Poll: which player would help the C's more

[JBcat]

I'd like to see what Collins can do with more time to work with the ball.  He only touches the ball, on average, for 1.5 seconds per touch in Atlanta, taking only 0.5 dribbles.

Is that because he can't create at all?  Or is it because the Atlanta offense is so heavily centered around Trey Young (more than six seconds per touch and 5.64 dribbles per touch, first in the NBA!)

Collins is very much a "shoot or pass" player in Atlanta.  In fact, he's second on Atlanta in passes, behind only Young (who has the ball much more often). 

Collins isn't a selfish player.  Isn't he exactly what we need?  An ultra-efficient scorer at every level who moves the ball to him teammates if he doesn't have a good look?  He's also a plus rebounder, despite playing next to Capela, who is a hoover on the boards.

In other words, I agree exactly with this:

That is all I want in a PF for this team.  Let Brown and Tatum take the 3s off the dribble, the contested 3s.  I just want our PF to be a perimeter threat, someone the defense has to account for, to create more scoring balance, make the team as a whole harder to defend.  That can be a 16' shot or a 26' shot.  To give Brown and Tatum a better target to pass to.  I think Collins would give us that and then some.

I agree that if he was on the Celts we really wouldn’t need him to create much at all off the dribble, but I do question his ability to do so watching Hawks games. He may be passing the ball quickly knowing he doesn’t have much ability to do much else on the perimeter.

The point brought up by Who is Collins is unhappy with his lack of touches and chances to score in the post where he is elite (due to Capela already in the paint). Though, I don’t think I’ve seen anything publicly said with Collins complaining of such. In fact, I’ve heard him say he will do whatever is best for the team. With supposedly only passable D, Who also says the best option for Collins to maximize his playing ability is to be paired with a stretch 5 who is strong defensively. But, really how many teams have that type of 5 that he could go too, where he could get plenty of touches in the post. He would run into similar issues with R Williams here, though the minutes could be staggered in such a way he could be paired with Theis in the future (once Horford is gone).

Going back to his defense again with Who claiming he does as little as he needs to do in order to get by, with no commitment to improving or to winning games with defense. Do others agree with that sentiment? If that is true that is worrisome to me.