(01-10-2021, 05:01 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: To be fair, we don't know what Collins did. Perhaps he did go to the coach and was stonewalled?
We dont know, but this is the only correct thing to do. He is not a coach. If he thinks the team should play according to his ideas and not the coachs, then he should ask his coach privately about this and suggest this, try to discuss. We do not know if he asked this directly to the coach initially, you are correct about this, it might have happened. But, if he did, and the coach said no, that he doesnt agree with Collins new tactics. Why in the world would Collins then afterwards again say this in the team meeting and ignite the division of the team? Coach has said no. So he would also say no at the team meeting. Obviously he wanted to start some problems.
The coach is the coach. Collins is a player and he should follow the tactic the coach makes.
They were 4-4. You want Collins to refuse to accept the tactics of Carlisle when we are 4-4 and lose a few games? To go around the back of Carlisle and then tell at team meetings, how Collins think the Mavs should play?
Collins should play the way the coach says. If this is with another player getting more touches, he should accept being 2nd star.
Last season steroid issues. This season, he ignites and devides the locker room, he is accessing the territory of the coach and how the team should play. This is a HUGE red flag.
Not only that, but he is small and pushed around on defense. He can barely defend the small forwards. Add to that he is not a good teammate, and cant handle adversity and divides teammates, he is simply not a championship type of player. This is evident how much his team lost with him being the 1st star. They finally started winning with another player leading the team, and he immediately could not handle this.
He is a terrible fit here. Would not trade him straight for Maxi. Question is if even at a low cost, such as Powell, if this would be worthy at all, it may give more issues than benefits.
We need the 3rd star to be really good on defense, and have maturity and be teammplayer more than usual, and to accept being 3rd. This requires a lot of character.