![]() Unless Porzingis can rediscover his defense from prior to this season, he and Collins absolutely cannot play together. The spacing Porzingis provides and its importance to Luka has been pointed out before, but Collins can couple that spacing with dynamic rim rolling.ĭefensively the fit is less perfect. ![]() He can both be the high volume ferocious rim runner that makes Luka’s game hum AND a shooter who can space the floor for him. He is the type of defender he would take advantage of on offense. He tries hard and he is certainly not stone footed on the perimeter but he is someone who gets attacked in pick and rolls and off the dribble once switched. He is also not quick enough to defend wings on the perimeter which is an increasingly important task for any big who is not a rim protector. He does not have the defensive IQ to sort through multiple offensive actions and decide which are real and which are decoys. Despite his athleticism and a career high 1.6 blocks per game in 2020, Collins is not a rim protector. That leaves the defensive end for his weaknesses. WeaknessesĪs with Kelly Olynyk, his strengths were entirely listed on the offensive end. The volume is incredibly different so this is not a fair comparison but to give those numbers some context, Dirk Nowitzki shot 46.8 percent from 10-to-16 feet and 47.4 percent from 16 feet to the three point line over his career. He has shot 47.6 percent from 10-to-16 feet and 49.2 percent from 16 feet to the three point line over the last two years. ![]() He is also shooting 81.9 percent from the free throw line.Ĭontinuing on the shooting front, he is borderline elite but in a small sample as he prefers a more “Moreyball” approach of shooting the majority of his shots at the rim or beyond the 3-point line. Over the last two seasons he is a combined 142-of-355 on 3 point attempts for an even 40 percent. This is because Collins is also a very good shooter. A career low 34.5 percent of his attempts came from within 3 feet this year as the Hawks retooled their offense and Clint Capela took up a ton of real estate within the paint.Įven with his average shot distance rising each year of his career, up to a career high of 10.9 feet per shot, Collins maintained elite efficiency with a 64.5 true shooting percentage. The lowest percentage that Collins has shot from within three feet in his career is 73.2 percent. He pairs these elite hands with elite finishing. He doesn’t just catch all the passes he should, he catches some he shouldn’t. Given the amount of passes that Mavericks fans (and Luka Doncic) have seen clank off the hands of would be finishers such as Willie Cauley-Stein over the last year, watching Collins would be a revelation. StrengthsĬollins has absolutely phenomenal hands. The Mavericks could and should be the team to make that offer depending on what else happens this off-season. Hawks owner Tony Ressler recently made statements that appear to show that Atlanta is willing to move on from the talented big man if a large offer is made. Conventional wisdom says that the Hawks would rather build on this success than let a key piece leave without compensation but the Hawks appear to be willing to do just that. The BasicsĬollins is a restricted free agent following the Atlanta Hawks run to the Eastern Conference Finals. It is imperative that the team do a better job of providing talent to make his life easier. The Dallas Mavericks do not have enough talent around Luka Doncic.
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