 Listen, it was unfortunate It was unfortunate what happened what you're gonna rip the entire company because one sneaker gave out I mean, he's a 280-pound super freak right there's only one way to describe Zion Williamson, right? I'm a big boy He's a big guy. He that man is Pewed I've never seen that before and in the moment that it happens you go. Oh my god He tore his ACL right and I and at first I go is that was that Zion and actually I don't know Do you notice that in the replay they kept showing Obama a broken Obama Obama points. He's like deep he broke his shoe Yeah, he was like Everyone was so taken aback by but yeah, Michael. I've never I don't know the last time I was that hype for a game and then instantly I kept it on But it I had no interest yeah, because everybody wants to see Zion So now this opens up this portal where everybody's saying He shouldn't play the rest of the year because look what could happen to him And I've got to tell you I think everybody who listens to this show knows how dead set against One and done I am a guy if he's ready to play out of high school should be able to play in the NBA It is restraint of trade Every everybody else in any walk of life other than NFL football if they want to have a job after high school and not go to college they're allowed to do it and The NBA tried to paint it in all these altruistic colors that the reason that they put this rule in Was so that there wouldn't be agents and scouts at high school gyms Yeah, because I'm sure they're not scouting high school seniors So that when the high school senior becomes a one and done they get to represent them They did it for this one reason they didn't want to get Kwame Brown over and over and over again They didn't want to pick a high school kid that ended up being a bust with the number one pick And they know that even one year of finishing school at Duke goes a long way toward making that guy closer to an NBA product So I hate one and done hate it. It's unfair. It should be eradicated, but That's the rules that we play with now This kid has agreed to one year at Duke in all likelihood He's got to play the one year. You don't all of a sudden say I'm not playing anymore because I don't want to get hurt That's not the rules of engagement. He shouldn't play at all then Just sit out sit out. No, you don't have to play that one year in college sit out and then Put yourself in the NBA draft next year, but being at Duke actually helps his product helps his brand and You know I was listening to our our 10 to 1 show rivals.com which rates high school kids Coming into the season they had Zion as the fifth best player So this little half season at Duke has rocketed him to the number one pick With nobody doubting it now now people are screaming that he shouldn't play the rest of the season because a Nike shoe blew out It's unfair because not everybody's in it for the same reason, okay The NBA has looked upon as a feeder sister the against CAA has looked upon as a feeder system to the NBA for some But some are there because they want to win a national championship They're gonna play four years because they're not good enough to play in the NBA or maybe they might make it to the NBA But they're not sure but their motivation is I want to go to Duke I want to win a national championship So those kids are out of luck because the one superstar that wants to go to the NBA is just gonna decide not to play I'm with Michael either don't allow the one and done if you commit to the college You got to commit to the four years or go play in Europe for a year and then go to the NBA But if you're gonna commit to a school the definition of commit you're committing to that school You're committing to play to help that team with a national championship. You have teammates Now obviously if you go to the room and tell your teammates listen, I'm more important than you My NBA career is more important than a national championship. I'm not gonna play There might be a couple of guys in the room that would agree because they also believe that they're going to the NBA But the majority of the players in that room are gonna be like well What did I work so hard for and a guy just basically telling me I'm more important than then than you are and now I'm not gonna win the national championship I'm not gonna get a chance to play on national television and make a run to the sweet 16 of the elite 8 of the final 4 I mean, is that fair to your teammates? There are some Examples where I would side would not playing like if you're a college football player and you're a junior and at the end of the year You're gonna go into the NFL draft and then you play in The Poland weed eater bowl love that kid. I wouldn't play now play for the national championship Yeah, I'm staying. That's why I came to school as Don said, but if I'm playing in a senseless money grab right college ball I might think about sitting out, but I'm sorry you committed to Duke You should play and what that what a message it sends to your teammates Again, if you don't want to risk injury and I totally understand that then don't go to college Sit out the year practice constantly and then go into the draft or if you do want to play there are ways to get Oodles of insurance that could set you up for life if God forbid you suffer a career in right, right But this is ridiculous to take this step that he should not play the rest of it Well, if he's able to play he should play like let's let's start here for a second. It's being called a mild spring, okay? In my opinion and I've been watching basketball for 40 years 40 not true But I just wanted to quote Don I've been watching for a very long time if you watch what happened It was a scary moment. Yeah shoe giving out and then as a result He's not able to plant so his other leg goes out And if you notice he grabs the back of his leg at first then he grabs the front of his leg Then he hops up pretty quickly grabs his shoe and walks off the court. I have an update. I'm not a doctor He's fine. It was not what everyone was scared It was the reason there's no chance that he was gonna come back is because of the value that he has to this Basketball team and their chance of winning a champion because we could talk all we want about the importance of last night's game To the national championship very little Teams be playing for the ACC championship and it doesn't matter how many times the Duke win a national championship and lose the conference championship Or and losing a rivalry game to Carolina stinks, but whatever. They're not ESPN They're not concerned about people keeping their eye on the game. You lose them for the game you move on The truth is he's gonna be fine. Like I really believe it was crisis averted. I think he just I think it was scary I think he was worried. He did something when they use the term mild sprain to me that can mean absolutely Absolutely sure he could be back on Saturday against Syracuse to be on so they could just rest on the tournament Right, I will be shocked if he doesn't play in the tournament because everything that you hear about the kid He's the real deal. I think he's gonna want to play and If you want to shut him down now because of a freak injury Why would why was he ever playing if you're always worried about that injury? That's gonna stop the money train and that should be their first concern and the inequities are startling Roy Williams and Mike Shaschevsky both this year will take home over $10 million a piece and these kids play for room and board. It's a disgrace what's happening But I'm not smart enough to come up with a solution for that But once you're locked in and you are playing for Duke or you're playing for North Carolina You're playing you're playing because if you play then you play if you're afraid of injury Don't ever play because I mean there's gonna be other odd thing opportunities supposed to happen He's gonna train before the NBA. He's gonna work out for teams. He's gonna have summer league What's the point of ever playing? There's always risk in less unless it's some injury where they go There's a mild tear. He could play through it or he could have That's a different story, but if it's simply what it was which I believe and I think you guys are in agreement He got banged up. He's okay. He's gonna be fine. There's no reason to consider shutting him down Zion doesn't seem with the kind of dainty players not gonna be able to play Rest the kid for a couple of games and bring him back. Let's listen to some guys that have been in the arena I mean, we're we're sitting back and Having never been in the situation. I played in games here is Jay Williams this morning on get up former dukey Who said that his advice to Zion would be to shut it down the one question that every scout has about Zion Williamson is that with that size and with that weight with this reckless abandonment in which he attacks to rim Could he get hurt? Yes. I mean, that's it. That's a big-time question and he could jeopardize his drafts That's now Zion Williamson can do whatever he wants. He is his own man But I can tell you one thing for a family like their family, you know, you have a chance to make a lot of money That's a major major decision and you have to be able to compartmentalize your love for the game as opposed to the long end of The game business-wise is it in Zion Williamson's best interest with what he's been able to accomplish Thus far in this season to come back and to try to play off a knee injury I don't think it is if I were his advisor if I were an agent. I would advise him not to I think that would be the Right business move for him. But once again, Zion is his own person. He's gonna do what he wants to do Well, let me this is what I would ask Jay So would you advise a free agent in professional sports to do the same thing? right, let's say you're on an entry-level contract as a rookie all right in the NFL and It's your time to cash in you're at the end of the deal and Should you just not play like let's say the last six weeks of the season because you might get hurt and blow your chance of Getting a big free agent contract. I mean is it would that because you just said that you got to think about yourself You got to think about your family. Well, if you've got a chance to make you're going from let's say the league minimum Let's say you're a player forget about rookie contracts Let's say your player that's playing for the league minimum and you're having a monster year All right, and your team's got a chance to win a world series or a Stanley Cup or a Super Bowl or whatever and Now it's the last final month of the season You're like I don't want to take the chance to get and hurt because the difference is these kids haven't gotten paid at all Right, but but it was saying about your family Well, it's my family too if I've been making the league minimum And now I got a chance to cash in for hundreds of millions of dollars Or play for the final month of that season and hurt myself. Well, wouldn't he advice them be the same? You still thinking about your family too. Here is right here is Jaylin Rose also on get up and he thinks the exact Opposite of Jay Williams the rookie salaries are slotted. He's going to go number one and get the same amount of money Yes, he's gonna get an amazing shoe deal now once you go to do which is the rule I wish players were not required to go to college. I wish he was Luca Donchich It could have entered the draft, but since he's required to go to Duke He's going to get better coaching this year Then he's going to get from the lottery team. He's going to play for next year And also for everybody saying he should shut it down. He got hurt on a non contact injury What do y'all think he gonna be doing in the next few months? How he's gonna stay in shape this guy's the the best physical specimen we've seen he's gonna be training He's gonna be working out. He's gonna be doing drills and guess what those same shoes could still bust And he can still get injured. It just wouldn't be on national TV He's absolutely right. You can be working out hard workout and you can get hurt That's the best point walking on the street because Jay will made the point about the kind of kind of style that he plays And it lends itself to injury but that had nothing to do with what happened yesterday He was running across the court and he slipped it could happen any day John wall just tore his Achilles in his in his house So I just don't understand unless they find out that this injury is more severe than we know Why would you not play right Nick? Nick Bosa had an injury in the third game of the year this year for Ohio State Projected number one pick he decided not to play but he did have a legitimate injury. It was a serious injury Yeah, and but he they say he probably could have come back Also, it is football. Yeah for the record is but that is a different thing altogether Both sides of the argument Should play shouldn't play by both the individuals we heard from Jalen Rose and and and Jay Williams never address the thing that bothers me What do you tell your teammates? These are your teammates you saw what happened when Zion didn't play in the game last night. They got blown out Is Duke winning a national championship of Zion doesn't play So do you tell your teammates? My career is more important than your national championship. I'm not gonna play These are guys that you train with you work with you're on a team