1) As predicted, Zion Williamson has been amazing and emerged not only as the clear number one prospect but the favorite for every college award.

2) I like the idea of mirror seasons — seasons from past prospects which closely resemble that of the present prospect to give us some sense of the paths a prospect may take and whether the statistics they are putting up are meaningful. For instance, Zach Collins as a freshman and Rasheed Wallace as a Sophomore put up nearly identical per 40 minute seasons. And indeed, Zach Collins as a second year player is already quite good, though in ways slightly different than that of Sheed.

It’s not a perfect concept, but it’s also not meant to be exact.

3) Zion Williamson has no mirror seasons. The two closest may be those of Larry Bird and Scottie Pippen’s senior NAIA seasons, but for both blocks and steals weren’t kept. Sometimes an exceptional player will put up a season no one has put up before. It happens very rarely for a freshman, but that’s the case with Zion so far, putting up a ridiculous 3 steals and 3 blocks per 40, numbers which virtually no one in basketball history have sustained for a full season. Ron Harper is one. Bo Outlaw is another. And if we look carefully, Ron Harper’s senior season is perhaps the closest thing we have to a mirror season for Zion Williamson.*

4) Zion is in the top 3 of most categories and no lower than 7th in any category besides free throw percentage I believe. Keep in mind, these are some of the greatest college and pro players in history —no doubt Hall of Famers, borderline Hall of Famers, all-stars, all-time defensive studs (I just don’t see how Zion won’t have a positive defensive impact in the pros). And Zion, as a freshman and on a loaded team that likely suppresses his scoring, passing and rebounding numbers (since there’s only one ball), while also likely boosting efficiency, is on pace to be better than all of them. And it’s not really close.

5) Thank heavens we’re not going to have some stupid discussion of who the number 1 pick should be this year.

*These stats prior to Wednesday’s (12/5) game.