04-07-2021, 01:32 PM
(04-07-2021, 01:26 PM)omahen Wrote: I will just repeat, if it wasn't clear. Atlanta can keep him or send him where he wants to go. Atlanta doesn't have the luxury to choose between offers teams might make.
I wouldn't frame it as "luxury to choose" I would say that ATL and Collins both have leverage in the situation. Collins doesn't have to participate in a S&T. ATL doesn't have to trade him.
ATL has the choice of not trading him at all so in that sense they have the "luxury" of choosing between offers. So if they get subpar offers then they aren't going to trade him. If they get 2 "acceptable" offers but one is better than the other, then Collins has leverage to say ya I want team 2 (the worst package) or no deal. It's a 3-way negotiation between Collins, ATL and any team that would give him an offer sheet or participate in a S&T.