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Jason Collier
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Drafted by Milwaukee Bucks in Round 1, pick 15
Traded to Houston Rockets
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Allsport
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Position: Power Forward
College: Georgia Tech
Conference: ACC
Height: 7'0"
Weight: 243
Age: 22
Birthdate: 09/08/77
High School: Catholic Central, Springfield, Ohio
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Collier has a big body, but ironically he plays better from the perimeter. He could use a transfusion of ill temper to make him more combative in the post, where he'll almost certainly have to do some work in the pros. Still, Collier could make a tidy living drawing opposing centers out on the perimeter, where he can shoot 3-pointers (a solid 37 percent as a senior) or pass to open teammates cutting to the basket. Last season, Collier averaged nearly a double-double (17.0 points, 9.2 rebounds) and also blocked 1.2 shots per game. Collier did make an effort to throw his weight around inside in his senior season -- his 3-point attempts dropped from 3.6 to 2.8 per game and his rebounding average increased by nearly two. A transfer from Indiana, where he played for a season and a half, Collier should be a mid first-round pick.
| Career Statistics |
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| Seasons |
G |
FGs |
PCT |
3-pts |
PCT |
FTs |
PCT |
RPG |
APG |
BLK |
STL |
PTS |
AVE |
'96-97
'97-98
'98-99
'99-00
Totals
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33
9
25
30
97
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112-558
36-64
153-347
178-376
479-1045
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.343
.563
.441
.473
.458
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6-13
0-0
32-90
31-84
69-187
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.462
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.356
.369
.369
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80-117
24-36
92-128
122-166
318-447
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.684
.667
.719
.735
.711
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5.7
5.2
7.3
9.2
7.1
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0.7
1.0
1.4
1.6
1.2
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34
9
34
33
112
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16
6
15
23
60
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310
96
430
509
1345
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9.4
10.7
17.2
17.0
13.9
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Senior Season
Finished his two-year career at Tech with 17.1 ppg and 8.3 rpg
His 55 games with the Yellow Jackets were all starts
Ranks 10th in Tech history in scoring average and rebound average
Earned second-team All-ACC honors
Led the ACC rebounding -- becoming the first Yellow Jacket to accomplish that feat
Hit 36.9 percent from beyond the arc
Junior Season
Became eligible at Tech for the spring semester following his transfer from Indiana
Second-team All-ACC
Finished fifth in the conference in scoring and sixth in rebounding
Averaged 24.5 ppg against Duke in Tech's two losses
Sophomore Season
Played the first nine games of the season before deciding to transfer
Freshman Season
Honorable-Mention All-Big Ten
Honorable-Mention Freshman All-America by Basketball News
Notables
Traveled to Italy with NIT All-Stars during the summer of '98 -- a team coached by former SJU coach Louie Carnesecca
His father, Jeff, played basketball at Tech from '73-76 and Jason elected to wear his dad's no. 52
Olympic-caliber swimmer when he was a kid
Claims that the main reason he left Indiana was because of Bob Knight's insistence that he perform strictly as an inside player
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