Guys Neil Olshey passed on to draft Zach Collins

I think if you look at last season he played a few games and was out all season....then came back fully healed and was out or the playoffs after a few games.....it's fair to use the adjective...that's not saying Anthony Davis isn't fragile too....Nurk doesn't look that way at all..it may be a fluke..Zach may become an ironman Jermaine O'neil type player...I hope so if we keep him

 

Fam, maybe you getting old, but stop being a homer. Zach Collins is trash. Availability is the best ability. Stop riding for weak ass players that think they hard. We coulda had Bam. We coulda had John Collins. Fuck Zach Collins

 

I was being sarcastic. Everyone here uses that excuse for our tall white guys

 

Of course not

 

Start dreaming about CJ being on the roster next year

 

No reason it should have been? According to Sheed and Grant, Jermaine tote them up in practice.

 

You can't tell me those 2 players would have done any better in our system. Both would have rode the bench the first year in the pros under Stotts due neither couldn't shoot the 3. Bam didn't break out until this year and Collins play for a basement team since he been in the league. So don't tell me they would be any more successful if they play for us. Zach didn't have a good year due to injuries this year and we don't know he been playing on bad ankle that limit his movements. But he kind show what kind of player he was in the playoffs last year because we wouldn't properly wouldn't made it to WCF without that defense he played against Denver. Just because a player don't score 20 points a game don't mean he a bad player and if that's what your criteria is to be a good player that your telling me you don't know crap about the game.

 

but still a discussion about unproven potential vs. trade cause win now mode.

 

You sound like me after the first couple Oden injuries. Keep the faith, brother!

 

But he wasn’t unproven

 

until it was in actual games, it was only potential.
edit darius miles and all of the super gifted athletes that never lived up to their potential.

 

He destroyed all stars in practice. He was a proven talent

 

in the famous quote of AI "Practice?"

 

Could be, however when they traded Jermaine he was playing behind several legit bigs on the team. But you are right in that maybe they are not wanting to wait to see how things pan out?

 

Can you believe NO did it twice though? First he blew a pick on Leonard and then did it again with Collins after Leonard didn't work out.

 

Do you give him any credit for acquiring the Beast and or a trade for Gabriel. How about getting Whiteside when we needed a 5?
Drafts for most teams are hit and miss.

 

We're talking about the draft... why would I talk about Whiteside/Nurk/Gabriel?

 

I realize that he possible has missed on a couple bigs in the draft, but he has done ok with acquiring Nurk and Gab. Still to early on if Collins is a bust, I dont think so in fact he's going to be a solid role player and defender if he overcomes injuries.

 

We had three picks. We could have used those to acquire a real piece. Someone that could contribute right away. Not after three years. It was a massive whiff.

 

I wonder if we would have really been any worse this season with Harkless and Leonard as opposed to Whiteside.