John Collins...Our Third Star

[mvossman]

He was in MASSIVE foul trouble from the first minute of the game and it kept persisting. That is why he only played 15 mins tonight. 

I am talking about the way ATL has been handling him in general for months. They do NOT go out of their way to get him involved or even significant minutes. They do not look like they are investing in him as a long term part of their team. He was 6th on the team in minutes per game this season.

So his own team is not interested in investing in him, but we should pay assets for him and max him?  I don't want to read too much into a single playoff game, but I'm just thinking what if we made that trade for Maxi+ at the TDL.  Who would be guarding Leonard?  Would Collins be able to do what Maxi is doing defensively?  Would he really have made that much difference offensively?

Now a trade for Collins would likely be into cap space, hampering the ability to re-sign THJ.  It really doesn't make any sense unless they are trading KP, which brings in so many possibilities it's hard to speculate what might make sense.