(12-20-2020, 12:06 PM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: 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.
Unfortunately Atlanta has all the time they want to wait, as they can extend him anytime or match max offer in the summer, if someone offers it. So I guess they will wait till TDL to see how it works. If it looks great, they can offer max. If not, they might look for a trade.
My personal favorite would be White, IF we decide to move on from THJ. He shouldn't cost too much, perhaps something like Brunson+FRP would be enough. Btw - White is also Excel guy