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RealGM reports Jazz interested in Trading for John Collins

I just like to be cautious with these knee-jerk trade ideas. There's usually a very good reason a winning team wants to jettison a starter they just gave a huge bag to. Collins is ridiculously overpaid for what he brings to the table, and a known malcontent to boot. The Hawks were originally looking to trade him even before they gave him his current deal.

Small market teams are way too eager to jump every time some "name" guy becomes available. The thinking goes "This player would never sign here as a free agent, but now we can get him on a multiyear deal!!"

Just believe in what you're developing in-house if the results are promising (and they are). If anything, we need more playmaking and secure ballhandling, not a guy like Collins.
 
I’m not sure of the fit here for Collins .

Maybe there is another option out there that he really wants and is using this as a bargaining rumour , like he did with the Knicks when we went the cavs trade .

Kuzma would be nice … not sure of his team ball play and how would it effect this team .

I know it gets old , but I can’t think of any realistic trade that fits our play more than Hayward …

Bridges are probably blown up , but the fit would be good
 
Unless Finny is disgruntled and wants a trade,imo the only way Danny trades for Collins ,the way he has been playing since he got busted, is dumping Gay and the a now injured Mike with the Hawks having to pay to get off Collins deal not visa-v
 
Supposedly Atlanta asked to swap Lauri and Collins.

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Supposedly Atlanta asked to swap Lauri and Collins.

So I really doubt a deal gets done if they are starting talks w/ that kind of horse ****.
Saw that… I actually got part of the story that was edited out… here it is:

After the Hawks asked for Lauri Danny replied with “**** off you ****ing **** suckers I will murder you and everyone you care about if you say his name ever again.” So it’s safe to say it was a nonstarter.
 
Bet is an interesting name to see out there… he’s not playing well and might be overrated but I’d have some interest in kicking the tires.
I'm thinking you are talking about Bey?

Personally not a big fan and he will need to be paid. I'd take him on the cheap but believe the Jazz can find better options in the next draft.
 
I'm thinking you are talking about Bey?

Personally not a big fan and he will need to be paid. I'd take him on the cheap but believe the Jazz can find better options in the next draft.
Yeah Bey. Haven’t watched a ton… big wing who got off to a fast start and has leveled off. Not worried too much about paying guys in a year or two. Good players cost money sometimes. If the price was a Cavs 2025 pick and say we get to dump Gay… that’s the range I think that might work for both sides.
 
According to Jake Fischer, the Hawks offered the Jazz a Collins for Markkanen swap, and the Jazz thankfully weren't interested. They want to keep Markkanen and Clarkson. Fischer says the Jazz's interest in Collins is real but he thinks the likelihood of them actually landing him is low. He also says the Jazz are unsurprisingly trying to move Gay.

 
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According to Jake Fischer, the Hawks offered the Jazz a Collins for Markkanen swap, and the Jazz thankfully weren't interested. They want to keep Markkanen and Clarkson. Fischer says the Jazz's interest in Collins is real but he thinks the likelihood of them actually landing him is low. He also says the Jazz are unsurprisingly trying to move Gay.


If this is true, then it is clear that the Hawks still have unrealistic expectations on Collin's value and return they can get on a trade. This isn't going to happen.
 
Someone at Hawksquawk posted last Sunday (way before todays intel):
"From my source from last week: only trade talk that they would confirm is Lauri plus two picks owed from Minnesota for JC. It would replace the firsts we lost in the DJM trade. Source said this deal would give us a straight up stretch four that shoots better than JC but admitted it would be a definite step down on defense."

The others in the board took that seriously, so seems like a credible poster.

If that is really what Hawks asked... I cannot fathom how anyone can trade with that FO if thats their starting point.
 
Someone at Hawksquawk posted last Sunday (way before todays intel):
"From my source from last week: only trade talk that they would confirm is Lauri plus two picks owed from Minnesota for JC. It would replace the firsts we lost in the DJM trade. Source said this deal would give us a straight up stretch four that shoots better than JC but admitted it would be a definite step down on defense."

The others in the board took that seriously, so seems like a credible poster.

If that is really what Hawks asked... I cannot fathom how anyone can trade with that FO if thats their starting point.

Lauri and two firsts for John Collins??? LMFAO. Lauri this season is averaging 22.5 and 8.5 on 54% shooting and 36% from 3. Collins is averaging 12.5 and 7.5 on 50% shooting and 27% from 3.
 
Someone at Hawksquawk posted last Sunday (way before todays intel):
"From my source from last week: only trade talk that they would confirm is Lauri plus two picks owed from Minnesota for JC. It would replace the firsts we lost in the DJM trade. Source said this deal would give us a straight up stretch four that shoots better than JC but admitted it would be a definite step down on defense."

The others in the board took that seriously, so seems like a credible poster.

If that is really what Hawks asked... I cannot fathom how anyone can trade with that FO if thats their starting point.
Big Mike is a Hawks fan now?!?!?
 
Lauri and two firsts for John Collins??? LMFAO. Lauri this season is averaging 22.5 and 8.5 on 54% shooting and 36% from 3. Collins is averaging 12.5 and 7.5 on 50% shooting and 27% from 3.
Maybe it was Collins and two picks to Utah for Lauri???? Still a no.
 
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