Jazz trade for John Collins

[framer]

Just like Utah to get rid of Gay during Pride Month!





/s

 

[SoberasHotRod]

We are really only paying Collins about 19M this year because we were going to buy-out Gay or waive him and his 6.5M salary regardless.

I don't think anybody is worried about what we are paying him this year.

 

[baka98]

View: https://twitter.com/BlueMontreux/status/1673391055893307417

Totally agree with this. I really don’t understand all the negativity. This isn't an all in move to win a championship. You are getting a proven player on a semi-expensive contract that is young. For the next three years, you develop everyone you can. And I’m sure you can get a srp for him if he doesn’t pan out. It’s not like the FA market makes you salivate or something.

 

[JazzJunkie]

Dude this Jazz team is gigantic yall.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

We gave up more to get rid of Favors on a much better less expensive contract.

 

[LogGrad98]

Again, to me this just solidifies how monumentally stupid it was to draft THREE rookies this year.

However, really I think it signifies more trades to come. We are converting assets into higher-level assets, so I expect more of this to happen. I could see us flipping Collins, or one or more of the rookies, by the trade deadline for more assets or asset upgrades. But in a vacuum this is the most redundant trade we could have made, given our draft and current personnel.

But if you can get an obvious NBA talent for essentially stuff you have laying around the house, well you just do it and figure the other **** out later. Whether it is really a good move or not depends on what happens next.

 

[baka98]

Readig the Taylor Hendricks thread, everyone is concerned that he is raw, flawed and won't be a star. The Jazz have traded for a guy who can be his mentor and give him time to develop his shot, and right about the time that Taylor hits his stride, John's contract will be up and the team can sign and trade, or even let him walk. I don't like the player John that much, but i get the value. Also, remember, the team has to match the minimum salary, and they just lost several high cost players (probably THT, Westbrook, probably Jordan Clarkson, that's about 70 million. gotta pay somebody.

Exactly!

 

[Elizah Huge]

Everyone around the league:

Jazz stole Collins, how does Ainge keep getting away with this?

Couple guys on JazzFanz:

Oh my god the rebuild is over, fire Ainge!!!

 

[Shad]

For those thinking this will take Hendricks playing time..... Gay was getting like 15-20 minutes of time last year. Hendricks will get his time folks.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I don't think anybody is worried about what we are paying him this year.

Just trying to add more positives to the guys who are having meltdowns.

 

[stitches]

You cannot advertise it for more than a year that you love the guy and pursue him at every trade deadline and then expect to get assets when his team finally decides to let him go. That's the reason I never thought we were getting anything for absorbing his contract. We've been linked to him for more than a year now. Any GM worth their position will not let you get both the player you seemingly want AND an asset for it.

 

[NUMBERICA]

NUMBRICA told me last night that we would NOT trade for John Collins, here we are 17 hours later with him. LOL

No I didn't, I don't interact with you.