Ahead of his season-opening matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans, superstar Nets forward Kevin Durant struggled to find an apples-to-apples comparison for Pelicans forward Zion Williamson.
Because there may not be one.
“I mean you’ve seen guys that size, 6-foot-7, that can get up and down the floor and that can move, but not at that level though,” Durant said after Monday’s practice at the HSS Training Facility in Industry City. “You’ve seen guys like Jason Maxiell and I’m forgetting some of them. I’m not saying they jump as high as Zion, but they were undersized guys that played bigger. Zion’s one of those guys.
