Would you draft Zion over Elton Brand or Rasheed?

[AlternativeAcc.]

Zion is averaging 22.5 ppg shooting 68.4%...... as a freshman. I am old af and i don't remember anyone that looked like him as a freshman.

Shaq 15 pts shooting 57% as a freshman
Barkley 13 pts 60% (closest comp i can think of to Zion offensively)
Blake 15 pts 57%
Brand 13 pts 59%
Sheed 10 pts 60%

With two other top 10 picks in the lineup and plenty of mouths to feed...


AD averaged like 12ppg at Kentucky in a similar situation..

[Smoke117]

i'd take zion over brand, but not sheed.

That makes no sense considering Sheed was never close to as good as Brand was in 06 and 07 and didn't even reach his impact in 03, 04, 05 either.

[qrich]

For the 00s era, you easily take Brand or Sheed over Zion, and that isn't without thinking twice.

For this era, it's a lot closer, but I'd feel a lot more comfortable with taking Sheed and Brand, for knowing what we know about them versus taking the gamble on Zion. I mean, the way Montrezl Harrell is destroying this era, can you imagine Brand in the post? Or with stretch fours being a thing, someone like Sheed would feast.

Zion is averaging 22.5 ppg shooting 68.4%...... as a freshman. I am old af and i don't remember anyone that looked like him as a freshman.

Shaq 15 pts shooting 57% as a freshman
Barkley 13 pts 60% (closest comp i can think of to Zion offensively)
Blake 15 pts 57%
Brand 13 pts 59%
Sheed 10 pts 60%

Lamine Diane put up 25/11 with 2.2 blocks and 1.5 steals as a freshman

[tontoz]

Lamine Diane shot 48.5%... at Cal State.

Brand was not fast. Great rebounder, good defender, but i don't see him as being comparable to Zion as a prospect especially as a scorer. He had no range on his shot. He made 2 three pointers in his career.

Zions freshman numbers are easily better than Brand's sophomore numbers. 5 more ppg on 6% better shooting.