Portland Trail Blazers: 5 reasons Zach Collins was a good pick

Here’s five reasons why Zach Collins was a good pick for the Portland Trail Blazers.

If you’re like me, you were probably a bit perplexed when The Vertical‘s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news about the Portland Trail Blazers selecting Gonzaga center Zach Collins with the 10th pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, trading away the 15th pick and the 20th pick to the Sacramento Kings.

While most NBA pundits normally praise teams that find a way into the lottery, one has to ask WHY a team in the lottery would even consider trading away its pick — especially if the team you traded the 15th pick and the 20th pick to is the perennially-dysfunctional Sacramento Kings, who ended up stealing Justin Jackson at 15 and Harry Giles at 20.

I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest fan of the Zach Collins pick. Nevertheless, there’s a great deal to like about the 19-year-old seven-footer. Here’s the five best reasons why Zach Collins was the right pick for the Portland Trail Blazers.