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NICK WRIGHT: I am personally
offended by this question,

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even though that is not
on you, nor is it on the--

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our wonderful production staff.

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I am so concerned that
the correct answer

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could be the latter
rather than the former.

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And the only way this
kid busts is injury,

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which is why I'm concerned.

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Now, it--

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- The only way?

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NICK WRIGHT: The
only way he busts.

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He is, if healthy,
he's 20 points a game.

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And to me, that's not a bust.

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Like, now if you consider,
you're the number one

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overall pick and you don't
make the Hall of Fame,

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I don't know about any of that.

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But this guy-- this young man,
we saw it in the preseason.

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You saw it at the highest
levels of college basketball.

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In the world of the greatest
athletes in the world,

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he is a one percenter
of the one percenters.

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And so it is concerning to me,
as someone who-- bless you--

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makes his living and has
gotten such an enormous part

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of the individual joy in my
life, outside of my family,

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by watching superhuman
athletes do superhuman things.

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It's not just that this guy
is a great basketball player.

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It's that he's one of
the special athletes,

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and that's one of the
reasons I love the NBA.

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Like, KD, for example,
coming out of Texas,

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we knew he'd be amazing--

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- Right.

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NICK WRIGHT: --and his
skill set was unique

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and the fact that he's a
seven-footer could do it.

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But he didn't, for me,
give me the thrill watching

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that someone who looks
like they can fly can,

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and that's what Zion can.

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And so I still
would say superstar.

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But a knee injury
before you play

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one NBA game is about
the worst-case scenario,

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and that's the track
he's on and I hate it.