It's fun playing with those guys, and they make my job a lot easier. I know somebody should be open on almost every play, especially when I'm in a pick-and-roll with those guys. "For me, it's all about making the right play. 11)."Īs the person with the biggest responsibility for guiding pieces into place on offense, point guard Trae Young mostly just marvels at his options. We changed some of the spacing to some of the stuff we were running last year, and it's really why you saw Clint get three dunks (against the 76ers Jan. "You study the film and you see that Clint ends up in a spot that you don't want him to be when you're playing random. Pierce says that because the spacing is a delicate balance, the thorniest plays have been the impromptu ones, and a more careful scripting of the offense has helped. That last bit is necessary because Capela's offensive home base is often the baseline area and, in this instance, he is on the same side of the lane as Collins. When Trae gets stuck, Collins helps out by taking a handoff and driving into a Eurostep finish. Imagine being able to get this from your 5 in a closing lineup if he can start to do it more consistently. Really liked this sequence at the start of the game against MIN. I've talked recently about how I would like to see Collins improve in attacking OTD from the perimeter.
Then Capela rolls to the rim while Collins pops to the three-point line, a setup that happens more often than not because Capela isn't a three-point shooter and Collins is. First, you'll see Collins and Capela set successive screens on the perimeter for Trae. Here is a play that shows a number of the adjustments that Collins has had to implement.
"As people go small, we're going to try to find ways to go big." It's probably not an adjustment for Clint," Head Coach Lloyd Pierce said. Collins had 31 points and 11 rebounds.įor what it's worth, most of the adaptation for making things work has fallen on John Collins' shoulders. On Wednesday against Detroit, Capela had 27 points, 26 rebounds and 5 blocks, becoming the ninth player in NBA history – and the first since Shaquille O'Neal in 2004 – to post a game with 25+ points, 25+ rebounds and 5+ blocks. In short, Capela and Collins have played bully ball in the paint. The Hawks also lead the NBA in offensive rebounds per game. This season, the Hawks rank 8th with a defensive rating of 107.3.Īnd in the 211 minutes that Capela and Collins have played together, the Hawks have posted a defensive rating of 97.1, making them the stingiest two-man combo in the East with 200 or more minutes played. For a team with playoff aspirations, a 28th-ranked defense will not suffice. Last season, the Hawks finished 28th in the NBA with a defensive rating of 114.4 points allowed per 100 possessions. The answer is that the Hawks needed to incorporate center Clint Capela into the offense – and the reason Capela had to be worked into the offense is because he changes the game entirely on defense. I am once again asking a very important question. This season, that number has been cut in half: 2.6 per game. Last season, Collins finished 5.2 pick-and-roll plays per game, the third-highest number in the NBA. Collins elevated to rare air by averaging 20.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per game while shooting over 60 percent on twos and 40 percent on threes.Īs a result, it certainly vibes weirdly that Collins is finishing fewer pick-and-rolls this season. Trae made his first All-Star Game as a starter while finishing 4th in the NBA in scoring and 2nd in assists. Whether the play ended with Collins slipping behind the defense for a dunk or Trae driving to kiss a layup off the glass, the pair leveraged it to great success in the 2019-20 season. Chouinard the past two seasons, one of the most enjoyable things about the Atlanta Hawks was Trae Young and John Collins working together in the pick-and-roll.
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