The past two seasons have been difficult for Portland Trail Blazers big man Zach Collins. It isn’t an easy thing to come into the league as a lottery pick. Expectations are placed on you immediately. You might be labeled a project (which Collins was for the most part), but that doesn’t change the fact that a high draft pick was used on you. And if you’re on a team like the Blazers, you need to be able to contribute now because the window is small.
Sadly for Collins, he hasn’t had the chance really to display growth.