12-20-2020, 12:06 PM
(12-20-2020, 10:15 AM)omahen Wrote: Collins would be great, but I think you are way, way, way below his price here. He is RFA so anyone who thinks he is woth max is in play, because you can control his future, he is not a half year rental. And a price for a 23 year old max guy is not a couple of role players. I would think it would take at least a good young player (let's hope Brunson plays great) and 1 FRP on top of Maxi, DFS.
Even at this price, it would be worth thinking about it. I guess it comes down to his character - can he play winning basketball, is he willing to put up effort on defense?
I completely agree. There was a line somewhere in my post about not knowing what else would have to be added. There are the added questions of who else might bid against us and might Atlanta be better served waiting until the summer. This only works if they don't want to pay him the max. His max is "only" $28mm and with all the cap space floating around in 21, someone will do it (NYK).
He is a Schwartz guy and this kind of move is in the Schwartz/Dallas playbook. Oladipo seems more likely, but I wouldn't dismiss this entirely. Schwartz's job is to get Collins the max and secondarily to put him in the best position possible to succeed for his next contract. If that won't happen in Atl., then he'll do what he can to move him somewhere else. Hollinger has Collins projected as a $20mm guy and C Wood got a deal starting at $13 for a somewhat comparable skill set. So, it isn't a sure thing at all that Atlanta will want to pay the max.