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Which of these players is currently your favorite non-blazer?

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I been watching the spurs lately they got a lot good young ball players on that team. They gave the Celtics all they can handle. Zach Collins had had really strong game also 18/12 as a starter. Lately he been really aggressive on trying to score.
 
James lamphear said:
I been watching the spurs lately they got a lot good young ball players on that team. They gave the Celtics all they can handle. Zach Collins had had really strong game also 18/12 as a starter. Lately he been really aggressive on trying to score.
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Oh look, another player that prospers when they leave Portland
 
MickZagger said:
Oh look, another player that prospers when they leave Portland
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lol...not sure he's "prospering". He's only started in 11 of 57 games. He's played 57 games and missed 65. He's averaged 19.4 minutes. His PER is a little above average and his winshare/48 and BPM numbers have been below average

right now he's a decent role player on a decent contract who hasn't shown he can stay healthy.

on the other hand, the Spurs are definitely getting more out of him than Portland is getting out of Payton
 
wizenheimer said:
lol...not sure he's "prospering". He's only started in 11 of 57 games. He's played 57 games and missed 65. He's averaged 19.4 minutes. His PER is a little above average and his winshare/48 and BPM numbers have been below average

right now he's a decent role player on a decent contract who hasn't shown he can stay healthy.

on the other hand, the Spurs are definitely getting more out of him than Portland is getting out of Payton
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I would trade Payton for Collins!
 
wizenheimer said:
lol...not sure he's "prospering". He's only started in 11 of 57 games. He's played 57 games and missed 65. He's averaged 19.4 minutes. His PER is a little above average and his winshare/48 and BPM numbers have been below average

right now he's a decent role player on a decent contract who hasn't shown he can stay healthy.

on the other hand, the Spurs are definitely getting more out of him than Portland is getting out of Payton
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He’s playing better than he did with us. Never sniffed a double double in a Blazers uni
 
wizenheimer said:
lol...not sure he's "prospering". He's only started in 11 of 57 games. He's played 57 games and missed 65. He's averaged 19.4 minutes. His PER is a little above average and his winshare/48 and BPM numbers have been below average

right now he's a decent role player on a decent contract who hasn't shown he can stay healthy.

on the other hand, the Spurs are definitely getting more out of him than Portland is getting out of Payton
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You can post all the numbers you want. He’d be our 2nd best big on the team right now.
 
wizenheimer said:
lol...not sure he's "prospering". He's only started in 11 of 57 games. He's played 57 games and missed 65. He's averaged 19.4 minutes. His PER is a little above average and his winshare/48 and BPM numbers have been below average

right now he's a decent role player on a decent contract who hasn't shown he can stay healthy.

on the other hand, the Spurs are definitely getting more out of him than Portland is getting out of Payton
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Sure wish the Blazers had him right now.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Sure wish the Blazers had him right now.
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Zach would probably be better than Eubanks. I'm not sure he'd be so much better that it would make any difference in Portland's record. I've seen him play a couple of times. He's still very foul-prone and he still has problems guarding on the perimeter...which is where he picks up a lot of his fouls. He has gotten stronger at rebounding though
 
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wizenheimer said:
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Zach would probably be better than Eubanks. I'm not sure he'd be so much better that it would make any difference in Portland's record. I've seen him play a couple of times. He's still very foul-prone and he still has problems guarding on the perimeter...which is where he picks up a lot of his fouls. He has gotten stronger at rebounding though
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I wasn't thinking instead of Eubanks. Was thinking as well as Eubanks. More like instead of the Tall Lanky kid that will never play. Can't even remember the guys name?
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I wasn't thinking instead of Eubanks. Was thinking as well as Eubanks. More like instead of the Tall Lanky kid that will never play. Can't even remember the guys name?
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probably thinking of Butler or Badji. Couple of years ago, Harry Giles; year before that, Moses Brown and Skal Labissiere. And of course, before that, the Meyers Leonard era...those were the days!

I'm fine with Eubanks as a backup C. He's physical and he hustles his ass off. Yeah, he's flawed but he's also a minimum contract. For me, the problem with Zach is Zach isn't really a PF...he's a C. He doesn't have the mobility to cover the perimeter. So, if the Blazers were fitting another real big on the roster, I'd prefer they have a guy equally adept at PF as at C. A couple of ex-Ducks fit that bill, Bol Bol and Chris Boucher. Or somebody like a Jarred Vanderbilt or a Naz Reid

Length AND versatility outside of the C position. Like I said in another thread, watching the Blazers against the Raptors just drove home the big advantages there are to having lots of length & mobility to plug into the SG-SF-PF rotations, and how disadvantaged Portland is by only having Grant fit that mold
 
wizenheimer said:
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Zach would probably be better than Eubanks. I'm not sure he'd be so much better that it would make any difference in Portland's record. I've seen him play a couple of times. He's still very foul-prone and he still has problems guarding on the perimeter...which is where he picks up a lot of his fouls. He has gotten stronger at rebounding though
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If we got Collins, we should start him in a front court with Nurk and Grant.
 
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