07-03-2021, 10:25 PM
jesusshuttlesworth82 Wrote:John Collins is an uber talented version of Dwight Powell. He's not a guy you give the ball to in ISO situations and say go get me 30 points playing one on one. I feel like some of you are expecting that from him because of the max contract talk.
He'd fit great with Luka but with Cuban now admitting we need a secondary scorer/creator, I doubt Collins is near the top of the Mavs wish list still. I wouldn't doubt he was earlier in the season when they thought KP was a real #2.
I don´t know. He has a lot of 30+ point games, because his mid-range/inside game is just on auto-pilot. You put him in a lot of PnR situations with Luka, I think he´d get 20 PPG easily, just from Luka´s gravity. Look what Luka does for Tobey on a condensed FIBA floor.
Yeah Collins is not a one on one guy, but when Porzingis pulls up from mid-range or tries to one dribble into something, I have no confidence it will be successful. Let´s not even talk level of Powell/WCS, who are so damn predictable, because they don´t have anything outside of kiss the rim range.
With Collins I get Dirk/LMA level of mid-range consistency. I doubt he´ll be available, but if you can get him, you need to do it.
You can still play the Porzingis card for Lavine, Lillard or Beal, whether it´s a two-way, three-way trade or just dumping him to create the space to sign Beal/Lavine outright.