CLEVELAND – The first few seasons for Zach Collins were touch and go.
Not if the 6-foot-10 center could play at the NBA level, but how much of a chance he would even get.
When the 10th overall selection from the 2017 class was drafted, the Golden State Warriors were the it team, featuring their small-ball “lineup of death.” It was death for opposing teams to defend but also death for many of the NBA bigs who were supposedly headed toward extinction because of it.
“It’s good to see that bigs are still a part of the game,” Collins said on Friday.