John Collins (basketball player)

John Collins
Player information
Full name	John Martin Collins III
birthday	September 23, 1997 (22 years and 344 days)
place of birth	Layton , Utah , United States
size	208 cm
position	Power forward
college	Wake Forest
NBA draft	2017 , 19th Pick , Atlanta Hawks
Club information
society	Atlanta Hawks
league	NBA
Jersey number	20th
Clubs as active
2017–	Atlanta Hawks

John Martin Collins III (born September 23, 1997 in Layton , Utah ) is an American basketball player . He is under contract with the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA .

Career

Collins' career began with the basketball team at Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach , Florida . There he was named Florida Class 4A Player of the Year in his senior year.

After high school, Collins attended Wake Forest University , where he played for two years. After leaving the bank as a freshman, he made the leap into the starting line-up as a sophomore. Collins led his team with an average of 19.2 points, which contributed to his being named ACC Most Improved Player and named to the First Team All-ACC.

After two years at Wake Forest, Collins decided to enroll in the 2017 NBA Draft , where he was selected 19th by the Atlanta Hawks . He played a very convincing rookie season , at the end of which he settled as a starter. He had an average of 10.5 points in 74 games this season with a very good field hit rate of 57.6%. He also got 7.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. At the end of the season he was elected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team . In his sophomore year, Collins made a significant increase, scoring 19.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game for the Hawks .

In early November 2019, Collins was banned from 25 games after traces of a substance that promotes the release of growth hormones were found in a doping test . Collins said he was taking a dietary supplement he was not aware of containing the banned substance.

statistics

Legend
GP	Matches played (Games Played)	GS	Games from the beginning (Games started)	MPG	Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
FG%	Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)	3P%	Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)	FT%	Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
RPG	Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)	APG	Assists per game (assists per game)	SPG	Steals per game (steals per game)
BPG	Blocks per game (blocks per game)	PPG	Points per game (points per game)	FAT	Career record

NBA

Main round

year	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017-18	Atlanta	74	26th	24.1	.576	.340	.715	7.3	1.3	.6	1.1	10.5
2018–19	Atlanta	61	59	30.0	.560	.348	.763	9.8	2.0	.4	.6	19.5
Career		135	85	26.8	.566	.346	.743	8.4	1.6	.5	.9	14.6

college

year	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2015–16	Wake Forest	31	1	14.4	.547	-	.691	3.9	.2	.3	.7	7.3
2016–17	Wake Forest	33	33	26.6	.622	.000	.745	9.8	.5	.6	1.6	19.2
Career		135	85	26.8	.566	.000	.729	7.0	.4	.5	1.2	13.4

Web links

• NBA player profile on NBA.com
• John Collins - player profile on basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wake Forest Signs Three to Letters of Intent. Retrieved June 6, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ACC Announces All-Conference Team, Postseason Awards | News. March 6, 2017, accessed June 6, 2019 . 
3. ↑ (press release): Donovan Mitchell, Ben Simmons lead 2017-18 NBA all-rookie first team. On: NBA website; New York, NY May 22, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018 (in English).
4. ↑ Markus Unckrich: NBA all-rookie teams appointed. On: Basket website; Cologne, May 25, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
5. ↑ BBC (Ed.): John Collins: Atlanta Hawks forward given 25-game drugs ban . November 5, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed November 5, 2019]).