Zion Williamson - Nail/Deep PnRs

Zion Williamson. 2021 NBA All-Star. 26.4 points per game on 62.4% shooting from the field, 8.5 free throws and 7.1 rebounds (including 2.6 offensive) per game. At the time of writing (04/06/2021), he sits at 7th in the league in scoring - ahead of the likes of Nikola Jokic, Devin Booker, Kawhi Leonard, Donovan Mitchell, LeBron James, James Harden, Trae Young, and Jayson Tatum and has the MOST 2 point field goals in the league.

The long and the short of it: Zion is impossible to stop once he gets momentum and a way Stan Van Gundy has allowed him to gain momentum and be able to gather and be at the rim in a stride (or two) is to set a screen at nail/free throw line or even deeper. Most of the time, it's an invert PnR because a guard like Lonzo, Nickeil, or JJ will set it but even if it's a traditional big like Steven Adams, Zion has enough of a runway that you gotta go body to body with him at the rim. However (comma) there are no survivors at the summit when it comes to stopping Zion...only visions of violence.

Per Cleaning the Glass, Zion is in the 95TH percentile among bigs in the “shooting fouled percentage” stat - that is the percentage of shot attempts he gets fouled on:
Zion Williamson - 23.0% SFLD
Giannis Antetokounmpo - 22.7% SFLD
Joel Embiid - 20.9% SFLD

Per Synergy, Zion is…well he’s either good, very good, or excellent at every type of play type. The stats that are worth drawing attention to are that when Zion drives right (in ISO situations), he generates 1.226 points per possession (PPP).

Shoutout to my very good friend Samson Folk for letting me use his pet move to write this.

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[WallTrapMedia]

I'm late but this video is one of the reasons why I think Zion has a great chance to be the face of the NBA if he stays healthy. He's 280 pounds, built like a world's strongest man contestant but has the athleticism of the Incredible Hulk. He smashes anything he comes into contact with and can outjump everybody but what makes him an MVP-caliber player is that he has the ball-handling of a guard and is one of the quickest players in the league. This guy is 280 pounds doing jump stops in the lane and finishing acrobatically around defenders.

[encikafiq]

“only visions of violence” sounds so badass

[pookyman]

Great video as always More Zion please, passing & defense!

[lilman]

Keep doing these man! No one does em better!

[cdxc]

If he gets near the rim it's over. He's powerful, of course, but also so fluid. Unfair.

[philipwacker]

Defending teams players should jump if they are in the vicinity of the basket and Zion is in attack mode, chances are he comes flying by - not to say there's much chance to block his shot...

[kelvinfele]

You should do a video about Julius randle.

[dhakadhaka]

Can you make a ‘Luka Doncic Postup Powerhouse’ video?