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Celtics Basketball => Celtics Talk => Topic started by: CelticConcourse on February 21, 2013, 05:14:28 PM
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Much respect to Jason Collins.
He was a true professional with a great locker room influence. I'm sure many of our players learned a lot from him, since he gave his all every night. He was ready when called to start, not afraid to take hard hits, and made pivotal plays in a few games. Fans should appreciate players like him more. I think he totally lived up to his contract. Thanks for everything.
We will miss you!
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Agreed. Take care JC!
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Much respect to Jason Collins.
He was a true professional with a great locker room influence. I'm sure many of our players learned a lot from him, since he gave his all every night. He was ready when called to start, and made pivotal plays in a few games. Fans should appreciate players like him more. I think he totally lived up to his contract. Thanks for everything.
We will miss you!
Agree 100%! Thanks Colly!
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Doc made him outstay his welcome in my view. Would've been swell if he had remained on the role he was signed for, but alas it was not meant to be.
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Much respect to Jason Collins.
He was a true professional with a great locker room influence. I'm sure many of our players learned a lot from him, since he gave his all every night. He was ready when called to start, not afraid to take hard hits, and made pivotal plays in a few games. Fans should appreciate players like him more. I think he totally lived up to his contract. Thanks for everything.
We will miss you!
We will?
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My girlfriend was in Denver on business earlier this week and met doc/PP/collins. talked a lot about how genuinely Nice Collins is. Always described as a great teammate. I'll miss his hard fouls where he barely gets a fingertip on someone and they go flying.
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Much respect to Jason Collins.
He was a true professional with a great locker room influence. I'm sure many of our players learned a lot from him, since he gave his all every night. He was ready when called to start, not afraid to take hard hits, and made pivotal plays in a few games. Fans should appreciate players like him more. I think he totally lived up to his contract. Thanks for everything.
We will miss you!
We will?
I will, for sure.
He's a no-nonsense, no-drama, play-hard, role-model, cheap-contract professional. And he's big and better than most of the FAs out there.
How else does a 3.7/3.8 guy have a 12-year career? I think Washington will appreciate his veteran leadership. He'll definitely calm that locker room down.
My girlfriend was in Denver on business earlier this week and met doc/PP/collins. talked a lot about how genuinely Nice Collins is. Always described as a great teammate. I'll miss his hard fouls where he barely gets a fingertip on someone and they go flying.
Mr. Professional!
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I will add that he is better than his 48 2k13 rating, which is tied for worse in the game.
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He seems like a nice guy, and I wish him the best. I won't necessarily miss his atrocious offensive game or lack of rebounding and shot-blocking, though.
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He gave us quality minutes in quite a few games, and did a lot of good things on the court that the average fan wouldn't know how to appreciate. Sure he's offensively incompetent, can't rebound, picks up offensive fouls when setting screens, etc., but there's a reason why he's an NBA veteran of 11 years.
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You can't teach height....
Guy ate space and helped defensive spacing I fear we may miss him more than some think.
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Collins is a bridge to another generation. For all of his experience, I wonder if the kids in Washington will even realize that they have him joining them in the locker room. I wish every team was forced to have a couple of players with 10+ years experience, who were still somewhat rotational players.
These young guns don't get what being a professional is about. This guy knows something, how else can you attribute him to finding a way to stay employed for 12 years, when his skillset is defending post players, and the post player has all but disappeared in the NBA.
Good luck to him.
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While I appreciate Collins' professionalism and all-around good character, he probably shouldn't even be in the league at this point. He can't score, rebound, or block shots, and he's basically in the league because he's a 7-footer with a pulse. I really didn't like that Danny signed him in the off-season, and I'm very excited that he's gone. We should use his roster spot for a young big (at least 6'10) who can block shots and rebound. Whether the aforementioned player comes from the D-League or via a buyout, he will be better and bring more to the table than Collins.
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I never bought into the enmity many Celtics fans had for Collins. He was signed to a vetmin deal as a third center and foul taker who would be useful body-ing up some of the bigger centers, like D-Ho, Bynum and Hibbert.
I didn't expect him to score at all or rebound well. I enjoyed watching how well he played the position game defensively. Put his experience and basketball smarts in someone like JaVale McGee, and he's be a max player and top defensive center.
If he's out there next summer, I wouldn't be averse to Danny giving him another vetmin deal for a year.
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If he's out there next summer, I wouldn't be averse to Danny giving him another vetmin deal for a year.
Same here. He's just a good presence.
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Much respect to Jason Collins.
He was a true professional with a great locker room influence. I'm sure many of our players learned a lot from him, since he gave his all every night. He was ready when called to start, not afraid to take hard hits, and made pivotal plays in a few games. Fans should appreciate players like him more. I think he totally lived up to his contract. Thanks for everything.
We will miss you!
Jedi mind tricks don't work on me. Only rings and stats.
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I won't miss him one bit.
7 footer avg 1.2 ppg 1.6 rpg and shot 34%
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I won't miss him one bit.
7 footer avg 1.2 ppg 1.6 rpg and shot 34%
Was he signed for more than that? No.
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"yason, yason, yason, you go ober dere"
Leandro "the blur" Barbosa
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I won't miss him one bit.
7 footer avg 1.2 ppg 1.6 rpg and shot 34%
Was he signed for more than that? No.
I don't see where I said anything about what he was signed for. Doesn't change the fact that he was a scrub and I won't miss him lol
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I won't miss him one bit.
7 footer avg 1.2 ppg 1.6 rpg and shot 34%
Was he signed for more than that? No.
I don't see where I said anything about what he was signed for. Doesn't change the fact that he was a scrub and I won't miss him lol
We didn't sign him for rebounds or points. We signed him for defense, so I don't see why you would bring his points or FG% up. That's all superlative, and really: 23 FGAs is, for all intensive purposes, negligible.
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Good riddance dude. Nice guy. Wish him luck elsewhere. He might be a savvy veteran, but man is he a terrible basketball player talent wise.
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I won't miss him one bit.
7 footer avg 1.2 ppg 1.6 rpg and shot 34%
Was he signed for more than that? No.
I don't see where I said anything about what he was signed for. Doesn't change the fact that he was a scrub and I won't miss him lol
We didn't sign him for rebounds or points. We signed him for defense, so I don't see why you would bring his points or FG% up. That's all superlative, and really: 23 FGAs is, for all intensive purposes, negligible.
I fully understand why we signed Collins, but a 7-footer shouldn't shoot 34% from the field. Like I alluded to earlier, Jason Collins doesn't belong in the NBA anymore. Your gold-membership to the Jason Collins fanclub has been duly noted.
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I won't miss him one bit.
7 footer avg 1.2 ppg 1.6 rpg and shot 34%
Was he signed for more than that? No.
I don't see where I said anything about what he was signed for. Doesn't change the fact that he was a scrub and I won't miss him lol
We didn't sign him for rebounds or points. We signed him for defense, so I don't see why you would bring his points or FG% up. That's all superlative, and really: 23 FGAs is, for all intensive purposes, negligible.
His defensive rating is 104, so he's not really lighting the world on fire with his defense. Defense is also pointless if you are 7 feet and cant grab the rebound to finish off the possession.
Throw in the fact he is useless on offense which makes us play 4 on 5, he really had no impact on our team. Which leads me to my first point, he is a scrub, so I will not miss him.
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I won't miss him one bit.
7 footer avg 1.2 ppg 1.6 rpg and shot 34%
Was he signed for more than that? No.
I don't see where I said anything about what he was signed for. Doesn't change the fact that he was a scrub and I won't miss him lol
We didn't sign him for rebounds or points. We signed him for defense, so I don't see why you would bring his points or FG% up. That's all superlative, and really: 23 FGAs is, for all intensive purposes, negligible.
I fully understand why we signed Collins, but a 7-footer shouldn't shoot 34% from the field. Like I alluded to earlier, Jason Collins doesn't belong in the NBA anymore. Your gold-membership to the Jason Collins fanclub has been duly noted.
^_^ He really doesn't belong in the NBA anymore. But he never really did in the first place. His defense isn't superb but he can set screens, give hard fouls and worst-comes-to-worse, just stand there and get a OffReb every so often. He's good for 5-10 minutes, whatever ;D
But even the worst 7-footers make millions in the NBA, so chances are: somebody is gonna sign him again.
It was his strong showing against KG that played a factor. And hey, without Collins we wouldn't have ever gotten Crawford. Just like without Sean Williams, we never would've gotten Courtney.
It's all for some purpose. :-O
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Collins was there for his off-the-court and practice presence.
With Darko, Sullinger, Green, Bass, and KG, Collins was meant to be the sixth big.
He ended up having to play 10 MPG instead of 3-5 MPG because of injuries and Darko leaving.
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I thank Jason Collins for his service as a Celtic and wish him the best in his future endeavors.
Hopefully, Washington keeps him around. He'd be a nice veteran presence in that young locker room.
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I think people are being a little hard on Collins.
You need to understand that we basically signed him to be an end-of-bench guy to pretty much play garbage minutes (or as an emergency backup in case of injuries).
Wilcox was always expected to be our main backup at the center spot.
At the end of the day Collins isn't a superstar player, but he doesn't claim to be. As Doc always says he is a veteran presense with good basketball IQ who always knows the rotations and where he needs to be on the court. He has a good attitude and he always gives 100% effort on the court without question.
Doc brought him in to give the team a little toughness and size, to be able to pick up some fouls to stop a few baskets, to set good screens, and to occasionally play some solid defense. I think he's filled that role to perfection.
Good guy and a true professional regardless of his talent levels. It's a little sad to see him go to a team like Washington (I'd like to see him somewhere where he has a chance at a ring) but he seems like the type of guy who will go anywhere without complaining.
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I'm not sad at all. Dude is rich and probably won't have to play at all to get his money from the Wizards.
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Good news though - Jarron Collins is available! It'll be like Jason never left. We'll just call him JC and pretend all the hurt away...