(02-11-2021, 07:10 PM)omahen Wrote: Yes I did. It basically assumes Atlanta would have to give him away relatively cheaply (either at TDL or SnT), because they don't want to resign him for max and I utterly disagree with this notion. Contrary to what Trigg is saying, there is also great value to have him in house at TDL, because the buyer gets his RFA status. The quality of players price Mavs would have to pay at TDL is probably much lower than what they would have to give up in FA to make an offer for Collins. With Gallo Atlanta actually has a lot of flexibility with their roster, because it allows them to trade Collins for a piece that is not a PF. Gallo is not guaranteed in his last year, so he is basically expiring next season, if they decide to keep Collins. As I already wrote, it is not true they have any cap problems keeping Collins, even at max contract.
I didn’t really read it that way but I guess it’s open to interpretation. What I read was if a team thought they could steal him, there would be no motivation to give up assets at TDL.
I’m not sure I understand your second bolded sentence. If he signs an offer that Atlanta doesn’t want to match and we do a S&T, why do they have the say in how much we give them?
On second thought, I could see a situation where the S&T package is such that they might prefer it over the match. Maybe that’s what you meant.
I’m not sure who said it was true that they have cap problems. Maybe it was in the article and I missed it.
At the end of the day, I think this is a mute point if they do something at the TDL as I can’t see us being players.
I also looked up the no trade clause in the CBA and this is what it said:
With one exception, no contracts can prohibit or limit a team’s right to trade the player to another team. The only players who can prohibit or limit their team’s trade rights are those players (1) with 8 years of service and (2) who have already played for 4 or more years with the team that has agreed to the trade prohibition or limitation.
Note, the CBA allows trade bonuses, and does not treat those bonuses as prohibiting or limiting a team’s trade rights.
Collins would not meet those exceptions.