12-12-2023, 12:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2023, 12:41 PM by KillerLeft.)
(12-12-2023, 12:36 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: This is very surprising to me given we're talking about someone who averages 4.5 more rebounds a game than Grant Williams. He typically plays with a good amount of physicality. Perhaps not as much as Grant Williams but a huge part of the Hawks getting to the conference finals that year had to do with Collins being able to hold his own with Joel Embiid when the moments called for it.
I don't really care about rebounds, especially individual rebounding, which I've found to be unreliable and sometimes even detrimental to winning.
I'm just telling you my take. Dude seems like he plays small to me. Always has. I actually think DJJ is a good comp in terms of his roll game, and I'm not even interested in his offensive creation. Defensively, he'd be worse than ANY of DJJ, Williams, Kleber, O-Max and even Morris. He represents a move towards a LOWER defensive ranking in my mind.
I think before Lively came, there was reason to wonder about this move, but the Mavs HAVE a screener now. DEFENSE and SHOOTING is what's needed from the rest of the front court. Period.