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Originally Posted by Brobocop
Buying Zion now is akin to buying crypto. Speculative with a high degree of risk. If he came back this year and had some really solid games, could be a good time to get out.
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I feel like this is true. There’s going to be a massive amount of people currently holding that can’t wait for his 1st good week or month to start dumping their collection fast. The cracks on his foundation are starting to widen with unbelievable drops in such a short amount of time.
I kinda broke my own rule since I’ve been saying there’s no point buying his cards now and that was back in November when there was hope he’ll actually come back this year— yet here I am buying in on some deals. I just didn’t anticipate it to go down as quickly. I still believe this offseason will be the best re-entry point for him. There’s already a seismic shift of investors and prospectors going to Lamelo, JA and Edwards. Add this year’s class of Mobley, Jalen Green products coming next season plus the 2022 class of Banchero and the uncertainty of Zion’s health entering a summer.
The good thing is that collectors and fans today are more fickle than cautious and that 27 and 7 guy is not an aberration, so people can still play the Zion sweepstakes but consider the elevated risk.
You can forget about the Lebron level trajectory though. Charles Barkley like career with a shorter peak is still in the cards. Now where he spends his next 5 years will truly make or break his legacy, imo. I personally hope he leaves the Pelicans and ends up in one of those amazing programs like Miami where accountability and excellence are exercised.