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Blazers big man Zach Collins expected to be ready for training camp


Trail Blazers big man Zach Collins is expected to be 100 percent healthy by the time training camp rolls around, Jason Quick of The Athletic relays. 

Collins sustained a Grade 2 ankle sprain while competing in Team USA’s training camp in Las Vegas.

Collins is expected to play a significant role for the Blazers next season. The team lost Enes Kanter in free agency and traded Meyers Leonard to Miami. Portland did acquire Hassan Whiteside, though the team’s big man depth will be tested until Jusuf Nurkic is able to recover from the broken leg he suffered at the end of last season.

Here’s more from the Northwest Division:

  • How much will Michael Porter Jr. play for the Nuggets next season? Eric Spyropoulos of NBA.com would be surprised if it was more than 15-17 minutes per game as a result of the depth on Denver’s roster.
  • In the same piece, Spyropoulos argues that no team will start the season as strongly, from a chemistry standpoint, as the Nuggets. The team brings back a core that has spent several seasons together, with the only major addition being Jerami Grant.
  • We may be in the midst of a player empowerment era in the NBA, though Tom Ziller of SB Nations contends that Paul George‘s move to Los Angeles is not on par with Anthony Davis‘ and LeBron James‘ power moves. Ziller ezplains how the Thunder, like the Pacers two years prior, received good value in a trade for George.





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