As well it should.
The top prospect coming out of his high school class, 6-foot-5 former one-and-done USC Trojans guard Isaiah Collier had been seen as a top lottery pick prior to the start of the 2023-24 NCAA season.
When the 2024 NBA Draft finally arrived, however, the Pac-12 All-Freshman Teamer slid all the way to the Utah Jazz with the No. 29 pick. According to"Collier is one of the more intriguing creation bets in this class, and this is quite a fall for a player widely projected in the top 5-10 picks only a few months ago," write Kalland and Rowland.
Across his 27 healthy games for the 15-18 Trojans during what wound up being Andy Enfield's swansong season, Collier posted averages of 16.3 points on a .490/.338/.673 slash line, 4.3 assists, 2.9 boards and 1.5 steals a night. A ferocious downhill driver, Collier is still a fairly raw scorer, as evinced by these shooting splits. On a rebuilding Jazz squad, Collier should get major run, alongside George, at the point.
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