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John Collins Rumors
Bobby Marks: Utah is acquiring Georges Niang with part of the $26.6M John Collins Trade Exception. Niang is on an expiring $8.2M contract. Celtics tax bill drops from $73.1M to $30.4M. They are now $10.2M below the 2nd apron and $1.7M over the 1st.
Shams Charania: Niang returns to Utah now and his salary goes into the massive John Collins trade exception along with two draft assets. The move allows the Celtics have more salary relief below the second apron.
"Not to take any sort of slight at Phoenix, but playing with James is a whole lot different than what their situation was," Frank said. "Obviously, Brad had great success playing with John Wall [in Washington]. He actually had great success playing with Russ [Westbrook in Washington]. So, we can look at those situations. "I think some of the areas that, especially in his Washington days, that he was able to explore with not the same level of talent [there], I think we'll be able to get a little bit more out of [here]. Like with his pick-and-roll play, it's different when you have the guys that we have spacing the floor and the centers that we have that he will be playing with. Whether it's [Ivica Zubac], whether it's Brook, whether it's John Collins, and you have that nice balance of defense and offense on the floor."
The Clippers recently re-signed James Harden and added Brook Lopez and John Collins to go with Kawhi Leonard. The team won 50 games this past season despite having Leonard play in just 37 of them and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Nuggets in seven games. “We just thought the Clippers presented an opportunity for Brad to really be the best version of himself, to get back to being exactly who he is, which is a multiple time All-Star and All-NBA player,” Bartelstein said. Beal made three All-Star teams and an All-NBA team in his 11 years in Washington.
Shams Charania: They looked into a few other options at the guard and wing positions but settled on Powell. From both the Jazz and Clippers perspectives, I'm told neither team was going to re-sign Powell or John Collins long-term. So both teams were able to go get players they feel will help. The Clippers wanted a lob threat, specifically for James Harden. Kawhi Leonard is playing more at the three and the four now. That gives them more versatility with John Collins.
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Ohm Youngmisuk: Lawrence Frank thanks Norm Powell. He says Clippers have targeted John Collins for a long time and believe James Harden can really take advantage of Collins' athleticism as a rim threat. Collins also allows Kawhi to move back to small forward. A lot of versatility in front court.
Law Murray: Lawrence Frank is happy with Clippers adding veteran front court help in the form of John Collins and Brook Lopez Mentioned that Clippers can experiment and play Lopez and Ivica Zubac TOGETHER
Law Murray: Lawrence Frank mentioned that sometimes you have to pick between skill and athleticism While Collins should give Clippers both in the front court Specifically mentioned struggling with Aaron Gordon in the playoffs at Denver
Clippers, Lakers, Bucks, and Timberwolves to target Bradley Beal after Suns buyout
Some confirmed suitors for Bradley Beal include the LA Clippers — fresh off agreeing to trade Norman Powell to Miami in a three-team deal that will bring back Utah's John Collins — as well as the Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee and Minnesota. Miami was widely anticipated to be in that mix, but the Heat's agreed-to acquisition of Norman Powell would appear to rule them out of the Beal chase
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Michael Scotto: If Bradley Beal agrees to a Suns buyout, Clippers may have interest but only have $5.3M of the non-tax MLE to use. Malcolm Brogdon and Chris Paul have also drawn free agency interest from LA. Clippers get John Collins on an expiring $26.58M deal as Norman Powell goes to the Heat
John Collins to Clippers in three-team trade involving Norman Powell
Shams Charania: BREAKING: The Clippers, Jazz and Heat have agreed to a trade that sends Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to Los Angeles, and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson and a 2027 Clippers second-round pick to the Jazz, sources tell ESPN.
Shams Charania: Miami is acquiring a major scoring punch in Powell while the Clippers find a dynamic lob threat. Both Powell and Collins are coming off strong seasons. Utah has turned Collins' expiring deal into an asset in the form of a second-rounder in return.
The Miami Heat are an oft-mentioned potential Kuminga suitor and do have a clear need on the wing between All-Star guard Tyler Herro and All-Defensive Team big man Bam Adebayo. The Heat have also been linked to Kings scoring guard DeMar DeRozan by various league sources and likewise mentioned as a potential destination for Utah's very available John Collins.
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