Why Zion Williamson Is Poised to Change the Course of NCAA History
It’s clear that the Duke freshman doesn’t need the league as much as it needs him. This makes the phenom uniquely positioned to revolutionize the game.
Currently there is no more exciting player in college basketball—in all of basketball, perhaps—than Duke’s Zion Williamson. He dunks with power and grace. He blocks shots that most defenders would consider . He literally basketballs. To learned hoops druids such as ’s Jason Concepcion, the 6-foot-7, 285-pound freshman forward something out of a comic book, “like if a cinder block got bit by a radioactive spider.” From his opening tip in Blue Devils livery, Williamson had lived up to his billing as the , placing among the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leaders in steals (2.2), rebounds (8.8), and points (21.6)—all while making shots at a mind-bending 68 percent clip. And then,
