Portland Trail Blazers: 5 rookie season goals for Zach Collins

Here’s five rookie season goals for new Portland Trail Blazers big man, Zach Collins.

The trick to setting goals is to make them as realistic as possible. Setting your goals too high can sometimes lead to complete and utter disappointment, while setting your goals too low can often diminish your sense of accomplishment.

Though, that’s not to say you shouldn’t swing for the fences, which is exactly what Portland Trail Blazers rookie Zach Collins did when he went on record to say he thinks he can be the 2017-18 Rookie of the Year.

Let me be the first to wish him luck in this endeavor, especially considering he’ll be pitted against guys like Ben Simmons, Lonzo Ball, Markelle Fultz, and De’Aaron Fox. I respect the confidence, and I truly believe the sky is the limit for the newly drafted, 19-year-old seven-footer.

But just as everyone needs to learn how to shoot layups before they can start dunking, Collins first needs to learn how to crawl in the NBA before he can start walking, so here are five realistic goals for the Gonzaga product in his rookie season.