Markus > Zion

[DoctorV]

Zion < LeBron

This type of analysis is what makes you a great global moderator

[MU82]

Zion < LeBron

But Markus > LeBron, right?

[Archies Bat]

This type of analysis is what makes you a great global moderator

Where?

[Jockey]

Clarke plays for Clarke? I didn't know Clarke college had gone D1!

Interesting that they rated Clarke above Hachimura.

[rocky_warrior]

But Markus > LeBron, right?

Absolutely.  He's going to crush LeBron's Marquette scoring record. 

[Lennys Tap]

Did you watch John Henson try to shoot a jumper outside of 15 feet prior to this year?  How about Brook Lopez having 3 total made 3 pointers in his first 8 years in the NBA and then made 134 in his 9th year and will have more than that by the All Star break in his 11th year now?  What about Marc Gasol, who averaged 1.2 makes per season his first 8 years in the NBA and then made 104 in his 9th season?

I don't think Theo will ever be a 3 point shooter, but to pretend that it's impossible for a center who's never shown the ability to develop a 3 point shot is just wrong.

Henson is an anomaly - bad shooter who late in his career started shooting the occasional 3. But he's only taken 31 (made 11) this year so lets wait for a larger sample size. As for Lopez and Gasol, they weren't 3 point shooters but they were good shooters. Lopez made 79% of his free throws as a senior in college and Gasol is a 77.7 career free throw shooter in the NBA. Point i they have always had the "shooter's eye". Theo is a 50% free throw shooter. He has good form but (as of yet, anyway) not the "eye". Odds against him becoming a 3 point threat are extremely high.

[bilsu]

I like the rest of you believe Markus is the key to this team. However, I find the following results interesting.
2-10-18 we lose to St. John's with Markus.
2-21-18 we beat St John's without Markus.
2-17-18 Markus gets hurt against Creighton and leaves with MU trailing 43-35 with 5:02 to go in first half. MU falls down 15, but rallies to win without Markus.
2-24-18 Markus comes back and we lose to DePaul 62-70.

2019 Markus plays only 3 minutes against Georgetown and MU wins game.

I point this out, because the original poster argued that Zion was blessed with great players around him. I think you can make the same argument for Markus. MU has shown it can win can win without Markus.