Atlanta Hawks Receive: F Jae Crowder, G Landry Shamet, 2023 First-Round Pick (PHO)
Phoenix Suns Receive: F/C John Collins
Of course, individual players have their own measures of success as well.
For some players, just staying in the league is a success. There’s no shame in that. The NBA is a collection of the best basketball players in the world. Anybody should be proud to be part of it.
On the other hand, some players aspire to more. They set their bar for success at stardom. If that’s the objective, success becomes considerably more difficult to obtain.
We’re not sure whether John Collins has set that standard. We can only say that he hasn’t quite met it. Yet, he’s more than just a starter, too.
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Collins occupies that nebulous space between stardom and non-stardom.
Is he the right target for the Suns?