If that’s a recent quote (I couldn’t find it, only thing recent is a yahoo piece where the Hartford coach makes the comp while other GMs and coaches mention Barkley, Blake, LJ, ‘Nique, Kemp and Randle) then that GM should be should be fired. Unless it’s Danny, which would be funny.
Someone on this board made a Rodney Rogers comp last year, before we’d seen Zion play in the ACC. But now? I guess to the extent you can say “we don’t know what he is” in the NBA for any prospect, sure. But he’s in the conversation as the best overall college freshman since AD himself. Tatum’s the budding All-Star in hand, and he can shoot, so I can see preferring him from a team building aspect. But he’s going to sell lots of tickets and jerseys, and I’d bet a lot of money he’ll be better than Rodney Rogers.
Edit- here’s the piece I found where Rogers comp is made:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/can-zion-williamson-live-lebron-level-hype-nba-scouts-break-duke-phenoms-game-234152148.html
The other coaches and GMs are much more bullish.
The Hartford coach also said passing is a weakness for Zion, which I haven’t seen at all. Given how he has looked distributing in a role in that offense that isn’t really designed for it, I think passing could become a strength for him.