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🚨 SCARY HOURS ZION 🚨 He could take Pelicans to the Western Conference Finals – JWill | First Take



🚨 SCARY HOURS ZION 🚨 He could take Pelicans to the Western Conference Finals – JWill | First Take

Time for a quick take it’s actually going to be more of a medium take if I’m going to be honest with you last night the Pelicans took down the Bucks behind a 28 point performance from Zion Williamson Zion has been on his game jayw well how far can he take his team

In the playoffs I think Zion could take him to the Western Conference Finals I often give him he is like Mike Tyson fighting in the foam Booth that’s the way he carves up your body perk and you think about the way herb Jones plays think about the way Trey M Trey Trey

Murphy thei third uh bi when it comes back like this team to me has the makings of a team that could get there granted the road is difficult man but the one thing I see from him perk is after all the stuff that’s happened this year about the

Inaugural in season tournament about all the jokes about his weight whenever you talk to anybody in that organization he’s doing what he has to do it feels like he’s falling back in love with the game from a work perspective and to me that scary hour Zion that’s a team that can go

Far yeah really far and I got them actually as my sleepers to come out of the West I believe with looking at the western conference outside of the Denver Nuggets the clip has been inconsistent I mean the Phoenix Suns are inconsistent the Pelicans have all the pieces and

We’re talking about Point Zion right now because he has done a great job of not only making love to the paint but actually making others around him better and then on on top of that I’m watching this game last night and you know the thing the the the thing that happened

That like you know hit a light switch for me he took a charge late in the game against Yannis And the emotions that he showed the passion that he showed I was like you know what he’s in a great place right now mentally because we all know

And you know this Jay as a former Hooper when your mind is in the right place you’re going to perform at an elite level and right now it look like Z has corrected and made sure that everything or all the issues that were affecting

Him off the court are not are not as not doing that anymore and he’s corrected that so I’m looking at this Pelican team and the way Zion has been playing medium Zion he’s not big but he’s not skinny yet medium Zion and the way he’s been dominating they definitely could go to

The NBA finals by the way you know we often talk about this and I know people at home may see this as trivial but especially for Zion like how many years have we seen this dude look miserable on the bench being being hurt dealing with the media

Dealing with the weight issues he said last night he said we’re having fun yeah we’re playing for something that’s a different energy that a young team like that needs cuz they’re actually playing for one another that’s a game changer [Applause] man is

🚨 SCARY HOURS ZION 🚨 He could take Pelicans to the Western Conference Finals – JWill | First Take
Jay Williams and Kendrick Perkins debate how far Zion Williams can take the New Orleans Pelicans. #firsttake #nba #espn

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43 Comments

  1. with respect Jay Williams seems to be habitually blowing things out of proportion when someone responds to a question. listen better bro

  2. I’d love to see New Orleans n Minnesota go at it, Zion v Ant Man would be a Goliath match.

  3. Making the WCF means they beat Denver in the semi and likely advance to the finals. No I don't see that happening. Despite Clippers current form I still trust Kawhi, Lue and even PG/harden more than anybody on pelicans.

  4. Him only being an inside scorer is a problem. They won’t have any success in the playoffs.

  5. Not very far history tells us this. Same thing every year. Disappointment and first or second round exits out of playoffs every year. What makes this year's pelicans any better okay. Same with Clippers till they actually do something in playoffs hush Jay lol.

  6. Rn Zion is no doubt in the best shape of his nba career rn. Sources said he came into this season at 295. He lost 25 pounds since December 9. That means he’s at 270. The lowest weight he’s been in his career.

  7. Listen to all that haven't been in. Get off our stick before yall jinx us. Let us ball in peace dont come start joining the band now. Ride out

  8. The Pelican are second round team at best. They might be in the WCF but they won’t. Most definitely not the finals. If any team being a sleeper it’s the Mavs

  9. Im sorry, zion is good, but 23/6/5 averages (which are good numbers) are not anything to be overly afraid of. I've seen too many good defenses lock down/limit one dimensional players too many times in 7 game series when teams have more time to gameplan defensively. Hell, giannis has even been haulted and limited in certain matchups over the years….and he's better than zion. The pelicans are a good, not great team and could win a series or two if the matchups fall in their favor, but i cant see them in the west finals. Their outside shooting is too weak and in todays game, if they are bricking outside shots and the other team gets hot from deep, it will be hard to overcome larger deficits.

  10. Zion will face the championship caliber clippers in the first round
    If he can pass clippers he will either face 1st seed nuggets or potential 1st seed okc

  11. Zion playoff format is not a cakewalk
    Face healthy clippers
    Even if they beat clippers they need to dethrone the defending champs nuggets first seed
    Even if they beat nuggets they will face okc or timberwolves in wcf
    If they beat all west, worry the celtics

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