John Collins...Our Third Star

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Love me some Schwartzgan analysis. But betting the Luka era on shipping out 2 of our 3 best defenders in exchange for a guy who doesn’t create his own shot and isn’t a known defensive commodity? I dunno.

Good points.

Also, barring some MAJOR (and unexpected) development in the playoffs, we should expect that:
1 Josh Richardson exercises his player option, and
2 WCS's team option is exercised by the Mavs
I don't think either of those is a borderline decision, as we sit, so any planning without those in place feels awry.

In that context, a max-salaried Collins makes THJ impossible, unless there's a deal with trade matching applied.

But trade matching would be hard to do unless there were more players included. Simply "Collins for Maxi" isn't even close.

The point is, if you get Collins it is probably going to completely upend the roster, however you do it. And Collins, a player without a strong defensive presence, seems like the wrong target for the team's 3rd star, given the fact that both Luka and KP are more offensive forces and less impactful on defense.