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Who is Duke superstar Zion Williamson? 'That dude is a franchise changer'

There's a reason NBA teams are #DyinForZion.

As the Sporting News put it: "Those trying to compare Zion Williamson to the likes of Charles Barkley, Larry Johnson or LeBron James are getting it wrong. Williamson is the first of his kind."

OK then.

At 6-foot-7 and a somehow fleet 285 pounds, Williamson might be a viable candidate to win both the slam-dunk and Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contests. Actually that second

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