2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

That is an interesting deal.  We can watch tonight to see if players do more talking with their mouths covered than usual.

As you know, Collins is a Schwartz guy and I pointed out a few weeks ago that Gallinari’s guy is Michael Tellem, who recently switched to Excel.  This leaves us still $10.5 under the tax which is similar to the TPE, which doesn’t have to be used for this deal.  We’d be hurting for rim protection whether you start Powell next to Collins or start Collins as the lone big with DFS, Luka, RB and JB.  That flexibility would be kind of fun if you had Powell off the bench and more of a shot blocker in the starting lineup.

This probably adds to summer flexibility as Gallinari could be flipped as a larger expiring deal.  I think the deal is relatively balanced.  I don’t know that KP is going to be any happier in ATL, but we know for sure that Collins isn’t happy.  Maxi fits well at PF next to the centers they have.  Brown probably fills a need as well.  The biggest thing is the money difference between KP and Collins if I’m Atlanta.

Yeah, I'm skeptical ATL is going to want KP.  Might need to get a third team involved to take on KP.  I also sharing your concern that we would be sending out the two guys who make most sense next to Collins.  No point in starting Powell next to Collins as neither protects the rim.  Could we really run out that lineup with Collins as center and not get destroyed at the rim?  Could Kidd make Collins a legit center?