No Extension for John Collins

[TheNorthCydeRises]

6 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Dallas was clearing space for a run at Giannis, they also need a PF. Lol

Now THAT would be a slap in the face.

Collins going to Dallas, to team up with Luka and KP.

That's the absolute worse case scenario.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

8 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

This is your opinion.

[gurpilo]

Wow, I am so disappointed. I wanted John to be a Hawk for the rest of his career. We could have signed Wood to a great contract, now we have a backup making 20 million but he is already 32.... hopefully we can sign him next year but some teams were saving cap space for that FA class, he will have his money and we will have to match it or lose him for nothing, this is horrible mistake.

[Dakin]

11 minutes ago, aali34 said:

How? They don't really give him the touches or scoring opportunity a max player would need. Based on preseason they aren't looking to feature him heavily.  

Exactly why we didn’t give him the Max. Let’s see how the season goes. I don’t see why we would have paid him the Max a year before we need to. 

[aali34]

3 minutes ago, Dakin said:

Exactly why we didn’t give him the Max. Let’s see how the season goes. I don’t see why we would have paid him the Max a year before we need to. 

I'd hope that they've been planning to let him prove his worth, but him missing games got in the way of that. John replicating last season without adding to it probably won't get him a max from Schlenk. 

[Watchman]

2 hours ago, mrhonline said:

 

 

 

Why on earth would Orlando make such a ridiculous overpayment?

[Watchman]

1 hour ago, hawkzlova123 said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WTHHHHHH 

WHY SIGN GALLLLLO THEN I PREFER HIMMMM NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Atleast this year he will try to beast out. But what the ******* do we do to replace him

I'm still trying to figure out the huge waste of money on BB.  He just isn't that good.  Certainly no better than Hunter or Reddish, and questionable with respect to Kevin Huerter with respect to bang for the buck.  

[Atlantaholic]

Makes no sense to overpay for Collins. If we lose him to some team that wants to pay him the max then so be it. 

[Watchman]

8 minutes ago, Watchman said:

Why on earth would Orlando make such a ridiculous overpayment?

(For Isaac)

[Watchman]

2 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Makes no sense to overpay for Collins. If we lose him to some team that wants to pay him the max then so be it. 

It made no sense for Orlando to grossly overpay for Isaac and Anunoby either.  Gobert is decent, but he isn't worth $205 million.

[hawkman]

I was really hoping for no potential locker room distractions this season, but what's done is done. The inevitable trade rumors can hurt a young team that desperately needs stability and continuity. I felt like the "core" was set with the only questionable component being the coaching staff. Hopefully, Collins makes himself invaluable to the team because I really like how he and Trae play together. 

[DS5]

Crazy how much teams have spent this off season. Some of these contracts/extensions are pretty ridiculous. Reminds me of the 2017 off season and I think we'll look at a lot of these contracts the same way in a few years. 

[Dakin]

24 minutes ago, Watchman said:

I'm still trying to figure out the huge waste of money on BB.  He just isn't that good.  Certainly no better than Hunter or Reddish, and questionable with respect to Kevin Huerter with respect to bang for the buck.  

Depth. He was the best player available. How did you want them to spend the money?

[Watchman]

Just now, Dakin said:

Depth. He was the best player available. How did you want them to spend the money?

We had wings running out our ears.  Why not extend Collins rather than overpay Bogdan?

[Dakin]

Just now, Watchman said:

We had wings running out our ears.  Why not extend Collins rather than overpay Bogdan?

They can easily do both. 

[Watchman]

Just now, Dakin said:

They can easily do both. 

That they could, but they shot themselves in the foot by overpaying BB, while being cheap with Collins.

[Atlantaholic]

21 minutes ago, hawkman said:

I was really hoping for no potential locker room distractions this season, but what's done is done. The inevitable trade rumors can hurt a young team that desperately needs stability and continuity. I felt like the "core" was set with the only questionable component being the coaching staff. Hopefully, Collins makes himself invaluable to the team because I really like how he and Trae play together. 

*on offense.

[BangHolman]

John doesn't deserve a max contract right now. This was the correct and logical move for Schlenk at this point in time. If he wants it, he's got to earn it this season. In an extremely small sample size this preseason, he seemed more like a role player than an all-star when playing with actual NBA talent and not GL level players.

[Watchman]

Just now, BangHolman said:

John doesn't deserve a max contract right now. This was the correct and logical move for Schlenk at this point in time. Of he wants it, he's got to earn it this season. In an extremely small sample size this preseason, he seemed more like a role player than an all-star.

So did Trae.  No one looked like much in this abbreviated preseason.

[BangHolman]

Just now, Watchman said:

So did Trae.  No one looked like much in this abbreviated preseason.

But Trae isn't in a contract season while John is, plus he's an RFA that we can match any contract on. Earn it, simple as that.