NBA Trade BREAKING: Mavs Target John Collins Moves to Jazz

The Dallas Mavericks have trade discussions with the Atlanta Hawks revolving around John Collins. And now a move is taking place.

Dalton Trigg | Jun 26, 2023

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Entering NBA Draft week, the Dallas Mavericks, who possessed the No. 10 pick, had a lot to sort out. They got their men in draftees Dereck Lively II and Omar Prosper and vet Holmes.

But they also examined doing business with the Atlanta Hawks … who have apparently decided to be realistic about John Collins’ trade value.

According to Yahoo! Sports' Jake Fischer, Dallas and Atlanta had discussed a trade that would swap Davis Bertans and the No. 10 pick for Collins and the No. 15 pick. However, the Mavs would’ve rather had Clint Capela over Collins, and NBA insider Marc Stein reported that there has been “no common ground” in those trade discussions because of this.

What happened on Monday? The Hawks are reportedly finalizing a trade to send Collins to the Jazz for Rudy Gay and a future second-round pick. … mostly to dump Collins’ fat contract.

Let us review our pre-Draft proposals to see how they ended up aligning with reality. …

Trade #1 — Salary Dump, But No Pick Swap

Mavs receive: John Collins, 2023 first-round pick (No. 15)

Hawks receive: Tim Hardaway Jr., JaVale McGee

Trade #2 — Why Not Both Big Men?

Mavs receive: John Collins, Clint Capela, 2023 first-round pick (No. 15)

Hawks receive: Tim Hardaway Jr., Davis Bertans, JaVale McGee, 2023 first-round pick (No. 10)

It’s water under the bridge now - at least regarding Collins and the picks. And Holmes’ contract is no picnic. But we believe the Jazz/Hawks swap establishes that our gauging of the situation was accurate,

Did Atlanta want to get off Collins’ contract bad enough to surrender pick No. 15 with no swap for No. 10? Would it have been willing to part with both Capela and Collins in order to get the pick swap?

The answer to both of those questions - assuming ideas were pitched - was “no,” … so the Mavs looked elsewhere, happy with Duke 7-footer Lively II at trade-back pick No. 12 as the prize of the night.

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Published Jun 26, 2023

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.