Should the Blazers resign Zach Collins?

[Wizard Mentor]

https://theathletic.com/2709729/202...o-be-a-great-story/?source=emp_shared_article

TL;DR - Blazers are NOT extending the QO to Zach.

Good move by Olshey, and class act to let him know early. Hope we keep Zach at vet. min.

 

[blazedanugz]

So what does that do to our cap situation?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

So what does that do to our cap situation?

Slightly less screwed.

 

[B-Roy]

So what does that do to our cap situation?

-15M cap hold, but realistically, nothing. We are over the cap anyways, and into the tax if we re-sign Powell without any other moves.

 

[blazedanugz]

-15M cap hold, but realistically, nothing. We are over the cap anyways, and into the tax if we re-sign Powell without any other moves.

Does it do anything for us when it comes to the MLE?

 

[B-Roy]

Does it do anything for us when it comes to the MLE?

Nope.

 

[James lamphear]

I like Zach I think he will be good player in the right situation when he healthy. It might best to move on from the Blazers. Someone going take a chance but I don't see until his ankle is heal. I think some team in late in the season that's in playoff hunt that's needs someone like Zach signing him. I hope he come back to the Blazers but if I was him I wouldn't.

 

[JDC]

Hope he's back, but he'll have plenty of options.

I expect Toronto, Miami, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Golden State and Charlotte to be at the top of a long list of teams with interest in him.

And to be honest, most of those teams offer a better opportunity and team fit for his skill set.

Will be rooting for him wherever he ends up.

 

[blazerkor]

Hope he's back, but he'll have plenty of options.

I expect Toronto, Miami, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Golden State and Charlotte to be at the top of a long list of teams with interest in him.

And to be honest, most of those teams offer a better opportunity and team fit for his skill set.

Will be rooting for him wherever he ends up.

Until he yells out some antisemitic shit on Twitch.

 

[bobf]

(x) Yes, your starting PF never loses his spot because of injury.

 

[wizenheimer]

well, I guess the Blazers weren't buying the 'Zach-on-QO-is-trade-chip' argument. By the way, I don't think he'd be a 7M QO. He'd be about a 5.5M QO because he didn't have the minutes last year to qualify for the full QO. That would have been a dangerous speculation because Zach could have accepted the QO and with tax, Portland could have paid him around 14M dollars to sit on the bench all year. Added to the 2 previous seasons, that could have seen Portland pay Zach 23M to sit on the bench for 3 seasons

I think this was a case when 'don't-throw-good-money-after-bad' informed the decision

 

[STOMP]

Fans don't get the full medical report so I don't have enough info to know whether it's likely he'll ever be right again. The upside is that if right, he's a much better option then Nurk at getting switched out on guards on high pick and rolls which is the primary goal of most of the today's offenses. Teams just hunt for the guy that they want to go at and run pick and rolls until they get their desired matchup. Of course as Neil has constructed the team, Portland has multiple guys that teams are more then happy to go at and their only winning hope is to outgun the opposition, but I digress. Listen to the doctors, proceed accordingly.

STOMP

 

[Fairly-Hard]

A 7 footer with multiple breaks in the same place of foot/ankle. This is a no brainer. He's at least out for another season. No QO is just a simple decision. Not good not bad. Just obvious.

 

[James lamphear]

If the ankle heals this year someone will sign him a contract.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Hope he's back, but he'll have plenty of options.

I expect Toronto, Miami, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Golden State and Charlotte to be at the top of a long list of teams with interest in him.

And to be honest, most of those teams offer a better opportunity and team fit for his skill set.

Will be rooting for him wherever he ends up.

I highly doubt any NBA team will sign him until he is healthy and ready to play on the court, and we're at the least 6 months from that.

It's not like he has #1 pick Greg Oden upside. He has role player upside. Even Oden didn't work out for Miami on a vet minimum contract. Illguaskas is about the only example of a chronicly injured big that became a good role player again. Those other teams would rather use a roster spot on someone who could improve in the next few months or a young player with the potential ceiling of a top starter.

 

[HailBlazers]

Man what a disaster. When we needed trade pieces in the worst way.

 

[tykendo]

Still think signing him to a prove it deal, if his other options don't work out, is viable. Then if he's healthy by playoff time, he potentially would be a very valuable addition.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I like Zach I think he will be good player in the right situation when he healthy. It might best to move on from the Blazers. Someone going take a chance but I don't see until his ankle is heal. I think some team in late in the season that's in playoff hunt that's needs someone like Zach signing him. I hope he come back to the Blazers but if I was him I wouldn't.

 

[tykendo]

Talk to me Goose

 

[wizenheimer]

I suppose Zach on a minimum contract...a 1 year deal...wouldn't be any worse than Blevins on a 1 year deal

but I'd wonder at this point if Zach's doctor(s) have given him a fairly pessimistic prognosis for having an NBA career

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Man what a disaster. When we needed trade pieces in the worst way.

Whole or in pieces no one is going to want Collins.

 

[HailBlazers]

Whole or in pieces no one is going to want Collins.

 

[Chris Craig]

2 way?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I suppose Zach on a minimum contract...a 1 year deal...wouldn't be any worse than Blevins on a 1 year deal

but I'd wonder at this point if Zach's doctor(s) have given him a fairly pessimistic prognosis for having an NBA career

Blevins wasn't on an NBA minimum deal, he was on a two way.

 

[stampedehero]

He is like an egg. Another body part will be injured as he watches TV, eating pop corn. Get rid of him.

 

[e_blazer]

From Jason Quick’s article in The Athletic:

“The first two surgeries were by Porter, who has done work with the Indianapolis Colts. He put in one plate and five screws in the first surgery and added two more screws in the second surgery.

The June surgery was done by O’Malley, who is the team orthopedist for the Brooklyn Nets and Team USA basketball. He removed scar tissue and the seven screws and plate from the previous surgeries. O’Malley then put in a smaller plate and three screws. Bone grafts were done to fill the holes from the previous screws.

“Just looking at my ankle after taking it out of the wrap and the splint — the swelling, the sutures and all that stuff — it’s the best it has looked out of the past two surgeries, by far,” Collins said. “And the pain level and my range of motion, already just two weeks out, is already better than it was with the other two. It’s just been much more manageable.”

Added Bartelstein: “The good news is we could not be more confident we got it right this time and it will be healed. The doctors are extremely confident he is going to be right. Everyone is feeling like we are going to get a great result.”