Exclusive The OFFICIAL 2019 NBA Offseason Thread

When I go its LA or San Diego, and I dont think the people are so bad. Its just not for me.

 

Oh? So who's our starting PF next year?

 

He might be right but it's hard to trust that guy.

 

Good question. But if stotts didn’t like Collins next to Nurk (0 minutes shared this season) I don’t see why he would like him next to Whiteside. The only time he played the four last year was with Meyers, who spaces the floor.

 

Collins did play with Kanter some.

 

I'll be shocked if Collins doesn't start at the 4. His rookie year he played next to Ed off the bench. I expect Collins 3pt shot to improve to 35-36% or so which will help him play the 4 better.

 

I imagine Nurk has been working on a 3 point shot while rehabbing.

 

There is a Forbes article that backs up HCPs claim.

I do not know how to link it from my cell phone. The title is:

"11.4 million reasons KL will not sign with Toronto."

Not sure I completly understand the reasons stated in the article.

 

Thats a good point. Its odd I dont see Zach as a Center, I just dont. Maybe for small ball, but he doesnt rebound well and he tends to get pushed around by starting centers. Maybe Stotts see’s him as a Center.

 

Rarely and it wasn’t effective when they did.

 

Yeah and there’s a reason they got rid of Ed. If Collins gets consistent with his shot I could see him at the four but I wouldn’t pencil him in just yet.

 

Well the Nurk injury contributed to the rarely part but Collins did start the 2nd half of game 7 against Denver at PF.

I believe that Stotts has been using Collins poorly, not that he only likes to play him with a floor spacer. If Nurk didn't get hurt Collins might not have even been in the rotation in the playoffs so I don't think we can take anything from who Stotts played him with.

 

But Kawhi likely becomes a Canadian citizen at some point in that contract, is that taking that into account? I can't imagine it is.

 

He is enormous

 

There’s a reason he’s been so resistant playing him with Nurkic. He barely played them together two years ago and avoided it all together last year. Nurk got hurt in March. Stotts had pretty much the whole season to try it out and didn’t. Kanter and Collins played together basically out of necessity because the team was getting killed on the boards. It didn’t really serve any other purpose.

I guess I’ll believe it when I see it. I’m definitely not going to be labeling Collins a power forward based off speculation, and only speculation, until then.

 

He has the lateral quickness to be a PF easily.

 

I think that has more to do with Stotts' stubbornness to only play Aminu as a PF and for some reason thought Nurk should only play with Aminu last year.

I don't have time to look at the break down but I'd guess Collins played more minutes at PF than C last year.

 

wrong thread lol

 

You can read the Forbes article online.

They do mention USA federal foreign tax credit. But the issue is CA. CA does not give a tax credit on foreign income. Since KL bought a $13+ million house in CA, 100% of his income is taxable, no matter where he works.

 

Yes, but like I said, pretty much all of his minutes at the four (minus the half hour or whatever with Kanter) came with a floor spacing center. So I’m just not buying into Stotts all of a sudden starting him next to a guy who provides even less spacing than Nurk, who was at least a threat as a passer on the perimeter.

We’ll see how the roster looks in October, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Skal, Tolliver, and Hezonja were in the mix ahead of Zach at power forward.