Big-name NBA trade candidates: John Collins
John Collins is another player to keep an eye on heading into the NBA trade deadline. Even though the Atlanta Hawks likely won’t all-out be looking to move him at the deadline, I don’t think he’s completely off the table if a team offers a good enough deal.
Not because he isn’t a player that the team could use or one the team doesn’t want, but they have some big decisions to make this offseason and if they’re going to give Collins the max contract that he is going to warrant on the open market, it could create some big problems on the team’s cap sheet – especially with the way they have spent over the last year.
Collins is a good player and has the potential to be great, but the Hawks aren’t going to be able to pay everyone on their roster and Collins may be one of the odd men out. If they already know that, it would be smart for them to get something in exchange for him before he can leave in free agency.