During his first year at Tustin High he was involved in a fight with a teammate, during which Collins caused serious injuries to the other student and was sentenced to 6 months in juvenile hall.
After several more issues with the law (including another sentence for 2 months to be served in juvenile detention), Collins and his mother moved to Inglewood, California, in an attempt to change the violent attitude of the teenager.
This decision proved beneficial to the young Collins, who reportedly started to improve his behavior, helped by the guidance of Inglewood high school coach Patrick Roy.
[15] At the beginning of 2005 he signed for Yunnan Honghe in the Chinese CBL,[16] where he played 16 games with drastically improved averages of 28.9 points and 16.6 rebounds.
The Italian team released him on October 22, 2005,[17] following to several disciplinary issues, among which an argument with teammate Jack Michael Martínez that almost escalated in a fight.
[19] After two short stints in Saudi Arabia and in the American WCBL, Collins found a relatively stable role as a starter in South Korea, where he joined the Seoul SK Knights for 33 games, averaging 11.6 points and 10.3 rebounds.