Collins finds gem in Meeks

I kept hearing how great Jodie Meeks could shoot, and then he’d never play. But Doug Collins in Philadelphia may have found a gem with Meeks starting now for Evan Turner and shooting 51 percent on threes with the 76ers coming on after Sunday’s rout of fading New Orleans. No one has lost tougher games this season than the 76ers, but they’re just a game and a half out of eighth and I’d give them a good shot to make the playoffs in the weak East as they’ve won five of seven and the two losses played Miami and Boston down to the end. Collins has done a good job resurrecting Thaddeus Young getting him more to a slashing mid range game like Scott Skiles did for Luol Deng.