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Jarron Collins
One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Jarron Collins: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you have a better example of his signature, or a story about it, the note at the foot of this page still stands.
Twin towers at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, Jarron and Jason Collins both reached the NBA — Jarron by way of Stanford, where he was a two-time All-American. The Jazz drafted him in the second round in 2001 and kept him for eight seasons of sturdy, unglamorous work in the middle, the longest stop of a 10-year career that ended in 2011.
The rings came later. On Steve Kerr's Golden State staff from 2014, he won three championships in four years, rising from player development coach to full assistant along the way. He now serves as an assistant coach with the New Orleans Pelicans.
HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 53rd overall in 2001 and he spent every one of his eight seasons with the franchise. The Jazz let him reach free agency in 2009 and did not bring him back.
- Full name
- Jarron Thomas Collins
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 2001–09
- Position
- Center
- Born
- 1978, Northridge, California
- Height
- 6′11″ (211 cm)
- Weight
- 256 lb (116 kg)
- College
- Stanford
- Drafted
- 2001, 2nd round (No. 53), Utah
With the Jazz
JARRON COLLINS · 2001–09 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | UTA | 70 | 20.6 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | .461 | .000 | .740 |
| 2002–03 | UTA | 22 | 19.1 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .442 | .000 | .710 |
| 2003–04 | UTA | 81 | 21.4 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | .498 | .000 | .718 |
| 2004–05 | UTA | 50 | 19.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | .414 | .000 | .697 |
| 2005–06 | UTA | 79 | 21.9 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | .461 | — | .717 |
| 2006–07 | UTA | 82 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | .441 | — | .651 |
| 2007–08 | UTA | 70 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .439 | .000 | .622 |
| 2008–09 | UTA | 26 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .457 | — | .727 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 8 SEASONS | 480 | 16.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | .459 | .000 | .706 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
JARRON COLLINS · 6 NOTES- At Harvard-Westlake he played alongside future actor Jason Segel, once giving up a slam dunk contest spot so Segel could compete.
- A recruiting dinner for the Collins twins and Earl Watson famously led to the firing of UCLA coach Jim Harrick.
- He is one of only ten players in Stanford history with 1,000 points and 700 rebounds, and a two-time All-American there.
- He played every one of his eight Jazz seasons in the same uniform, 480 games with 206 starts.
- Phoenix taking his rights in 2009 briefly gave the Suns three players with brothers in the NBA, alongside Robin Lopez and Taylor Griffin.
- Before coaching he scouted for the Clippers and spent a season as a game analyst on Pac-12 Networks.
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