Collins Officially Announced Today 4/23/22
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He’s got a chance to be really good. I’d rather have him over Hopkins if I had to pick one of the 2. I always thought 1 of the 2 would come back.
This is great to get confirmation. He's got a lot of upside. Could be a difference maker with rim protection and potential offensively. Just got to pound the calories and weights. Nice shooting form from ft line too.
I look for a big jump next year. I can see averages of 9 pts, 6 reb, and 1.5 blocks. Very excited to see his growth. I’m ready for August in the Bahamas.
The are indeed falling….
Things are going just according to plan…
Bwah ha ha ha ha….
Things are going just according to plan…
Bwah ha ha ha ha….
Bring back Sharpe and we have our last missing piece.
No Sharpe, and it will be an uphill battle throughout March next year. I'm not really interested in uphill battles at this point. BBN needs an overwhelming title favorite to offset all the disappointments lately. Riding this thing out like we're merely trying to keep up in Auburn and Tennessee is unacceptable.
No Sharpe, and it will be an uphill battle throughout March next year. I'm not really interested in uphill battles at this point. BBN needs an overwhelming title favorite to offset all the disappointments lately. Riding this thing out like we're merely trying to keep up in Auburn and Tennessee is unacceptable.
He should’ve played more as a freshman. He was our best athlete and best free throw shooter.
Good news. Get him in the weight room and on the 15000 calorie per day diet. He can be a real force with some meat on his bones.
Exactly got to have that game changer or next season will mirror this season!
Collins has to really get after it during this off season. Hopefully practicing against Oscar last season proved that to him. He’s got much potential.
Hopefully Cal plays him more then a couple minutes a game!
If Hopkins gets his weight down and learns to dribble, I think he will be good down the road. Agree though, Collins ceiling is way higher, literally. Lol.
Shapre is so far gone I just won’t even consider it.
Hopkins got 20 minutes fewer all season, I was surprised Collins didn't xfer too.
Interestingly enough Ware played fewer minutes than both.
Glad to have him back but I don't really see where he fits. He's a stringbean as we know and built like Walter McCarty but doesn't have the handles or the shot-making ability. And we know Cal will probably park his ass in the paint and he just doesn't have the body type to be effective. Hopefully he can be a high-level shot blocker and out-jump everybody for rebounds.
He can be the stretch four we don’t have on roster is how he fits in. And give Oscar a blow if we don’t want to go with Ware…who ain’t bad as backup
Ware just isn’t that good and I think he’s extremely happy to be where he’s at.
And damn, really?
As far as impact, maybe. Skal was skilled but Cal wanted to make him Shaq. Totally misused him just like he did Sarr last year.
Dude, Skal and Sara average like 3 rebounds a game, come on, those two were soft, soft, soft, Boston was soft, you can say they were miss-used, but you got to show up to be miss-used. That's why I and the nation loves Oscar, he goes and gets it.
I do think Collins has to put on more weight and be used as rim protector. He was a string bean with bad footwork. He's got to get better at anchoring himself instead of new born colt on ice. But am pleased he's back.
He just needs to show up at practice with a backpack full of pop tarts. BCG
Good to have Collins back. The kid has a high upside and should see an increase in minutes on the court. I think he will be a major contributor for UK next season.
Just a suggestion here. If we don't want UK to have a reputation for having sadistic, hair-trigger, overly-critical fans, we could try to make our evaluations of player limitations less brutal. Be proper gents instead of creeps.
It's a suggestion.
It's a suggestion.
Got a bunch of good pieces. We just once again don’t have “the guy”. We had one last year until Ty got hurt. Frustrating
Cal's best teams have guys who can create their own shot in the halfcourt, and multiple guys. 2008 had Rose and CDR. 1996 had Camby and Dingle. 2015 had Towns and the twins. 2017 had Fox and Monk. 2012 had Lamb, Jones, and Davis.
It looks like Wallace is that type of guy, but Oscar is a guy who needs others to set him up. We need a second elite scoring option.
Oh whine. Another entitled whiny fan. No wonder Cal rips this sort of pseudo fan.
Not easy to put on healthy weight. How about he learns how to dribble and play on the perimeter instead!
Collins was 86% on free throws. I find that to be a pretty good indicator of whether a player can shoot. Shows they practice on their own.
If he can put on good weight, endurance and strength we know he can finish way above the rim — he might have a good face up game from 15 and in. Not sure about his post moves. We do know he is a high level athlete who can run and jump.
If he can put on good weight, endurance and strength we know he can finish way above the rim — he might have a good face up game from 15 and in. Not sure about his post moves. We do know he is a high level athlete who can run and jump.
You entire philosophy of being a fan is flawed, but everyone here already knows that, including you. You only post here to provoke because you get a kick out of it.
