Jazz trade for John Collins

[NUMBERICA]

Alright, so I’m really hoping KO is gone. I love KO, but I wanna see a Hendricks/Collins/Lauri frontcourt lineup.

 

[whatthe]

Alright, so I’m really hoping KO is gone. I love KO, but I wanna see a Hendricks/Collins/Lauri frontcourt lineup.

Works very well with Dunn.

 

[homeytennis]

He was absorbed through their trade exception, so I think Rudy will probably be waived or bought out.

He has 6.8 million reasons to be happy.

 

[Watcher]

a trade that cements the #9 pick in the draft to the bench. fun.

that said, i'm a john collins fan, always have been, therefore a fan of the trade and hopefully jc can overcome the finger injury.

Man, if Clarkson comes back how am I going to know if people are talking about Collins or Clarkson when they say JC?

 

[Deleted member 365]

I don't think it is weird at all. First off Hendricks is only 19 and is probably best off in the 15 to 20 minute a game range this year. I also think he is viewed as more of a 3/4 by management while Collins is viewed as a 4/5.

He’s the #9 pick, so when’s he going to play?

Are we expecting collins to just play 15-20 mins at the 4/5 this year? He good with that? $80 million for a starting 4 backup 5 role?

I don’t hate the trade. I just don’t know if it significantly improves us either. And I definitely wouldn’t want to try and balance the PT with all these egos.

 

[Coach Ellis]

View: https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1673397129522323479


Let's talk opportunity cost for a second. Who are the desirable FA's this trade will cause us to miss out on that we could have otherwise signed?

Kuzma.
VanVleet.

That’s probably it.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Alright, so I’m really hoping KO is gone. I love KO, but I wanna see a Hendricks/Collins/Lauri frontcourt lineup.

I don't know, I theoretically like the KO/Hendricks pairing against backups. KO might be great for Hendricks development.

 

[Coach Ellis]

View: https://twitter.com/billsimmons/status/1673403959195889666?s=46&t=jNTWeXtT4AUNvEGww1Td5A


Ruthless lol.

Guess they’d didn’t see what Danny Ainge did to the Jazz roster last year. Don’t think I’d retire his jersey quite yet. . .

 

[Elizah Huge]

Kuzma.
VanVleet.

That’s probably it.

Nope, we could get either one still depending on what happens with THT/Clarkson.

 

[Coach Ellis]

This trade shows a lot of confidence in Will Hardy. He is going to have to manage an unusual, but talented, roster while trying to develop rookies. There is likely to be a lot of players looking out for #1, and that will make it hard to play team basketball. All while not having a floor general to keep everything balanced... If we could add John Stockton to this team it would be great, but having it ran by score first PGs might be UGLY.

I mean. . . DA basically had to trade 3 rotation players/starters and then sit Clarkson, Sexton and Markkanen a bunch down the stretch just to duck the play-in game. Hardy is pretty good at taking a rag-tag bunch of misfits and making them function as a team.

 

[stitches]

Hawks Trade John Collins To Jazz In Salary Dump

Keith Smith breaks down the trade between the Hawks-Jazz which includes John Collins and Rudy Gay.

www.spotrac.com

 

[fishonjazz]

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• Can Lauri run the 3 as a Point Forward?

He would have to work on his ball handling a lot but I doubt it. For a 7 footer he dribbles ok but his handle is too loose for that to be a major part of the offense imo