lastb1ckman wrote:SelfishPlayer wrote:lastb1ckman wrote:
C'mon, don't set Collier up like that. Those are hall of fame players and perennial all-stars. Along with being some of the fastest and most athletic players the game has ever seen. If Collier turns into a Stefon Marbury or Baron Davis level player, THAT's a top end result. It's more likely he'll be like an Eric Bledsoe.
The bizarre Internet where super fast highly skilled guys can only get to the basket if they have an elite jumper.
De'Aaron Fox gives his greetings... Collier is fine, his game is made for being a PG in the NBA not college. For anyone that doubts Collier's NBA value, look at the two back to back one handed assists by Collier against European pros starting at 0:28-50
What I'm saying is that there's levels to this. Comparing Collier to the 99th percentile of nba athletes all time is unfair to him. Every draft there's guys with a good first step and some skill around the basketball. But that doesn't mean we're getting a Dwade or Russell Westbrook in every draft. Hell. Look at Scoot, he was getting comparisons to Westbrook and DRose! When he actually hit the nba, we saw quickly he's a far worse athlete than either of them, and he's struggling accordingly. The same will happen to Collier.
Scoot Henderson was a teenage NBA point guard, Marbury is probably the only player mentioned that fits that distinction. Teenagers generally don't look like All Stars in the NBA. It doesn't take a genius to characterize the growing pains of an NBA teenager as "struggle."
It irks me when mediocre prospects try to dictate terms like this. You aren't Steve Francis. And now you're trying to compete with Sheppard, Dillingham, Topic by shoehorning yourself into a point guard only role. I'd cross him off my board.
