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Why The Anti-Zion Murmurs Won’t Much Matter

Zion Williamson, as we all know, popped on the national scene two years ago thanks to the viral nature of his impressive athletic exploits. After the initial explosion of hype, Wise Basketball Knowers of Twitter began throwing up weak floating commentary like “well let’s see him do it against real competition.” Zion swatted those excuses into the front row when he dunked all over Kentucky in the season opener, but thanks to Duke’s non-conference scheduled being perceived as weak, People Who Haven’t Played Since Middle School began bringing the exact same weak stuff back to the basketball discourse.