Goodbye, Jason Collins
It's been over a year since I posted anything on the blog, but with the recent turn of events I found it only fitting. I would have posted more but after awhile there are only so many ways you can make six fouls and zero points funny.
In case you haven't heard, the Nets traded Jason Collins to the Memphis Grizzles straight up for Stromile Swift. Yes, that is correct. The Grizzlies are a very poorly run organization. Swift has tremendous upside, Collins has tremendous downside. As you can assume, I was shocked and in jubilation when I heard the news. Finally, the most worthless player in the NBA could go set his great screens and play his tremendous help defense for another group of frustrated fans.
Now that he has played his last game as a New Jersey Net in the legendary Izod Center, let's take a brief look back at his career:
- Collins averaged 4.4 points per game and 3.2 fouls per game. This all came in a mind boggling 24.5 minutes a night. Per 48 minutes that's an average of 8.6 points per game and 6.3 fouls per game.
- In 510 career games, Collins managed to score 20 points once.
- On 4/19/05 Jason Collins went nuts. For some reason he decided it was time to attempt five three pointers, and he connected on two of them!!!!! Since that historic day in long distance shooting, he has only attempted two, making zero.
-Collins free throw shooting has gotten progressively worse over the last six years and currently shoots an anemic .389 from the foul line. Earlier in the year I heard Marv Albert say the following, "Jason Collins has made only seven free throws this year, and two were banks!"
Enough is enough though. I could go on forever about how bad he is, but this is a blog and not a book. Do I have anything personal again Jason Collins? No. From all I've read he's a great guy who is very private and a model citizen. The thing is, there is no reason he should start for an NBA team, and it bothered me. I wish him (and the fans) the best of luck in Memphis, and maybe he can become an all-star. For now, my attention turns to Antonie Wright, who is a bum.
posted by The Answer Man @ 8:42 AM
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Jason Collins posted a bulletin on MySpace the other day thanking all the fans in New Jersey for everything...everything including tons of patience out of everyone's trigger fingers.
Like you said, Twin seems like a real nice guy, and he honestly seemed like he enjoyed playing in Jersey (how often do you hear/see that)?
Honestly, I don't even know how angry I could be with Collins. Sure he had some boneheaded moves (the New Orleans game in Jersey comes to mind immediately). But I blame most of the Jason Collins era on Lawrence Frank. No one would have disliked a nice, well-spoken guy like Collins if he had played a proper amount of minutes. Now, without Collins, we'll have a merry-go-round of established big men who come here and rot on the bench until they're traded for a 3rd round pick (which don't even exist anymore).
I wish Jason the best in Memphis, and to Kyle Lowry, our former Cat and current Collins teammate...don't be deceived by that 7-footer wide open under the hoop...you'll learn.
My sadness for the passing of this blog is only surpassed by my joy that Jason Collins has taken his staggering mediocrity elsewhere. Foul on, Jason Collins, foul on...
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