John Collins...Our Third Star

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I'm not so sure Collins is "KP-proof".  Collins is a good 3 point shooter, but its at 3 attempts per game.  He does most of his damage down low, which will be a lot harder to do with WCS or Powell clogging the paint.  And a Collins/Powell pairing would be rough defensively as neither can protect the rim.  He would be a good fit with Maxi, but you are trading him away in this scenario.

I get the idea of taking last years starting lineup KP/Powell/DFS/Luka/THJ and trying to improve the weakest link, but that lineup was below average defensively and that was before KP lost his mobility.  I'm just not sure how much Collins is really going to address that.

When I say KP-proof its like you still have a pretty good frontcourt even if KP isn't playing. Last year Mavs still had a good record when KP didn't play and that includes some of the disaster Powell/DFS lineups that dragged down the record.

So you have Collins in there doing stuff at a high level I think it gives you more flexibility than you might have otherwise.