Sherron Collins Missed Flights, Second NBA Chance Last Week
by Scott Schroeder on Mar 7, 2011 3:49 PM EST
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PrintPrior to last year's NBA Draft, I worried that Sherron Collins might be on his way to becoming the next Byron Eaton (which, for those of you wondering, is not a good thing).
In the end, though, it turns out that Collins didn't eat himself out of the NBA -- he just missed enough flights to make sure the Charlotte Bobcats had to sign a D-League player (Garrett Temple) to fill Collins' former role.
Coach Paul Silas says they planned to bring back the undrafted rookie from Kansas after waiving him, but withdrew the offer last week after Collins missed two flights the team had arranged from his hometown of Chicago.
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But Silas says after the second missed flight, "That was kind of it."
More than likely, Collins is going to have to rehabilitate his reputation if he hopes to find another NBA opportunity because he's already shown that his conditioning is a bit lax (even while he was in the NBA) and now apparently has his priorities in the wrong place.
The D-League would probably be a decent place for him to do that, but after averaging a rather pedestrian 12.0 points and 3.2 assists while shooting less than 40 percent from the field in five games on assignment to the Maine Red Claws earlier this season, he'd have to improve quite a bit to prove that he's better than some of his D-League competition.
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Sherron Collins and Rashad McCants should teach a Masters course on blowing NBA opportunities
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Rashad should teach the Masters course
Sherron can teach it to undergrads because he seems to be more basic (miss flights, eat a lot) compared to Rashad (sit out full seasons of your prime, act as a bisexual shoplifting ringleader in a made-for-internet web series).
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by Scott Schroeder on Mar 7, 2011 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
This is a great point
That’s where they could make back all the money they’ve lost – educating youngsters to follow in their footsteps. I bet you could fill out an entire professor directory.
Founder of the Coalition to Light Vince Carter On Fire (CTLVCOF)
RIP Seasons of Discontent
I blame at least part of this on you.
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by Scott Schroeder on Mar 7, 2011 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
double facepalm
seriously though it serves him right after the egg he laid last year in the tournament. Screw him.
WOW
I would love to hear his reason(s) for missing those flights.
"I could never be a thug, they don't dress this well." - Malice
Working on that now
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by Scott Schroeder on Mar 7, 2011 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
I never thought Collins would be much of a pro.
So far I’ve been proved right. His game just didn’t look to me like it would translate. And Kansas is doing fairly well without him I’d say.
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