Atlanta Hawks: 5 Bold Predictions for John Collins in 2018-19

John Collins was one of the best players on the Atlanta Hawks last year. Let’s look ahead to his 2018-19 season with five bold predictions for the second-year big man.

The 2018-19 season will be here before you know it, Atlanta Hawks fans, and we want to welcome you to the build-up to it the only way we know how. With plenty of new faces to get acquainted with (as well as a smattering of holdovers from last year’s team), the Hawks will make for a fascinating case study in 2018-19.

One way to look ahead to the 2018-19 regular season is by exploring predictions for each player on the roster. As such, read on and enjoy 5 bold predictions for Second Team All-Rookie member John Collins.

John Collins, or John the Baptist (as his biblical pseudonym goes), had one of the best rookie seasons in Atlanta Hawks history in the 2017-18 season. He was extremely impactful on both ends of the floor, and he provided multiple highlight-reel plays – mostly on the back of his incredible athleticism and propensity for high-flying jams:

Collins was awesome and fully deserving of a First Team All-Rookie spot. Though writers and voters disagreed, he is still one of the franchise cornerstones for a Hawks team that drafted a few more possibilities in that department.

Now, when it comes to boldly predicting how Collins’s 2018-19 season will turn out, two things must be assumed: First (and most importantly), that he stays fully healthy and plays and starts in 78-82 games. Last year, JC played in 74 games but was the starter for only 26 of those contests. Second, if he plays and starts in that number of games, he will likely up his minutes load to somewhere in the 2200-2400 range – roughly around where Taurean Prince finished last year.

With all of that preamble out of the way, let’s dig into 5 bold predictions for John Collins, starting with…