Second-year players often take a huge step forward when they come back for their second run at the summer league after getting an entire year of NBA basketball under their belt and John Collins was no exception to that. He averaged 19 points and 7.5 rebounds while averaging 25.5 minutes played in the four games we got to see him suit up.
Collins looked light years better than 90% of the other players on the court while he was getting time. Many fans of the Hawks and fans of basketball were even begging the Hawks to shut him down for the rest of summer league to avoid unnecessary injuries to a player that has clearly shown how much he improved this offseason.