I think Collins is a lot more athletic, and can definitely shoot the 3 whereas Boozer only made 1 three his entire career. But I like that comp. It's fair. In today's game, Boozer would have had to play minutes at center in the playoffs.
Booze was really athletic in his prime too… his lateral movement was awful… but strength and he’d mash on guys plenty. Collins is better vertically… I think in todays NBA Booze would have tried to stretch to 3 as well. That’s a really good player but needs a 30 minute a night center still.
Horford is bulkier than Collins though, which allows him to play the 5 a bit better. I know Horford is only 5lbs heavier but that measurement is probably off. I also don't believe Horford playing the 5 is that sustainable given the fact that it's only a temp solution for the Celtics as they are missing time Lord. If we are to bring in Collins it's definitely gonna be geared upgrade on the 4 not the 5.
I really don't want to talk myself into it, but getting Collins and Capela does check a lot of boxes especially if we are keeping Quin. Collins could play about 15 minutes a night at C. Capela picks up most of the rest. I really don't like the idea of having a non-stretch center though.
True stretch 5s that don't tank your defense are incredibly rare. Kleber, Horford, Jackson, Mobley?
Also need a #1 guy that is so scary teams end up in rotations to leave guys open all game.
Good breakdown. I think Collins next to a good defensive PF/C type who can shoot a little works. I love the idea of Olynyk, and always have. He's a scrapper who is pretty solid all around. Kleber is very underrated and is the type we should look for out there.
That was my 1st thought. The last two games they looked a lot like us. The defense wasn’t connected and the offense became 5 guys going 1 on 1. Which is saying something because just a few weeks ago that offense was a machine.
I maintain that the Suns were by far the best team all year - as you said, an absolute machine.
Booker could’ve said something stupid. Ayton is a FA this summer right? So perhaps he had a bad attitude? Their coach seemed to lose control fast. Not that it mattered, But why did he suddenly start playing Biyombo over McGee? Seemed strange to me. The entire series seems like a story waiting to be told.
The Biyombo thing is explainable because hes more mobile than McGee, and McGee simply doesn't have the footspeed to keep up on the perimeter guys when Dallas plays 5 out - Biyombo doesn't either but hes definitely better than McGee at that, but the Suns really didn't have a "smallball 5" with Saric out (oddly no one mentioned this at all this year, and in hindsight was probably a huge issue for their bench). Craig was probably their closest option, and they did try that but Craig was a disaster in the entire playoffs.
