Utah Jazz big man John Collins felt the full wrath of Anthony Edwards on Monday night. Collins did all he could to stop the freight train that was Edwards, and it ended in disaster for the Jazz forward.
To add insult to injury, Collins ended up sustaining a head injury after attempting and utterly failing to prevent another highlight-reel dunk from the Wolves star.
Anthony Edwards Humiliates Utah Jazz Big Man John Collins
Edwards submitted his Dunk of the Year entry for the 2023-24 season on Monday night. Unfortunately for Collins, he was on the wrong end of the mind-blowing play from the two-time All-Star guard:
Based on the replays, it is clear that Collins got hit in the face by Edwards’ left hand as the latter took off from planet Earth. The Jazz big man immediately clutched his face, which also prevented him from fully contesting the dunk. It’s not as if it would have made any difference, though.
According to NBA guru Shams Charania, Collins actually suffered an injury from the play:
Utah's John Collins has suffered a head contusion from play contesting Anthony Edwards' poster dunk tonight, sources say. Head injury but no concussion for Collins.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 19, 2024
I guess the only silver lining for Collins here is that he did not suffer a concussion. That would have been even more demeaning.
John Collins Clowned on Twitter
The mean streets of Twitter, unsurprisingly, showed no mercy to Collins. The trolls had quite a field day at the expense of the Jazz stud:
he dunked on him so hard he injured him omg
— csb (@itsCSB__) March 19, 2024
John Collins checking Twitter tonight: pic.twitter.com/f53aHPrUfV
— Kyrie Center (@kyriecenterig) March 19, 2024
I personally wouldn’t take that if I was Collins
— 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 (@HeatvsHaters) March 19, 2024
John Collins (shattered pride) questionable for Utah’s next game pic.twitter.com/8A5a6pkvPT
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) March 19, 2024
Ant gave him CTE pic.twitter.com/rtwXRqklVp
— . (@capnyuji) March 19, 2024
LMAO ANT SENT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL pic.twitter.com/BTqRwhm7J7
— GUCCE🦬🐦⬛ (@LJSZN) March 19, 2024
Bro got nutted on 😭😭😭😭😭
— ᴀᴄʜ™🌐 (@StepbackAch1) March 19, 2024
You have to feel for Collins after that savage experience.
For More NBA Content:
Follow me on Twitter at @PaoloSongcoNBA, and follow us @HardwoodHeroics. You can also reach out to Paolo Songco via email at [email protected]. To read more of our articles and keep up to date on the latest NBA news, click here!