Author of a mixed start to the year and currently injured (ankle), John Collins sees his name once more being associated with transfer rumours. No less than four franchises have recently expressed interest in the Hawks player.
Here we go once more. It’s the same thing every year. We are not talking regarding the return of Christmas films on TF1, but of the rumors of departure from inside the Hawks. We know the song by force, Collins having often been in the potentially transferable players since he started his career in Atlanta five and a half years ago. Except that today he is still in the city of Lil Jon, casually claiming the status of the oldest player in the squad coached by Nate McMillan. “Much ado regarding nothing”, as a famous English playwright would say. This story of the departure of John Collins, it becomes like that of the child who cried “Wolf!”, you never know if you should believe it or not when an alert arrives.
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This time, four potential wolves would have entered the Georgian sheepfold. The Athletic indeed reveals to us, through Shams Charania, that the Nets, the Jazz, the Mavericks and the Wizards have come to the information for Collins (25 years old). With regard to the Washington franchise, the Hawks board has even already indicated the counterparty it wants in exchange, namely Kyle Kuzma. Atlanta, on the other hand, is not interested in a package from Brooklyn surrounding Joe Harris.
While the leaping number 20 is far from achieving his best individual season (12.8 points per game, lowest average since his rookie season, 48% shooting, worst address of his entire career), here is perhaps a opportunity for GM Travis Schlenk to get rid of the player’s 23 million salary in 2022-23, as well as his three years of contract remaining at the end of the current season. Will the endless rumor eventually come to an end?
It may soon be the end of one of the longest sea serpents in the NBA landscape in recent seasons. After years of almost continuous presence in the “rumors” section, it may well be that John Collins will soon see his name in an official information. Beware of the Woj’bomb.
Source texte : The Athletic
