they've been garbage his whole life but his face lights up and he gets all starry-eyed when talking about The Mecca lol

I wonder what the Knicks would have to do to get him, Randle + picks to start with probably

>Griffin shouldn't be expressing hesitation publicly like
>that, but he's right to be reluctant. Because you're right: he
>could extend and demand a trade nearly instantly, lol.
>
>And the Pelicans played pretty well with McCollum and Ingram
>as The Guys. If you think Zion won't be able to take the court
>regularly enough to maximize on his absolutely absurd talent,
>and you think the guys you have are enough to build around?
>
>Then I'd see if there's a team willing to run a
>sign-and-trade-- where they give Zion the extension they have
>available as the drafting team, and see if there's a team with
>a star or some package of strong pieces worth that amount of
>salary that they can bring in to supplement McCollum and
>Ingram.
>
>Obviously might backfire if Zion can stay on a court, because
>dude isn't even 22 yet and already has an ASG under his belt,
>so the upside if it works out is super apparent...
>
>... but if the Pelicans have two stars now (they do), if they
>think they can start pushing for higher playoff seeding next
>season (possible, depending on offseason deals), and they
>think Zion isn't genuinely interested in staying (clearly),
>then deal Zion to a team that is willing to ship win-now
>pieces in exchange for the insanely-high-future-upside swing
>of the bat.