Russell westbrook level tunnel vision and boneheaded decision making
Bad defenders
Energy guy
Can shoot alright
big body and frame
Goes to the rim a lot for better or worse
He has a Big Body. He's been the emotional leader of the team. Most fans like him but he may not be here in say 3 years because he is probably our most tradeable player on a good contract (assuming both Vassell and Wemby are untouchable).
Screams a lot, drives in a straigh line, puts his head down and becomes oblivious to teammates' presence on offense (black hole), streaky shooter, limited, undisciplined defender w/ questionable lateral speed. High motor, high energy. Big body. Too slow to play the 3, too small to play 4. Most likely to be traded (after Devonte, together w/ Zach).
Zach is a very bad contract if you’re trading for him straight up.
If you’re matching salaries and there’s $30-$60 million dollars being passed around and needing to get matched, his salary is extremely useful. Most of the big salary players are guys with strong positive/negative value that teams either don’t want to include in trades or will need value added/subtracted to account for their incoming/outgoing money.
When you’re trying to aggregate salary to match some of these big star contracts getting traded around, it’s nice to “only” have to take on 2 years $17 million per year for Collins. An expiring contract is even better, but Collins’ isn’t on a 3-4 year deal. Think back when we had the Big 3 and so much of our salary cap was allocated to 3 players we seldom wanted to even consider trading. That limited our ability to be 3rd/4th teams in trades.
If Collins was a positive asset on his contract, then the Spurs would be asking for a little extra value back in a trade for including him for salary matching purposes. If he were on a longer 3-4 year deal then teams would be either uninterested in his involvement or asking the Spurs to tack on 1st rounds picks.
This isn’t something NBA teams take for granted in 2023. The Spurs extended Collins in part because of his function in trade discussions they’re 100% involved in now; even if a trade with Collins doesn’t come to pass. Collins will be even more useful in these discussions as the next year progresses.
Somehow I was sure Zach was going to be earning 27 million the next couple years, must have mixed that up with Devin's contract in my head at some point. You are absolutely right.
I like him as a 3rd option on offense or as a quality bench scorer. If the guy had better awareness, basketball iq, and effort on defense, he could easily be a top 50 player in the league.
The highs are high and the lows are lows, he’s a rollercoaster
The Steel Eel for the San Antonio natives
Damn Shazam with the throw back! Bringing my coke can for $12 off parking
Russell westbrook level tunnel vision and boneheaded decision making Bad defenders Energy guy Can shoot alright big body and frame Goes to the rim a lot for better or worse
He has a Big Body. He's been the emotional leader of the team. Most fans like him but he may not be here in say 3 years because he is probably our most tradeable player on a good contract (assuming both Vassell and Wemby are untouchable).
Screams a lot, drives in a straigh line, puts his head down and becomes oblivious to teammates' presence on offense (black hole), streaky shooter, limited, undisciplined defender w/ questionable lateral speed. High motor, high energy. Big body. Too slow to play the 3, too small to play 4. Most likely to be traded (after Devonte, together w/ Zach).
I think Zach is untradeable at this point, Devonte' is getting waived in a few days for sure. Everything else yep I agree
Zach is a very bad contract if you’re trading for him straight up. If you’re matching salaries and there’s $30-$60 million dollars being passed around and needing to get matched, his salary is extremely useful. Most of the big salary players are guys with strong positive/negative value that teams either don’t want to include in trades or will need value added/subtracted to account for their incoming/outgoing money. When you’re trying to aggregate salary to match some of these big star contracts getting traded around, it’s nice to “only” have to take on 2 years $17 million per year for Collins. An expiring contract is even better, but Collins’ isn’t on a 3-4 year deal. Think back when we had the Big 3 and so much of our salary cap was allocated to 3 players we seldom wanted to even consider trading. That limited our ability to be 3rd/4th teams in trades. If Collins was a positive asset on his contract, then the Spurs would be asking for a little extra value back in a trade for including him for salary matching purposes. If he were on a longer 3-4 year deal then teams would be either uninterested in his involvement or asking the Spurs to tack on 1st rounds picks. This isn’t something NBA teams take for granted in 2023. The Spurs extended Collins in part because of his function in trade discussions they’re 100% involved in now; even if a trade with Collins doesn’t come to pass. Collins will be even more useful in these discussions as the next year progresses.
Somehow I was sure Zach was going to be earning 27 million the next couple years, must have mixed that up with Devin's contract in my head at some point. You are absolutely right.
I like him as a 3rd option on offense or as a quality bench scorer. If the guy had better awareness, basketball iq, and effort on defense, he could easily be a top 50 player in the league.
Great early 2000s throwback guy, high energy volume scorer on low efficiency
He’s ass and we need to trade him