02-25-2021, 10:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2021, 11:03 AM by HanspardShowerVoice.)
Zach Collins has actually turned into a pretty good defender when he's not asked to do what he's not good at ... which is defend the rim. Since the Capella has come back from injury and taken over as the Hawks rim defender, Collins has been allowed to do more of what he's best. Collins 2 man defensive numbers with both Hunter (103 DRtg) and Capella (106 Drtg) are solid. That's 36 and 100 out of 367 two man lineups that have played 350 minutes together in the NBA this season. This was also mentioned by Zach Lowe on a recent podcast ... he's gotten better this year. You can be skeptical and say they've gotten better because he's in a contract year, but they've gotten better.