The Blazers front cour is paper thin. If Collins started now, the back up bigs would mess up what the bench has going. Collins is a big part of why the Blazers bench has been sucessful. Imagine swapping Collins and Aminu. Aminu with that second unit would not go so well. Collins is the engine of the second unit. If the Blazers had more talent in the back court, someone else that could be that engine (Meyers and Biggie are trying, but both aren't great) then Stotts would probably start Collins