John Collins...Our Third Star

[StepBackJay]

Collins had some big plays with follow up dunks in the third quarter that led a Hawks charge.  He also had a big 3 pointer down by 4 late in the game.   My view on him does not change.  Really nice player, but not someone who I want to pay max money too.  

But that's how you get him, is a max contract. That's the game with RFAs. Bogdanovic wasn't considered an 18 mil dollar player. The Bucks deal that fell through would have been much less. It was in the Kings best interest to match any offer to keep the asset, but again that's how you steal these guys away. Bogdanovic is now an important player for the Hawks.

You aren't going to get Collins for even 22/yr which already seems too high for him. The way you get him is to money whip him/Hawks and toss them an asset or two. The Mavs FO is desperate so I think its even more likely they go big or go home. This to me is their big target that's realistic.

If Mavs want to get players that are good value, those guys are out there but they will be mostly role players. Mavs have failed both getting their big targets and decent role players. I mean we had a chance to get Crowder by offering him a reasonable contract. Now he's on a team going to the Western Conference finals. But that's where we are thanks to the Mavs saving all their cap space for this summer.