Cleveland Cavaliers: Zion Williamson 2019 NBA Draft profile

Weaknesses

In a league where the 3-point shot has become the most important factor for every team, the lack of a consistent jump shot is obviously Zion Williamson’s’ biggest weakness.

In his only collegiate season, Zion attempted only 71 shots from beyond the arc and connected on 24 of them. This gave him a 33.8 percent success rate from the 3-point line, which is a far cry from his overall field goal percentage of 68.0 percent. There is no doubt that being a non-factor from deep is going to hurt his productiveness at the NBA level.

On top of this, there are obvious concerns that a prospect of his size and athleticism will not be able to remain healthy. The truth is, we haven’t seen many players such as Zion and the idea of that body type having a long-lasting NBA career just isn’t a realistic one. However, this doesn’t mean there isn’t hope for Zion. Take a look at LeBron James, a player with similar physical attributes who has played in 16 NBA seasons without any major injuries.

As for his 3-point shooting, Williamson wouldn’t be the only uber-athletic player to enter the league with this problem. James did it before him, while Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ben Simmons are both finding ways to make their game work without the benefits of a deadly 3-point shot.

So even though Williamson certainly has some notable weaknesses (as every prospect does), none of them should be enough to convince an NBA team to select anyone other than him at the No. 1 spot.