[Wojanrowski] ESPN Sources: The Hawks are finalizing a trade to send F/C John Collins to the Jazz for Rudy Gay and a future second-round pick. Atlanta’s largely unloading Collins’ three years, $78M for some roster building flexibility and alignment with looming changes to salary cap.

42 comments

1. Lol Rudy gay

2. IT HAPPENED. AFTER THREE FUCKIN YEARS. IT HAPPENED.

3. JC has been freed from the rumor mill

4. This is a trade you find on BBGM insane mode

   They deadass got NOTHING 😭

5. What do we do now the John Collins rumours are done

6. Jesus that market value plummeted

7. Traded for free.99

8. Shocking how much of a salary dump that is. He will look great in Utah I bet too

9. Windy strikes again, surprised Utah couldn’t get a first for taking on that contract.

10. Damn his value was THAT low lol

11. Wow, his value was in the dirt.

12. No way he is THAT bad

13. You misspelled Woj’s name >:(

14. After 5 years it’s finally done

15. Unbelievable value for the Jazz

16. jalen johnson its your time

17. Years of buildup for this lmao

18. Oh my god, John Collins finally got traded ——- for nothing haha

19. There is no way John Collins is that bad????

20. Literally for a bag of chips and another bag of chips in the future.

21. Basically salary dump. CBA is doing numbers.

22. Myles Turner and Dame are the only ones left standing

23. Holy Salary Dump

24. Noooo not the ol bag of chips!

25. no more GAY SEX

26. LMFAOO, my god this is such a pathetic return. I know his value has tanked but damn i didn’t think it was this bad 😭

27. He’s not that bad— but he will really help Utah. This is a steal

28. Rudy gay getting traded in 2023 is not what we expected

29. which is the worst sell low move? Your contenders:

    ATL on Collins

    GSW on Poole

    WAS on Beal

30. Myles Turner stands alone in perpetual trade rumors now

31. My first thought was “Wow that’s all it took to get Collins?!”

    Then I looked at his stats last year and more importantly his contract… and I can’t help but think “Damn maybe it should have been ATL to send a second rounder to Utah as the price to absorb Collins into their cap space”

32. Never thought I’d see the damn day. Thanks for everything Baptist but seems like both sides knew it was time

33. utah getting collins for free basically is so good lol. if they can bring him back to form, it’s gonna be the steal of a lifetime – and if they can’t, they just use him to acquire bad salary+picks in the future when he is expiring.

34. Traded him for a bag of chips.

35. I was never high in Collins, but I’ve never seen a players value decrease this much.

36. Utahs starting 5 is going to be all wings lol

37. John Collins is off the trade block!?!?!?

    Awwww. Myles Turner is so lonely now

38. Finally

39. I really have no idea the trade valuation of NBA players

40. I still don’t know what John Collins does well

41. [Maybe not that obvious](https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/14jjipf/windhorst_on_the_hoop_collective_podcast_theres/jplk6gu/) but it was very predictable

42. Rudy Gay and a second is insane