Zion Williamson, Who Is 285 Pounds, Had His Eyes At The Rim On An Alley-Oop Dunk

The 2018-19 Duke Blue Devils are the most must-see college basketball team of the last decade, if not more, because of one man: Zion Williamson.

With all due respect to the greatness of R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish, it’s what Williamson is able to do athletically that makes even the most casual basketball fans want to watch Duke this season. Williamson is listed at 6’7, 285 pounds, which as of this summer would’ve made him the second-heaviest player in the NBA, and yet he still has a 40-inch vertical that he shows off on both ends of the floor.

Against Army over the weekend, Williamson put his head near the rim on an absurd block as he helped over from the weakside to erase a shot. On Wednesday against Eastern Michigan, Williamson once again was eye-level with the rim on an alley-oop from Barrett that was nothing short of astonishing.

The behind-the-backboard camera angle is similarly incredible as you see Zion just keep going up after he takes off until he’s staring at the rim.

The best part is this young man for Eastern Michigan in the bottom left questioning the laws of physics and his choice to get on the plane to come play against Duke after watching Zion jump to the rafters.

Through three games this season Zion has lived up to they hype and managed to exceed it after becoming a prep hoops legend for his dunk mixtapes while in high school in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Now he’s on the national stage regularly with and has yet to disappoint.

You would think we’d be accustomed to insane athletes by now, but Zion is something else. The way he jumps — almost always off two feet — is at once violent and graceful, if that makes any sense, as he explodes off the ground and glides through the air before hammering through a dunk or blocking a shot. It’s like if young LeBron had the frame of current LeBron when he was at St. Vincent St. Mary (again, I’m speaking purely of the athleticism on display, not a commentary on the full game of the players).

It’s special to watch and can make even the most diehard NBA fan want to keep a closer eye on college hoops before tourney time.