If we sign Zaza....

[GameTime]

Jason Collins is the defensive stopper we need to guard the Dwight and Shaq's. Though he is not much else.

Overview: Collins has established himself in the league on the strength of his positional defense and overall understanding of team defensive schemes. Collins has never been much of a threat on the offensive end (to say the least), but moves well through the sets. Collins best utility is his size and ability to provide 6 fouls and consistent interior defense against opposing centers. He would probably have a better chance to play if he were at least an average rebounder, which he’s not.

Offense: Collins has a very marginal offensive repertoire, working best in pick-and-roll situations, offensive rebounds, and cuts to the basket. Collins has never developed any sort of face-up game to speak of, as you can probably guess by his mediocre percentages from the free throw line. He’s an unreliable spot-up shooter, fairly turnover prone relative to his limited touches, and doesn’t have the ball handling skills to create any kind of offense for himself. Overall, extremely limited on this end. He actually had the distinction of ranking statistically as the second worst per-minute scorer in the NBA, behind only Eric Snow.

Defense: This is the side of the ball where Collins has made his career mark. Collins isn’t very fleet of foot, but he uses great technique to challenge his opponents. Collins has great fundamental footwork and keeps excellent spacing between his man and the ball-handler when defending off-ball. Collins is very smart when defending on-ball. Against back to the basket opponents he uses his wide body and a low base to keep from being backed down in the post. Collins typically knows his assignments well enough to know how much space to give them on face-up shots. He won’t over-crowd a quicker opponent or give shooters shots in his comfort zone. Collins also uses his fouls intelligently. He is a mediocre rebounder, though, which makes it very difficult for him to get on the floor considering how little he brings to the table offensively already.

in the past games, he played great d by making these players go-.....

big z= 3 for 8 on field goals

yao ming= 6 for 16 on field goals

david west= 3 for 13 on field goals

matt bonner= 3 for 9 on field goals

lamarcus alridge= 2 for 14 on field goals

lamar odom= held for only 2 points in one game

collins does stuff that doesnt show up on stats and that what we need him for, DEFENSE

Edited July 6, 2009 by GameTime

[Plainview1981]

Jason Collins is the defensive stopper we need to guard the Dwight and Shaq's. Though he is not much else.

Jason Collins is an IR type of player. He's better than Randolph Morris for what that's worth.

Edited July 6, 2009 by Hotlanta1981

[GameTime]

Jason Collins is an IR type of player. He's better than Randolph Morris for what that's worth.

He is MUCH better than RANDOLPH MORRIS. At least he is great at Defense. He was a very underrated piece during the Nets Finals run.

[Anansi]

Considering there isn't much to choose from he wouldn't be that bad of a pick up.

[Plainview1981]

He is MUCH better than RANDOLPH MORRIS. At least he is great at Defense. He was a very underrated piece during the Nets Finals run.

But he hasn't really contributed to a team at all in about 4 or 5 seasons:

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/jason_collin...reer_stats.html

He hasn't played much at all the last few years. I thought he ws still with NJ. Guess not.

[Atlantaholic]

He couldn't even crack minutes for an NBDL caliber Minnesota and Memphis squads.

Edited July 6, 2009 by Atlantaholic

[MaceCase]

He couldn't even crack minutes for an NBDL caliber Minnesota and Memphis squads.

That is only made that more amazing by the fact he was the only true center on the Timberwolves squad yet alone the only guy above 6'8" for that matter.

Edited July 6, 2009 by CrawfulToCrawesome

[T21]

I'm all for adding another big body! We'll need that kind of presence, knowing our competition... and Collins fits that bill, he's got some experience too and he won't be asked to play much and work miracles, just 10 mpg, D, box-out, rebound, picks, hard fouls...

[hawksrule9]

I would take him but for cheap...Prolly wouldn't happen though...Upgrade over Morris and Jones...

[Watchman]

That is only made that more amazing by the fact he was the only true center on the Timberwolves squad yet alone the only guy above 6'8" for that matter.

If you look at his stats, you will see he is a terrible rebounder for a seven footer. If all you want him to do is defend, then I guess he's ok.

[MaceCase]

If you look at his stats, you will see he is a terrible rebounder for a seven footer. If all you want him to do is defend, then I guess he's ok.

Him and his brother are twin bills of uselessness. There's a reason why last year teams shied away from drafting another set of twins from Stanford. They thought they were getting the Collins boys all over again.

[Packfill]

Him and his brother are twin bills of uselessness. There's a reason why last year teams shied away from drafting another set of twins from Stanford. They thought they were getting the Collins boys all over again.

Except the Lopez boys are pretty good, especially Brook Lopez who had a very good rookie year.

[MaceCase]

Except the Lopez boys are pretty good, especially Brook Lopez who had a very good rookie year.

Precisely, what I meant was that due to another rare event that involved two twin brothers that both played at the same school as C/PF and declared for the draft as these twin brothers that went to the same school as the other twins and played C/PF (following me?)

GMs got gun shy expecting a redux of the Collins twins. Brook should have been a top 5 pick yet he dropped all the way to pick 10 despite having no glaring negatives in his game. Considering that Robin wasn't all that great his rookie season GMs may still feel half right passing over the next time a twin bigman tandem comes out of Stanford.