Milwaukee Bucks Trade Rumors: Darren Collison’s Potential Fit
By Ti Windisch
Collison’s Season So Far
As mentioned in Deveney’s article, there’s a dark cloud over Darren Collison’s season. He missed the first eight games of the 2016-17 campaign due to domestic battery charges he pleaded guilty to, as per USA Today.
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Collison has played well since returning to the Association after the suspension, but it’s hard to dissociate that from him.
Back to basketball–Collison is a 6’0″ point guard who is on an expiring, cheap contract. He makes just over $5 million this season, and will enter unrestricted free agency in the summer. He’ll be making a lot more than $5 million when Collison signs his next deal.
He’s had a strong season on the court. Collison is averaging 13.7 points, 4.2 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 48.1 percent from the field and a career-best 42.1 percent from three-point territory.
Collison is no lock-down defender, but he can shoot and grabs enough steals to at least be disruptive on that end of the floor.