John Collins is probably one of my most disliked Jazz players of the last 20 years. It's not because he's bad or awful. He just doesnt really inspire any kind of joy when I watch him. His game is boring. His game is unimpactful. His game is meh. It's not even in the same way I dislike a guy like Sexton, where I can actively see what he's doing wrong that's hurting the team. Collins just makes the team worse in ways that arent even visible.
Yet he still gets a ton of double doubles and always puts up a consistent stat line. The quote I often think about when I watch John Collins is "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound" because do his stats matter when he seemingly makes us worse on both ends?
Watching Collins is just like a flashback to watching Marvin Williams.
Yet he still gets a ton of double doubles and always puts up a consistent stat line. The quote I often think about when I watch John Collins is "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound" because do his stats matter when he seemingly makes us worse on both ends?
Watching Collins is just like a flashback to watching Marvin Williams.