Zach Collins is ready

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  1. dviss1

    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Eh... I don't know... AK could handle the ball and go to the rack. He did things on offense I'm not sure Zach is capable of.

     
  2. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    The recently-banned-one made that comparison during the first pre-season game.

     
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    Yeah, AK was SF/PF while Zach is PF/C. They somewhat resemble each other, but their games are dissimilar enough that they would have made a great front line pairing in their primes.
     
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  4. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    The guy I compare Collins to is Myles Turner.
     
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    I am not going to make an honest assessment until he becomes a regular part of the rotation. That won't probably happen until year two. Unless he shows an amazing growth by midseason.
     
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    Dviss, you don't see the similarity between Collins and Kirilenko, Havlicek, Barry, Bird, DeBusschere, Nowitzki, McHale, and Pettit?
     
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    That's a lot of bad haircuts
     
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    Go Collins !!
     
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    I like Collins, but imagine olshey would have picked donovan Mitchell with pick 10 and Kuzma with 26. Damn
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Kuzma has started to get figured out, so in comes the real test. His rebounds are still there, and his FG% is still good, but they have video on him... we'll see what happens.

    Mitchell I've not really been impressed with... I feel he'll be a streaky shooter his whole career.
     
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    Mr. Robot Well-Known Member

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    wow you dont really follow Mitchell, dont you
    I do and Mitchell gonna be one helluva player, no way hes going to be just a shooter if thats what you meant

    kid can drive to the basket, hes very athletic

    Id trade CJ for him in a heartbeat
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    "if thats what you meant"

    You disqualified the rest of it with assuming what I meant.
     
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    I’d trade you for a new poster in a heartbeat.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    A truthful response: I've watched several Utah games. Hes had some good games... and others where I completely forgot he was on the team.
     
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    I know what "streaky shooter" means, but did you meant hell be a streaky shooter (with other things in his game), or just a streaky shooter with nothing else to his game... either way, youre wrong, but how wrong it depends on what you actually meant
     
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    hes a rookie... bad games doesnt matter, good games do, its part of what can he become
     
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    so much hate around here...
     
  18. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    lol. Right. okay.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    You already assumed the latter, even though you were wrong. Thats on you.
     
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    okay, but your sentence was ambiguous, so its normal my assumption was wrong
     

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