Any defender pressing up on Williamson is in grave danger of allowing a runaway bear into the lane, where Williamson has been incredibly effective. Williamson has been able to make jump shots because he has had the time and room to shoot open jump shots. His jumper is not perfect, yet it has been effective to date, thanks to his ability to penetrate into the lane and finish in traffic. Through four games, Williamson is shooting 74 percent from the floor, making a third of his attempts from beyond the arc. Williamson attracts eyeballs with his rim-shattering dunks (we’ll get to those in a minute), but has shown a much more developed game than simply hammering home easy buckets. This Duke team is capable of great things this season, with Williamson at the forefront. It simply means Coach K has collected more talent on his current team than any team he has ever coached at the college level. This does not mean Duke will go undefeated (although it might), nor does it mean the Blue Devils will cut down the nets in early April as National Champions (despite being the favorites right now). After just four games, it is clear that these three stars will not just be more gifted or have more potential than any opponent they face, but be flat out better college basketball players. You may have misread that statement, assuming I meant Duke’s trio is more talented than any player they will face this season. With Williamson alongside fellow top tier recruits Cam Reddish and RJ Barrett, the Blue Devils will have the three best players in every single game they play this season. Williamson is currently the highlight, yet arguably not the centerpiece, of an undefeated Duke team that has as much raw talent as any college basketball team in a quarter-century. He will whiz through college basketball in a matter of months, but how profound can his impact be? Here at a college basketball blog, we have other questions to ask and answer about Williamson. Williamson looks like a can’t miss draft pick. He has the versatility of Draymond Green, the scoring ability of Charles Barkley, and the athleticism of a Marvel superhero. Add in an improving jump shot and Williamson looks like a generational talent. There have been bigger, stronger, faster, and springier prospects, but never contained within one complete package. No player has ever possessed the height, weight, foot speed, and vertical leap we’ve seen in Williamson. Quite simply put, we as a collective basketball viewing public have never seen anything that resembles Zion Williamson. Scouts and GMs are surely salivating at the prospect of selecting Williamson in the NBA Draft. That’s natural, given that he’ll play (conservatively) 20 times more games in the NBA than he will at Duke, and after a decade in the pros, his time in college will be a relative blip on his total career arc. For up-to-the-minute coverage of this week’s college basketball action, visit us on Twitter and follow coverage of Zion Williamson this season will focus on his potential future in the NBA. The 2023 Palestra Back Fantasy Shootoutįollow Palestra Back on ArchivesĪll stats are updated through the games of November 19.A Lightning Quick Guide to the First Round of March Madness: THURSDAY GAMES.A Lightning Quick Guide to the First Round of March Madness: FRIDAY GAMES.The 2023 March Madness All-Handsome Team.
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