If anyone isn’t a real PG it’s WCJ. What makes Collier so good and the reason that he was the top HS recruit in the country was his athleticism and his ability to see the court and to make his teammates better. Beyond lacking the athleticism, looking primarily for his own, with zero ability or interest on the defensive end, WCJ was nothing coming out of High School, and would have gone undrafted without his Senior year tournament run.
And Stockton was also a great shooter and good defender.
Sure, that’s what everyone said about Jimmer Fredette as well. The absolute truest player comp out there!
I'm not saying Clayton is the answer at pg either but Collier is not nearly as good currently as you are making him out to be. His lack of shooting ability is an issue and he isn't super quick either so I question his ability to break down the defense and create clean looks for guys. Teams are going to start sagging off him similar to Rubio and just daring him to shoot. Personally I would have preferred Kas who I had in my top 10 over Clayton but I do like Clayton over Collier at this point because I think he can be a Jason Terry type off the bench for us. I have Key penciled in as our starting pg.
Yeah heaven forbid AA selected one of the best shooters of the draft to improve our team!I blame AA. Between Collier and Harkless, the point guard position was an absolute non-issue. What kind of exec becomes so enamored with a Senior six foot nothing point guard that he trades up three spots giving up three second round picks when he all he had to do was stand pat and collect a skilled positionless full sized player in Kas or McNealey at #21. Since then, we’ve given up Sexton and a second for Nurkic, bought out Clarkson and turned John Collins into a second and two far lesser players. This is the same guy that as an exec in Boston, tried feverishly to sell Brad Stevens on trading Porzingis and Jrue for Lauri.
A recent Reddit post detailed how AA has gotten every position he ever had from Pop’s influence:
Austin Ainge’s entire career path has been paved by his dad, Danny Ainge.
- Southern Utah Assistant Coach (2007): His first coaching gig came under Roger Reid, a family friend who coached with Danny at BYU and the Suns.
- Maine Red Claws Head Coach (2009): The Red Claws were the Celtics’ G-League affiliate. Who was running the Celtics at the time? Danny Ainge.
- Celtics Front Office (2011–2025): He went from Director of Player Personnel to Assistant GM all while Danny was President of Basketball Operations.
- Utah Jazz President of Basketball Ops (2025): Now he’s heading up basketball ops for the Jazz, where his dad just so happens to be CEO.
Except Collier has a NBA season under his belt.. lol..
Not super quick? Really? Not super strong either I suppose? FTR he shot a better % than WCJ last night - see who has the better shooting % at season’s end. But as I’ve said before, only one of these guys is a two way player. It’s all academic anyway as your Jimmer Fredette pipe dream is starting to look more and more like damaged goods.
Did you even watch the game last night? McNealey looked at least twice as good as your boy Jimmer and we could have had him and kept our three seconds.
