Justin Verrier

He's just showing up and just playing reasonably well.

And I think that's an important thing, especially considering he has a long way to go to get back to the player.

Sadiq Bey, all of a sudden, just a good competitive player.

He's also dealt with injuries all of a sudden pop this year.

Great little story.

Trey Murphy, probably the best season of his career.

Zion, healthy, playing regularly and playing defense.

Awesome.

The Zion sizzle reel that has really just jumped out to me are all the defensive plays that he's been making of late.

It's just so...

damning because none of it matters.

Ultimately, it hasn't mounted to anything.

And that's my worry long term, where it's like fears I feel like can get his and still develop in the midst of whatever is going on because he has such a clear track for his career.

He's going to be just a dynamic scorer.

You saw that against the Knicks recently where I think he had 21 points, which is great.

I just worry that Queen is going to have to be sacrificed the most because in order to fit

him into what they're doing, it feels like you really do need the right parts in order to cover up his defense first and foremost, or just find the right size players in order to mangle together certain lineups.

He and Zion do not fit together.

I'm pretty clear.

That's just not going to work.