“I feel like if more people watch the game, they would understand that I’m not just a pick-and-roll player,” Collins said. “I have an ability to swing the ball, run the floor, shoot, create offense for myself, post up, take advantage of mismatches. I feel like my ability to play within the team’s offense and not need the basketball and just play a role and be effective at it — I feel like that adds another layer to my game that I feel like some people don’t respect. I just think people say, ‘Oh, John and Clint are similar players. They will never play with each other.’ Now that I’m shooting the ball, I feel like it helps, but I think people still I’m stuck as a 5 maybe. They see me playing the 5, so they might be stuck seeing me in that light. I feel like we’re going to be effective together. I feel like I’m going to have more open shots now, too. I feel like the lane is going to open a lot more if I continue to shoot over 40 percent and have Cam (Reddish), Kev (Huerter), (De’Andre Hunter) and Trae (Young) running pick-and-rolls. In a basketball heaven, it sounds amazing.”