As the 2019 champion show, Zion has shown his far more talent and ability to the outside world since entering the league, and in the second season of entering the league, he was selected as an All-Star with the data of averaging 27 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, but on the other side of talent and ability, it is an embarrassing attendance, so far 3 seasons, a total of only 85 games have been played, the latest news shows that he will undergo surgery again in the near future, basically has announced the season reimbursement in advance.
In addition to poor attendance, Zion's negative news off the field has gradually increased. During his recuperation, he did not deliberately control his diet, resulting in a serious out-of-shape body, which caused questions about his professional attitude, because in the eyes of many professionals, the high weight is the reason for his frequent injuries.
Just recently, another of his bizarre behaviors has attracted criticism from the outside world, and even his former teammate Redick can't help but criticize him: arrogant, indifferent and ruthless.
In a show on TNT last Saturday local time, Pelicans player McCollum publicly said that since joining the team on the deadline, he has communicated with other teammates on the team, but so far he has not gotten in touch with Zion, and he hopes to be able to sit down with Zion and have a good chat.
Redick, who spoke about it on an ESPN show, said he was not surprised by Zion's behavior, and that he had always been such an arrogant player.
"It's the way we've seen Zion behave time and time again, I used to be his teammate and I can call him an arrogant teammate. When a new teammate joins your team and becomes your new teammate, out of courtesy you should text him, which is basic courtesy. Redick said.
"It shows that you're not investing enough in the team, the organisation and the city, I know he's injured, he's recuperating, he's leaving the team, but you're getting a top 50 player in the league through the trade, someone who can help you, and you shouldn't have stepped in and said hello to the other side."
A brilliant goalscorer, Redick has played in the league for 15 seasons, and in the summer of 2019, he joined the Pelicans for 2 years and 26.5 million US dollars, became a teammate with Zion, and the two had a good relationship, and after the Pelicans chose to trade Redick in March 2021, there were rumors that Zion was dissatisfied with the team's operation.
However, it is such a former teammate who gave Zion such a bad evaluation, and it is conceivable that Zion is immature in the way he handles things. For the talented champion, if you want to go further in this league, you need to learn not only how to play, but also how to behave.