Is Zion Still Worth The Hype?
The Lead
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🗓️ 12 August 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
After entering the NBA bubble as one of the most intriguing teams to watch, Zion Williamson and the Pelicans are getting ready to head home, as they’ve officially been eliminated from the 2020 NBA Playoffs. Today, The Athletic’s Will Guillory joins us to look back on Zion's turbulent rookie year — a year filled with peaks and setbacks — and ask if it’s time to adjust our expectations around the most hyped player to enter the league in recent memory.
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| 0:00.0 | As the NBA gears up for the playoffs, Zion Williamson and the Pelicans are preparing |
| 0:10.7 | to head home. |
| 0:11.7 | The Pelicans were officially eliminated from playoff contention joining the Sacramento |
| 0:16.8 | Kings also on the black now. |
| 0:18.8 | I'm very disappointed in the Pelicans performance all across the board. |
| 0:24.0 | Today the athletics will gallery joins us to look back on Zion's roller coaster of |
| 0:28.7 | rookie season and to ask if it's time to adjust our expectations around the NBA's |
| 0:33.8 | most hyped player in recent memory. |
| 0:36.8 | That's a big question is just how is he going to handle it and how is he going to |
| 0:40.0 | respond. |
| 0:41.0 | I think the great players we've seen in this league, when the doubts happen, the great |
| 0:44.3 | rise. |
| 0:45.3 | And if he can do that, then we're going to see him being one of the biggest stars in |
| 0:48.7 | the league. |
| 0:49.7 | And I think one of the biggest stars in sports. |
| 0:53.5 | From Wondry in the athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 0:55.8 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 0:57.4 | It's Wednesday, August 12th and this is the lead. |
| 1:01.7 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:05.8 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the game. |
| 1:09.7 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:16.0 | This isn't a story where the interview, the athlete, and the home, it stays with you. |
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