This is probably going to be the last time I post about it, considering how fruitless it seems to be.
But Zach Collins is not NEARLY as bad as the lot of you on this subreddit like to preach. He is not a great player, don’t get me twisted. But he is a serviceable one. He plays slightly below league average defense(110 defensive rating).
Is a solid playmaker, legitimately one of our best playmakers. Doesn’t turn the ball over as much as some people make it seem. The only players on this team with a better assist/turnover ration are point guards CP3, Steph and Tre Jones. When he is on the court 20% of the buckets that are made come from a Zach Collins assist, which again is only beaten out by guards on this team.
In the past two years, he can be a streaky shooter, absolutely. He had that awful slump last year(that was only 15 games) where he shot 10% from three. After that 15 game stretch, the final 25 games of last year he shot 48% from three on 2 attempts a game, and is 40% this year on 2 attempts a game with a 62% TS.
This doesn’t even include all the little things he does well. Things like boxing out, setting screens, DHOs. But the people that browse this subreddit don’t care about things like that until the said player is bad at them.
In short, Zach is not a starter and is not an offensive engine that you want to be taking multiple three shots which people that learned basketball from 2K think is the only way to be a good player. He is a Serviceable back up 4 that is best utilized next to an actual true 5, but is instead being tasked with being the lone big man on a not so great 2nd unit.
Zach is nothing more than a scapegoat, and the target of the biggest circlejerk on this subreddit.
Zach better than Wemby the historical numbers prove it.
Those airballs last night…
i understand the zach hate because he is not really a center he is a powerforward with playmaking chops and of course he will struggle on atheltic centers because his gameplay is not like the typical back up centers who are lob threats and great defenders.
My only gripe in this fan base is they blame all of the bench units problem to zach while giving a pass to players like keldon who is atorciously bad on help defense.
I still get PTSD from those airballs. Just need up your defense Zach and I’ll let the airballs slide!
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This is probably going to be the last time I post about it, considering how fruitless it seems to be.
But Zach Collins is not NEARLY as bad as the lot of you on this subreddit like to preach. He is not a great player, don’t get me twisted. But he is a serviceable one. He plays slightly below league average defense(110 defensive rating).
Is a solid playmaker, legitimately one of our best playmakers. Doesn’t turn the ball over as much as some people make it seem. The only players on this team with a better assist/turnover ration are point guards CP3, Steph and Tre Jones. When he is on the court 20% of the buckets that are made come from a Zach Collins assist, which again is only beaten out by guards on this team.
In the past two years, he can be a streaky shooter, absolutely. He had that awful slump last year(that was only 15 games) where he shot 10% from three. After that 15 game stretch, the final 25 games of last year he shot 48% from three on 2 attempts a game, and is 40% this year on 2 attempts a game with a 62% TS.
This doesn’t even include all the little things he does well. Things like boxing out, setting screens, DHOs. But the people that browse this subreddit don’t care about things like that until the said player is bad at them.
In short, Zach is not a starter and is not an offensive engine that you want to be taking multiple three shots which people that learned basketball from 2K think is the only way to be a good player. He is a Serviceable back up 4 that is best utilized next to an actual true 5, but is instead being tasked with being the lone big man on a not so great 2nd unit.
Zach is nothing more than a scapegoat, and the target of the biggest circlejerk on this subreddit.
Zach better than Wemby the historical numbers prove it.
Those airballs last night…
i understand the zach hate because he is not really a center he is a powerforward with playmaking chops and of course he will struggle on atheltic centers because his gameplay is not like the typical back up centers who are lob threats and great defenders.
My only gripe in this fan base is they blame all of the bench units problem to zach while giving a pass to players like keldon who is atorciously bad on help defense.
I still get PTSD from those airballs. Just need up your defense Zach and I’ll let the airballs slide!