Notice ZACH COLLINS UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL SHOULDER SURGERY

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  1. RickyJoe

    RickyJoe Coug alumni on chess team

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    I agree. And after meeting him last night, he's a cool dude.
     
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    I agree too. I think defensively he’s going to be a lot like Serge Ibaka and offensively his ceiling is as high as Aldridge/Pau Gasol. He’s very much the key to our success now and into the future
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Yes. As I have said in the past, he's so thin that he will have an injury-prone career. He is defense-minded, but not defense-bodied.
     
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    We will see, not unusual for bigs that come into the league at his age to be slim. I would say when he's 24-25 you'll see him fill out. His pop 's a big dude now but I bet he too was thin at 22.
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    You asked the wrong question. Is ready to play? That's what I want to know.
     
  6. RickyJoe

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    He looked ready to play. If I thought they were going to play soon,I would have asked. Not much time since we were both checking out.
     
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    He can't. Check out the calf bones. Abnormally thin. He's finishing his third NBA year of trying to gain weight.
     
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    Doesn’t look like it so far
     
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    Patience.
     
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    Defensive body...
     
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    I love that you use this example of McHale. You know it actually bother me a lot when people say that Collins may be defensive minded but doesn’t have a defensive body. I would like those people to say that to the faces of Patrick Beverly or Draymond green of the world. Guys like them who may lack good height or great athleticism make it up with iq and efforts. Collins have shown them both. He’s gonna be a lot better defender than we may realize. Just give him time to figure out nba basketball but once he does boy watch out
     
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    Is this HPC’s burner account? The blurry pictures are a dead give away. Also, it amazes me someone that rich shops at Walmart.
     
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    But you can see my GF finger in the pic. That's not a HCP finger.
     
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    Zach was probably our best defender in the playoffs last year. Sometimes what you see in TV or real live at the games is different then the stats shows. I thought he play really good defense the 3 games he played this year and he was finishing games out while Whiteside was sitting. But was 3 games and if he didn't get hurt who knows some of you critics of him might have different tune and we possible we would have better record.
     
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    That was my first thought, too, but what else is open these days?
     
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    Ah, fair point.
     
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    What store should rich people shop at?
     
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    Figured Whole Foods or a more premium store would be more appealing. But I’m not rich so just a preconceived notion I guess.
     
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