Zion Williamson’s Starting 5 Skill Set Developments: Summer League Edition
#5) The last thing to watch is the first thing everyone will ask if you saw. Zion Williamson dunks will lead the Sportscenter highlight reels.
Zion Williamson could be the most forceful athlete in Las Vegas, even with the UFC’s Fourth of July event in town. His dunk carries the same force as a knockout punch.
Someone will have their Vegas Vacation ruined by a Williamson windmill. A Zion dunk can demoralize a fringe foreign prospect, ala Vince Carter. And it will be glorious, causing the first huge Sin City Summer League celebrations to stretch from the desert to the swamps.
The reactions will be near unanimous. Exclamations of ‘oh my!’ will be followed by questions of ‘Did you see that?’
Of course, everyone will have saw the dunk. It is why the majority of the audience is watching. Those dunks are what sold out the NBA Summer League tickets for the day.
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Anyone tuning in live will hear the announcers loud anticipation just before the dunk happens in real time. A replay will immediately follow. The highlight shows will loop the dunk endlessly, or until the next day’s dunk happens.