Born in 2000, Zion Williams was drafted to the NBA by the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019. He was named to the All-Star Western Conference in his rookie season and to the All-Star Western Conference in 2020-21. In the 2019-2020 season, Zion played in 24 games, averaging 27.8 minutes per game, with 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists. In the 20-21 season, he played 61 games, averaged 33.2 minutes per game, and could score 27.0 points, 7.2 boards, and 3.7 assists.
In the 2021-22 season, Zion Williams did not play due to injury.
In his first two rookie seasons in Zion, he set several records, starting with becoming the fastest 30+ of his career since Allen Iverson. Second, he became the third player in the NBA in the past 30 years after O'Neal and Grant Hill to score 20+ in at least seven of his first 10 games of his career, and the first player to score 20+ in seven of his first nine games. In addition, Cain became the third rookie in the past 25 years to score at least 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the first 10 games of his career.
Born in 1984, LeBron James was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers as a champion in 2003. In the 2003-04 season, James played 79 games, averaging 39.5 minutes per game, scoring 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists. In the 04-05 season, 80 games, averaging 42.4 minutes per game, 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists. 2004 NBA Rookie of the Year, MLB Rookie. In 2004, James became the youngest player in history to break the 1,000 points mark, and at the age of 19 and 87, James scored 41 points against the Nets, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score 40+.
Comparing the first two rookie seasons of Zion and James, it can be seen that they are comparable in stats and have set remarkable records.
But in terms of self-discipline, Zion is far inferior to James. Zion still has to work hard to catch up with James in terms of achievement.
Do you think a healthy Zion is expected to be the next LeBron James?