Who is better Doncic or Zion? The American media compared 8 skills and found that he was overrated
Looking back at the 22-23 season, we found that many young players have excellent statistics, such as Doncic, Alexander, Tatum, Zion and Morant, etc., it can be seen that the era of young people has come, among them, Doncic and Zion are the representative figures, the former is the third pick in 18, the latter is the top pick in 19, so, who is the better player between Doncic and Zion? The American media compared 8 skills only to find that he was overrated.
The 8 skills are: offensive ability, athleticism, defensive ability, key ball handling ability, leadership, influence, single-handedness ability, and career achievements so far. The final score was 2-6, and Zion actually won only 2 and was ruthlessly crushed by Doncic.
Let's briefly analyze, first of all, offensive ability, Doncic undoubtedly wins, because he has a richer scoring means, whether it is projection or breakthrough is the top level in the league, last season, Doncic averaged 32.4 points per game. Zion's scoring methods are basically two, either attacking the inside or grabbing the front court board to launch a second offense, and he averaged 26.0 points per game last season, significantly behind Doncic.
Looking at athleticism, Doncic's physical talent is actually very average, he belongs to the floor flow style of play, and Zion's talent is considered to be historical, although it looks bloated, but his athleticism is amazing, can run and jump, so this Zion wins.
Defensive ability, Doncic is strong and weak on offense, defense has always been his short board, relatively speaking, Zion's defense is much better, he can often cap opponents, Zion occupies the lead in defense.
Key ball handling ability, unfortunately, Zion is really not as good as Doncic, in the 5 seasons of his career, Doncic has staged a lot of kills, the most classic is the 20 years playoffs lone ranger against the Clippers G4, when the two teams played in overtime, Doncic bombed 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists at the same time, and also staged a three-point shootout at key moments. For example, against the Green Army in the 21-22 season, Doncic also staged a three-point shootout. As for Zion, he didn't have many key shots, and against the Timberwolves in the 22-23 season, Zion scored the Pelicans' final 14 points in the last 164 seconds, which is a rare highlight.
Next is leadership, Doncic is the only leader of the Lone Ranger, even if he is Irving with a high spirit, he can only be the second leader, and at the same time, Doncic may also be the future face of the NBA, positioning is extremely high. Zion's leadership position is not precarious, after all, the Pelicans also have Ingram and McCollum.
The same is true of influence, Doncic is not only strong in the NBA, but also almost everyone knows in the international arena, this year's men's basketball World Cup, Doncic is considered the first superstar of the World Cup, he can easily cut high scores, whether it is the NBA or the international arena, Doncic's offensive ability is unsolvable, although Slovenia lost to Canada not long ago, missed the final four, but Doncic is still the best superstar of this World Cup.
Single-handedness ability, Doncic scoring means are quite rich, he can score in any position, Zion's offensive range is concentrated under the basket, in fact, both are difficult to be prevented, considering that Doncic is also a big killer in the international arena, so he wins with the ability to single-handedly.
Finally, a comparison of achievements so far in his career, Doncic has been selected to the first team four times and an All-Star four times. As for Zion, he has never been selected to the All-NBA team, not even three teams, and only 2 All-Star times, which is obviously incomparable to Doncic.
To sum up, we found that Zion only has the upper hand in defense and athleticism, and the other 6 are not as good as Doncic, so we can conclude that Doncic is better than Zion and has a brighter future.