视频：开拓者新秀扎克·柯林斯（Zach Collins）

When Zach Collins joined the Portland Trail Blazers as the 10th pick of the 2017NBA Draft, it wasn’t clear where on the court he’d have the biggest impact. An inside scorer at Gonzaga without the length and athleticism required to do the same at the professional level, he spent the first couple months of his career riding the bench and raising worries about his fit in the league. In mid-December Collins entered the rotation for theTrail Blazersand hasn’t looked back since. He has essentially excisedMeyers Leonardfrom Portland’s plans, in the process snuffing out any anxiety about his ability to play in the NBA.

Early in the season, even the Trail Blazers weren’t entirely sure how to use their new multi-faceted big man. Was he going to be best on the block, where he torched opponents in college? Would he be a pick-and-roll partner forDamian LillardandCJ McCollum? Could Portland’s coaching staff develop his outside game quickly enough for him to be a threat from beyond the arc during the prime years of guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum?

The answers to these questions are…well…still up in the air. Collins got a healthy dose of post touches early in the year and proved to be wholly inadequate down low. He has 39 post-ups on the season and ranks dead last in efficiency among 90 players with at least that many opportunities on the block. He committed six turnovers against nine made shots in those 39 possessions. While that’s a relatively small sample size, it’s fair to say that his NBA impact will not be as the dominant post scorer he was in college.

Collins doesn’t possess the quickness to take advantage of his larger counterparts and can’t overpower smaller players. Teams have had success going small against Portland and putting a combo forward on Collins, as Phoenix and Oklahoma City did in these clips:

Despite a significant height advantage on bothJared DudleyandCarmelo Anthony, he’s unable to establish deep position and takes inefficient shots in both circumstances. He’s shown some modicum of a face-up game in the post, but nothing that would require head coachTerry Stottsto take away touches from other players to give them to Collins.

在过去的一个月中，柯林斯已经向外围迁移，那里的效率并不特别，但比他低得多的地方要好得多。尽管在大学里有很少的三分球，但迹象表明他的潜力是现场威胁。当他能够脚踩脚并清楚地看到篮子时，他的射门机制看起来不错，这将使自己对开拓者的有用性有所帮助。在他的静止状态并能够在球到达之前将所有东西排成一排时，请在下面观察他的射门的样子：

Although a bit slow on the release, there’s little to dislike about this shot. He has his hands up and ready to receive the ball, hops into the catch, goes into his motion with no hesitation, and finishes with the follow-through. Being able to knock down these open shots is key for Collins, as it will force opposing defenses to guard him on the perimeter and open more space for his teammates, even though his individual shooting percentage may go down.

At first, his percentage may plummet, since he’s an entirely different shooter when he’s tightly guarded or when he’s not set:

In the above clip, Collins was still retreating to the corner, the pass was slightly off target, and Sacramento’sVince Carter努力努力，导致了接下来的错过。此时，在柯林斯的曲目中射击不在。他还没有这样的步法来击倒这样的镜头。虽然这将是他的比赛的绝佳补充，并且可以让开拓者称呼为他设计的戏剧，但他似乎不可能掌握这些镜头上的步法类型，使最好的伸展运动变得如此有价值。

柯林斯绝对仍然是一项正在进行的工作，正如您所期望的20岁以下的八个月后被选入NBA。波特兰在接下来的几年中曾尝试过几个角色，并将试图在多个领域扩展他的比赛，以帮助他发挥自己作为全方位得分手的进攻潜力，但是在这一点上，他的角色似乎更有可能一支优质的季后赛球队在冈萨加（Gonzaga）使用的那样，在外围比低位的球队更远。仅仅能够击倒一定比例的开放三分，就会使他成为一件宝贵的轮换。他的比赛的其余部分将随着他的技能和身体成熟，从现在开始几年。