Notes: 2009: Selected by New Orleans in 1st round (21st overall) of the NBA Draft...2010: Named to NBA All-Rookie Team; Traded to Indiana in a four-team deal, Aug. 11th...2012: Traded to Dallas with Dahntau Jones for Ian Mahinmi, July 12th.
Averaged over 14.0 ppg as both a junior and senior at UCLA...Dished out 5.7 apg as a sophomore, proof of his distribution ability...Best attribute is his quickness, as Collison was able to get past any collegiate defender in his path...Understands the game extremely well and is a proven winner...Takes great pride in his defense and is a solid on-the-ball defender...Biggest knock on Collison is a lack of ideal size, as he doesn`t have the height or bulk to contend with some of the bigger NBA point guards...Is not a great pure shooter...Doesn`t seem to have a great deal of room for improvement at this point.