[Wizards 2012-13 Player Reviews from the TAI crew are going down; let's reflect---
index so far: Jannero Pargo, Jason Collins, Shaun Livingston, Shelvin Mack.]

Jason Collins

7-0 : Height
255 lbs. : Weight
34 : Age
12 : Years NBA Experience
6 : NBA Teams

Acquired by the Wizards on Feb. 21, 2013 from the Boston Celtics
along with Leandro Barbosa in exchange for Jordan Crawford.

Time as a Wizard

6 : Games
2 : Starts
54 : Minutes

0.63 out of 3 stars

Average Truth About It.net DC Council Game Rating
{Collins evaluated over 4 games} 

2.9 PER

NBA historical PER contribution equivalent:
maybe Eddy Curry for the 2008-09 Knicks (2.8),
maybe Pervis Ellison for the 2000-01 Sonics (2.4)

.016 Win Shares/48 Minutes

NBA historical WS/48 contribution equivalent:
Jason Collins for the 2006-07 New Jersey Nets (.015)

With Jason Collins on the Court…

The Wizards offense scored 4.4 points less per 100 possessions (OffRtg)
The Wizards defense allowed 14.3 points less per 100 possessions (DefRtg)
Plus/Minus per 48 minutes: plus-13.3

Numbers : Per 36 Minutes

2.7 : Points
5.3 : Rebounds
2.7 : Blocks
1.3 : Steals
1.3 : Assists
1.3 : Turnovers
7.3 : Fouls

0.44 PPP

Collins had 9 offensive possessions with the Wizards that ended with a FGA, TO or FTs, and he scored 0.44 Points Per Possession (PPP) on those (via Synergy Sports Technology). Defensively, he allowed 0.79 PPP over 14 possessions.

Shooting

16.7% Field Goals (1-6)
100% Free Throws (2-2)

[stats via NBA.com/stats and Basketball-Reference.com; original image above via Sports Illustrated]

#98

Jason Collins in 2012-13 with the Wizards:
In Like A Lamb, Out Like A Lion

by Rashad Mobley (@Rashad20)

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[Jason Collins on the day he arrived in Washington after being traded to the Wizards from the Boston Celtics.]

The most ever written about him on this site, until today: 128 words, in a recap of game 82.

Yet Jason Collins is destined to be the most remarkable unremarkable Wizard of all-time.

(And for a star-crossed franchise that’s boasted a constellation of characters, from a rising Gilbert Arenas to a fading Michael Jordan to a…whatever-the-heck Ledell Eackles was… well, that’s saying something.)

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[D.C. Council: setting the scene, rating the starters, assessing the subs, providing the analysis, and catching anything that you may have missed. Unlike the real DC Council, everything here is on the table. Game No. 82, Washington Wizards at Chicago Bulls; contributors: Kyle Weidie and Adam McGinnis from the District.]

Had to end somehow. But hey, the #Wizards season had to end somehow… vine.co/v/bUqd6WUlLKP — Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) April 18, 2013 Que?

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[D.C. Council: setting the scene, rating the starters, assessing the subs, providing the analysis, and catching anything that you may have missed. Unlike the real DC Council, everything here is on the table. Game No. 68, Washington Wizards at Los Angeles Lakers; contributors: Conor Dirks, Rashad Mobley and Kyle Weidie via television broadcast.]

A3IZA [It was a head-shaker for Kobe Bryant once Trevor Ariza started raining 3s.] [Ariza game face?] [Randy, relieved.]

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[D.C. Council: setting the scene, rating the starters, assessing the subs, providing the analysis, and catching anything that you may have missed. Unlike the real DC Council, everything here is on the table. Game No. 67, Washington Wizards at Phoenix Suns; contributors: Conor Dirks and Kyle Weidie via television broadcast.]

A smile from #WittmanFace? (sort of)

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[D.C. Council: setting the scene, rating the starters, assessing the subs, providing the analysis, and catching anything that you may have missed. Unlike the real DC Council, everything here is on the table. Game No. 62, Washington Wizards at Cleveland Cavaliers; contributors: Adam McGinnis, Rashad Mobley and Kyle Weidie via eyes on television screens.]

Calling All Young Players! [Randy Wittman is in search of draft picks who can play.]

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Jordan Crawford was traded today, ya heard? A former 24-year old rebuilding chip was jettisoned to Boston for a couple 30-year old NBA vagabonds, Leandro Barbosa and Jason Collins. #SoWizards? Perhaps. Here’s the rundown of reactions from the TAI crew…

Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It):

It really is a shoulder shrugger (and a head-shaker). I mean, I care. I’ll miss Jordan Crawford. I wish he would have been a better player. I wish that the relationship between him and the franchise didn’t go down in such an epic, flaming bag of shit. But it did. Fighting off the desire to not overreact, but something is amiss with how this team handles players (not all players, mind you). Everyone in the league seems to know it and the owner seems completely oblivious to it. I’ll reiterate: During the time that Ernie Grunfeld has led the Wizards (since the ’03 Summer) only one NBA team has more losses than the Wizards: the Minnesota Timberwolves, with 482 losses to Washington’s 475. But now, Ernie is evidently doing exactly what Ted wants. So there’s that.

Crawford certainly did his part to wear out his welcome—an estimated 80 percent part, I’d say. In return for the diminished asset, the Wizards save a little bit of money. Nice, but certainly not part of the plan. The Theodore Unit wanted to develop young players who could either be used as trade pieces or as pillars for the rebuild. Instead, they are giving them away. On the other hand, Crawford was good, but he was not a system player. He wasn’t about quick ball movement, and he was rarely conscious about offensive spacing. He knew how to fire up shots with confidence, and he had the ability to drop fancy, no-look passes when his teammates weren’t ready. Hardly useful in terms of winning.

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We’ve heard it from Ernie Grunfeld before, most recently in an interview by Mike Prada of Bullets Forever.

We were the first to make a move, so everybody’s following us (chuckles).

True, the Wizards were the first to strike when they landed Mike Miller and Randy Foye. But it’s hard to laugh, or continue to pridefully boast about the move, when the cream of the Eastern Conference crop keeps passing the Wizards by.

Let’s quickly go through what the top three teams in the East (Orlando, Cleveland and Boston), have done this off-season. Read more »

Mike Jones of the Washington Times reports that, according the league sources, Ernie Grunfeld has four players targeted near the center of his dart board: Rasho Nesterovic, Channing Frye, Jason Collins and Jamaal Magloire.

While none of these big men are the ‘sexy’ pick fans desire, each might be serviceable for the current amount of minutes Grunfeld is pigeon-holing the potential addition into. And each, according to Jones, might have to settle for the veteran’s minimum in the current economic environment.

Of course, with whispers of Nesterovic returning to Europe, I would not be surprised if he spurned the NBA to play for more money overseas. Nonetheless, Jones is usually spot-on with his reporting, so there’s a fair chance one of these guys will be joining the Wizards in the future. Let’s learn a little bit about each:

Rasho Nesterovic

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