John Collins ☆

Not listed so far. The official injury report for this game is not out yet, so treat his status as unknown until it is.

Starting lineups are not confirmed yet.

This season

No data collected yet this season. His averages, lines history and splits fill in after his first regular-season game. Why?

• Podcast Locked On Pistons host · Report · Oct 16

  The host lists the new players as Isaiah Joe and John Collins. He also counts Huerter (heard as "Kevin Herter"; likely Kevin Huerter) as new, because he played only about six games last year before getting hurt.

• Podcast Locked On Pistons · Analysis · Oct 16

  The guest says John Collins is basically the replacement for Tobias Harris, though not a like-for-like one, because he lacks Harris's isolation skill.

• Podcast Locked On Pistons · Report · Oct 16

  The guest says Collins can roll or pop as a screener, and that he was seen popping once in the previous day's preseason game.

• Podcast Locked On Pistons · Opinion · Oct 16

  The guest doesn't think Collins is a great defender, but says he adds size to the front line.

• Podcast Locked On Pistons · Analysis · Oct 16

  The guest doesn't think adding Isaiah Joe or John Collins, whom he calls offense-leaning, fixes the team's lack of two-way lineups.

• Podcast Locked On Pistons host · Analysis · Oct 16

  The host's biggest question about the offseason is whether the team added a secondary creator or a high-volume frontcourt shooter. He says Collins and Tobias Harris are both low-volume shooters.

• Podcast Locked On Pistons host · Rumor · Oct 16

  The host guesses that the versatility talk may refer to small-ball minutes with John Collins at center surrounded by spacing.

• Podcast Locked On Pistons host · Report · Oct 15

  Duren ran inverted pick and rolls with other guards while Cunningham was on the weak side. In one Duren–John Collins pick and roll, Duren was the ball handler; it ended with the ball knocked out of bounds.

• Podcast Greg Kelser; John Collins (reported), via Locked On Pistons · Relayed report · Oct 15

  The host relays that broadcaster Greg Kelser, and John Collins in his halftime interview, both mentioned that Duren came out to send a message. Their exact words are not quoted.

• Podcast Ku Khahil, Locked On Pistons · Analysis · Oct 12

  John Collins hasn't played well individually through two preseason games: poor shooting (he refers to shooting 0% from three) and, in the host's view, poor rebounding.

• Podcast Ku Khahil, Locked On Pistons · Analysis · Oct 12

  Host analysis: the Pistons have been very bad on the glass with John Collins at small-ball 5, in both preseason games.

• Podcast Ku Khahil, Locked On Pistons · Analysis · Oct 12

  Small-ball 5 offense: the team has run five-out spacing with Asar (likely Ausar Thompson) or Danis (likely Daniss Jenkins) on the ball. There was only one possession of Asar, Ron (likely Ronald Holland II) and Collins together. The host says it hasn't produced great offense yet, and the sample is small.

• Podcast unnamed reporters who covered John Collins (reported), via Locked On Pistons · Relayed report · Oct 12

  Relayed: the host says several people who covered John Collins in Atlanta, Utah and with the Clippers told him the small-ball 5 experiment looked promising there at first, but the team couldn't rebound or defend and abandoned it partway through the season.

• Podcast A reporter (reported; name unclear in the audio), via Locked On Pistons · Relayed report · Oct 12

  Relayed: in a summer podcast exchange, D. Leon, who covers the NBA and the Hawks, said the biggest concern for the Pistons was the defensive downgrade from Tobias to John Collins.

• Podcast Ku Khahil, Locked On Pistons · Analysis · Oct 12

  Host analysis: through two preseason games, the team hasn't defended well with John Collins on the floor. It hasn't secured defensive rebounds, has allowed paint touches, has had little rim protection, and Collins himself has caused problems in the half-court defense at times.

• Podcast Ku Khahil, Locked On Pistons · Prediction · Oct 12

  Host prediction (conditional): the Collins small-ball and defense issue is the host's biggest concern for the team; if it continues in the regular season, the Pistons will be in trouble.

• Podcast Ku Khahil, Locked On Pistons · Analysis · Oct 12

  Host analysis: compared with Tobias, Collins is the better off-ball player, finisher, catch-and-shoot shooter, cutter and offensive rebounder, but he isn't on Tobias's level at creating his own shot.

• Podcast Locked On Pistons host · Analysis · Oct 8

  The rotation run-through starts with Cade (Cunningham), Duncan (likely Duncan Robinson), Asar (likely Ausar Thompson), John Collins and JD (likely Jalen Duren), called "five". These are presented as the top five, though the word "starters" is not used.

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