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Ric Bucher: Zion Williamson Hasn't Lived Up to the Hype

Ric Bucher: “What was Zion supposed to be from the very beginning? What was he advertised as? ‘THE NEXT LEBRON JAMES.’ That’s what I heard time after time, ‘he’s the next LeBron James!’, and I thought he’s NOT the next LeBron James. He doesn’t have the same game. Can he be dynamic? Can he be exciting? Can he sell tickets? Yes. Is he going to be the next LeBron James? NO, he doesn’t have that ‘bag’. The only reason we started this conversation today because he’s the youngest to ever make the All-Star Game. There is an argument to be made that he shouldn’t have even been an All-Star this year. When Magic was an All-Star for the first time he was on a Lakers team that won 60 games and won a championship. Kobe was on a team that won 62 games and went to the Western Conference Finals. LeBron was on a team that didn’t go to the playoffs and finished 42-40, but they were 30-21 at the All-Star break. The wins and losses DO matter. The impact on the game and the team as a whole DOES matter. While I love watching Zion play – and I think he is a freak in his own right, and I don’t think we have ever seen anything quite like him – has he lived up to the hype? HELL NO he hasn’t lived up the hype because he hasn’t come anywhere close to leading a team to success to those earlier guys he’s being compared to.” (Full Video Above)

Listen to FS1 NBA insider Ric Bucher explain why he doesn’t think Zion Williamson, who just became the youngest player to ever make an NBA All-Star team in NBA history, has lived up to the immaculate hype he was receiving coming out of Duke as a freshman.

Check out the video above as Bucher details why he thinks the national media and fans alike need to stop comparing Zion to other youthful phenoms the likes of LeBron James, Magic Johnson, and Kobe Bryant.

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