So many problems would go away if he had less weight on those joints (even at his young age)! That way he can stay in basketball shape rather than ballooning up every few months to another injury. Come on Zion😓!

[@MrSlicktherick]

It must suck to pay people who dont work!

[@FlyByMike94]

Hot take but just because a dude can dunk and hit a few 3’s doesn’t make him a transcendent player. He has an AAU skill set but doesn’t have the other skills to back it up. If you compare Zion to any top 2 for a playoff team, Zion has not brought anything to the table relatively speaking

[@OmgIsThatBruno]

Money Trees in the back is absolutely fire!

[@scrappypat5612]

what if the 76ers would have given up on embiid after 3 years? Gotta at least see what happens next year, if he gets injured again, then move him if you can get reasonable assets. your not gonna get what you would have last off season, but I think the upside is worth the risk if he pans out. Years of a mvp caliber player.

[@newpancakeman]

Lowkey let the Pels make the play in and have Zion come for the post season

[@sloppy1287]

i wanna see what his hip mobility looks like. either he’s not looking to get healthier or his trainers are not as professional as we would think. cause this is ridiculous.

[@Yavin4]

My friends laughed at me during that draft when I said that I would've draft Ja number one overall. Big men in the NBA have to be extremely diligent with keeping their bodies in shape and healthy. Any slacking off and whoosh, career is over.

[@Carlos-vb9ft]

I’m just tired of these young cats nowadays. They don’t have that passion. They get rewarded at such a young age without proving shit.

[@cmayy8317]

Psalms 23:4❤😊

[@Dopeamiine]

I am not a Lebron dic rider and i give him props and criticism when every i can. But one thing i think is out of pocket is KD thinking he can say anything to king Lebron. Kd you NOT in Lebrons caliber

[@haroldsfishingadventures754]

Making a "living" off of the bench, number one pick overall 🤣🤣

[@shariffsingh8593]

Zion and Ingram have only played 90 games together in 4 years 🤕 damn. That’s worst than the Nets and Clippers injury issues imo

[@nala3038]

The only rebound that counts is when to grab that Big Mac!

[@premium7182]

Sometimes you can't give 100 percent .. sometimes 80-85 is enough to get by when your so athletic and talented. Kinda like rose.. he didn't have to cross dudes so hard and jump so damn high and take off so damn fast. Maybe if he gave 80-90 percent and saved a little bit for certain moments he wouldn't have blown his knees out.

[@bartonez123]

The problem with Zion is that too much of his game is reliant on his athleticism. If he takes it easy even a little bit, it'll have a much bigger impact on his game than other player would. He's borderline all or nothing. He'll need to add other elements to his game to pull that off (which to be fair, he does look like he's trying to do). I just wonder if he'd be better off with a different medical team, the Pelicans are always near the top of the most injured lists...

[@caaam_37]

as a pelicans fan, it hurts. i know he's good, but in this quick-scoring league his body can't keep up. its probably the worst era to enter the league with injuries skyrocketing and increased production. i can only hope

[@nineteenct]

As a Pels fan we don’t wanna trade him. A significant issue is that BI has missed plenty of games on top of Zion, and so a major question is do you really want to invest in two injury prone stars In the lowest points of the season plenty of Pels fans said to trade BI. But we have multiple issues beyond injuries holding us back tbh. Our best chance is to hope Z is more like Embiid and just becomes more durable in time

[@MickeysCorner]

Thunder are not minimum a play-in team. Mavs 1 game behind with 3 games left. Either Mavs or Thunder could still make the 10 spot. Technically, Wolves could still end up in 11th spot.

[@owenmcguire525]

Low key I forgot about Zion

[@anodyne57]

I knew there was a problem when Zion's shoe blew out on him in that game at Duke. It just didn't bode well for him. I can't explain it but it just seemed like there was this huge potential for physical breakdown with him. The forces his athleticism puts on his body are extreme. You hate to see it...he's such a tremendous generational athlete, but there it is. I don't think it's likely he's ever gonna average more than 50 games max, if that, in the future.

[@todorkolev7565]

"disappointed"? You actually thought that kid could carry all that weight and power without injuries? That was so obvious, I don't know what NBA managers are thinking... They need to get him to lower his weight AND they need to limit his minutes - or they get NOTHING out of him for his whole career!

[@wjatube]

You cannot predict a Western Conf Finals for Zion when he hasn't experienced one, single second of an intense playoff game. Stats and history tells us if Zion can't survive the cake-walk 'who cares' regular season games how the hell is his body going to hold up for a grueling playoff run?

[@hoeshatedielone]

I really hope he can overcome this. Love zion as a player and a person.

[@bna441]

If you get to a point when you preface any sentence describing a player with a "when healthy..." then you should consider trading away said player...

[@theunconventionalenglishman]

Wow, that list of picks #2-11 and their playoff appearances is pretty damning.

[@thelearicist]

CJ Macullin 😂 ok Perk

[@jacksonmay153]

Dude got paid 😂

[@yamamancha]

Difficult to imagine it any worse because his trajectory has been predictable since he was first drafted.

[@OjukwuIsaac]

There's still hope. Zion has played more games and has better stats than Embid in his first 4 yrs. Look at Embid now.

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

The thing is, everybody knew this about him before he was drafted. He's overweight. Not in a fat way, but he weighs too much for his joints and connective tissue to handle. He needs to lose mass or he will never stop being injured.

[@talesfromthetrip]

Zion makes me so mad. He's a great player, but we never get to see him play!! If he's close to normal by the playoffs, he better play. If you don't know if he'll last a full season in his career, you might as well play him when you can because clearly sitting out is not helping.

[@admdubya2107]

“I have CJ McCullen..I have a buncha young pizzas 🍕 over there…”

[@stylebender4879]

The thunders the 2nd youngest team in NBA history, not “in the nba”

[@The40Glock1]

Getting Bynum vibes

[@Him.different22]

I actually agree with perk on this 1. Trade him while his value is still worth it.

[@joelmiller4741]

The main problem with ion is his weight if he controls his weight he can potentially be a top 5 or maybe even a top 3 player in the league

[@joex222]

This comment is hilarious! I must know if you intended to be funny?

[@poly_g6068]

Zion's choice not to lose weight shows a lack of superstar discipline. It's over.

[@xenon1800]

@@poly_g6068 right! hes had the time and most importantly the resources to get into better shape. he only has himself to blame. such a shame we never/ may never be able to see his full potential.

[@joelmiller4741]

@@xenon1800 I mean if he wanted he could be a very good linebacker in the nfl

[@xenon1800]

@@joelmiller4741 off size probably. but he cant even stay healthy on an nba team. what makes you think he could stay healthy on an nfl team? especially a very physical and contact sport like that. i very much doubt it. if he could stay healthy thats a diff argument.

[@henrycavillsrealmustache3553]

Damn thats bad when one guy went back to back season enders. And then john wall was just told to stay home. Like all these guys just had 1 big injury that kept them out but zion has had multiple

[@ryananderson5202]

He is exactly who I thought he was. Even guys who were "done with the NBA" still watched and loved this guy lol

[@ryananderson5202]

@@mattycampy entitled.

[@CREOLEHEAT]

Entitled & too reliant on his physical gifts.

[@DirectionlessStudent]

Zion can still fix himself because he's young. Some of these other guys like AD? Not so much. I say this all the time on all sports -- staying on the field/court/ice is a factor in value/greatness. If you miss 25% or more of the games then you might as well multiply all your stats by 0.75 (or whatever is relevant) to see what you really are. Once you think that way, tell me how you justify AD's or PG's contracts.

[@riverevr6891]

please come back zeoonn

[@CR250rSMITH]

He has to dedicate his entire life 24/7 365 to fitness and health, diet and yoga etc everyday...He dont have that burning desire, he's already rich and just wants to live life his way which is not in peak shape

[@STZ3E]

Ja has been less disappointing than Zion has & Zion’s been a model citizen

[@Teachingcasuals]

Pelicans were the one seed and December. Zion hasn’t played since January.

[@dionbomers1312]

very easy for some people to see ''get rid of him this off season" like its that easy

[@toddsands6000]

Fans should simply remember the body language expressed by Zion the night the New Orleans Pelicans won the 1st lottery pick. Zion has never wanted to suit up for the Pelicans.

[@jevonstephenson6310]

I agree with Kendrick Perkins by the way

[@kevinburke6055]

If you were the Knicks would you do a straight up swap Randle for Zion trade?

[@beastmode3776]

Why would they do that😂

[@TimBaoht]

Will somebody PLEASE introduce this man to TB12!

[@FreeDumbDaily]

I was looking at his stats last night and trying to figure out how many games he’s played Vs injured…. The algorithms can read your mind 😂

[@LKOnyx]

To make matters worse, his rookie extension starts next year, so how many teams are actually going to jump at the oppurtunity to pay a guy $30+ million a year just to play a little over a 3rd of a season and then get injured. Granted when he can play, he sure as hell can play, but even if a team builds with him as the complimentary second option, you still want him to have a hell of a lot more availability than what he has now

[@stevencastro593]

Nah not perk in the beginning 😭😭😭

[@zackamania6534]

Everyone knew this would happen.

[@FEDEXLuchs]

All of the top tech and medical personnel Yet a bunch of "plumbers" back in the day didnt have injuries so rampant Either the diets suck or they've played way too much ball to early Zion desperately needs to drop weight and a lot or hes done

[@christiancortez5675]

PG literally coming back in playoffs they said this like last week lol

[@damonfranklin1351]

Great video you definitely know your shit and do the research. The Lebron comparison was needed, clearly they’re not the same level, but zion was labeled the next Bron cause his build and athleticism and yet he can’t keep himself in the shape King can

[@anthonyplanzo1082]

Trade him while he has value. Dude will never be healthy or workout hard enough to prevent these injuries.

[@Yashiro1031]

Definition of player : someone’s that plays. Oh well…

[@frankbeans5921]

The only way Zion could ever have a long career is if he only plays under 20 mins per game and only 1 game a week. Maybe 2 if they’re home games.

[@jaysilva5854]

Zion, Ben have been super disappointing. I just hope Ja doesn't ruin his run. He's my favorite player currently next to Luka.