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But, he's shooting very similarly to THJ from 3 at .383 (vs 384 for THJ) and .442 from the corner (THJ is .366 from the corner).  Collins is creating 40% of his made 2's this season and is .714 at the rim.  THJ creates 35% of his 2's and is .506 at the rim.  I don't agree the offense would suffer from a THJ/Collins swap.



I'll exempt Siakam and Markkanen as they aren't attainable in an in-season deal.  But, when you compare Collins to PJ, Olynyk, Grant, Isaac, Kuzma and PWill, which of them has a better combination of rebounding and 3 point shooting and block rate?

I do think it's important to flag that Hardaway is shooting more than twice as many threes as Collins (at 9.1 a game!) so those percentages aren't really apples to apples.  I also agree with Omahen that Collins' issues pairing with Capela may rear their head here, he would actually be a great Maxi replacement in the sense that he should probably be coming off the bench with this roster as a small ball 5 who could spread the floor while also being a great pick and roll partner and play some spot minutes at the 4 when we need more size but you can't commit that salary to that sort of role on a championship team.  Not necessarily disagreeing with anything you said, just wanted to add a little nitpicking is all.

To the second part that I quoted, you definitely chose the trio of stats that plays well for Collins but I would say that a really import aspect of whoever is going to play the 4 is perimeter defense and when you add that as a piece of criteria then you see each of what I consider the top 3 gettable options having one wart.  Grant's rebounding is rough these days, PJ Washington's 3 point shooting is way down and Collins' perimeter defense has question marks.  Knowing that is why I lean towards PJ Washington because he has the most reasonable contract and I also feel his 3 point shooting will tick up a couple percentage points as shown in previous seasons.

Just my two cents is all, agree with the overall assessment that Collins' wouldn't be the end of the world and would most likely make this team better from simply balancing out this roster but I also agree with Omahen that it may be a little too prohibitive moving forward for my taste.