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作者: Jake Fischer
2023 NBA free agency: With John Collins trade, forwards dominating early
discussions
2023NBA自由市场:John Collins交易案之后，前锋们出现在众多早期讨论中
The stretch between last Thursday’s NBA draft and the start of free agency
this Friday night promised to bring trade activity. Sure enough, the Utah
Jazz and Atlanta Hawks struck a deal to bring John Collins to Salt Lake City,
league sources told Yahoo Sports, ending almost a year’s worth of dialogue
between the two front offices that centered around Collins trade scenarios.
More movement seems to be on the horizon. The Hawks have also been active in
conversations about trade opportunities for De’Andre Hunter, while other
transactions, like the Minnesota Timberwolves extending Naz Reid to the tune
of three years, $42 million, will have ongoing ripple effects across the
offseason landscape.
Collins’ trade to Utah is the latest in a recent string of cost-conscious
deals around the NBA. The Warriors’ swap of Jordan Poole for Chris Paul was
perhaps the most notable deal of draft day, when the Mavericks and Kings also
offloaded Dāvis Bertāns and Richaun Holmes, respectively. Atlanta was
attempting various avenues to finally move the three seasons left of Collins
’ five-year, $125 million deal all throughout the predraft process, sources
said. It once seemed like the Mavericks and Hawks would be perfect trade
partners, but the two teams never found an agreement — including striking
out on Clint Capela concepts, sources said — that could have involved the
Nos. 10 and 15 picks changing hands in various outcomes.
上周四的NBA选秀以及即将在星期五晚间开始的自由市场带来了一些受预期的交易活动。毫
不意外的，犹他爵士与亚特兰大老鹰达成了一笔交易。老鹰将John Collins送至盐湖城并
结束了这一年来围绕Collins交易方案的对话。老鹰也相当积极的在寻求交易掉De'Andre
Hunter的机会，而明尼苏达灰狼队同时将Naz Reid以3年42M的价码续约之后将会带来连锁
效应并影响休赛季的情势。
Collins被交易到犹他是NBA这一系列减轻支出操作的最新交易范例。勇士队将Jordan
Poole交易走换回Chris Paul或许是选秀日最受瞩目的交易案，同时独行侠与国王也摆脱掉
了Davis Bertans与Richaun Holmes。虽然老鹰队在选秀过程中一直试图摆脱掉John
Collins 5年125M合约的剩余3年并尝试了各种途径。曾经独行侠与老鹰被认为是完美的交
易伙伴，但这两队从未达成协议，这之中就包含了Clint Capela的交易方案，该方案可能
涉及了第10与第15顺位的各种交易结果。
Atlanta’s talks with Utah were also well known around the league. The Hawks
and Jazz have discussed Collins trades dating back to the aftermath of Utah
dealing Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, and the Jazz holding the Nos. 9 and
16 picks presented other logical opportunities for the Hawks. Atlanta,
though, couldn’t use Collins to move up in the draft. That’s the nature of
the NBA’s marketplace under the new collective bargaining agreement, with
player salaries slated to keep rising following the league’s next television
contract in 2025. Both the Hawks and Jazz, league sources told Yahoo Sports,
left draft night with the understanding that a Collins deal could still come
to fruition before the start of free agency. It took Rudy Gay to opt into his
$6.4 million player option Monday to complete the transaction, but Collins is
at last a member of the Jazz. We’ll see if any of Atlanta’s other loose
threads of trade talks, like the Hawks’ draft week negotiations with the
Pistons and Pacers regarding Hunter, can regain momentum.
How the rest of this offseason unfolds always occurs in some form of
trickle-down effect. Utah, for example, had been planning to target forwards
on the market, sources said, and acquiring Collins takes a potential landing
spot off the board for someone like Kyle Kuzma — one of the top free-agent
forwards said to be searching for upward of $30 million in average annual
salary. The Jazz only landed Collins, mind you, after Utah lost out on a
chance to sign a primary target in free agency. As Marc Stein first reported
on Substack, the Jazz were expected to become expensive bidders for Kristaps
Porzingis until the Wizards managed to pull off a three-team trade with the
Celtics and Grizzlies that sent Porzingis to Boston. The Celtics will now
have the chance to extend Porzingis for two more years, which brings Grant
Williams’ status in Boston further into question.
老鹰与爵士之间的交易互动一直都广为联盟所知。老鹰与爵士自从Rudy Gobert与Donovan
Mitchell的交易案之后就一直讨论交易Collins的可能性，而爵士拥有着第9与第16顺位的
选秀权提供老鹰足够的诱因。然而，老鹰无法利用Collins在选秀会中取得顺位的提升。这
就是即使在2025年球员薪资上限在新的转播合约预计增加的情况下，新的劳资协议展现出
的自由市场环境。无论如何，老鹰与爵士在离开选秀会之后，在自由市场开市之前，知道
Collins交易案都还有实现的可能性。这笔交易案最终需要Rudy Gay执行他的6.4M球员选项
，而Collins最终仍来到了盐湖城。这使我们从这笔交易案中看到其他交易案的线索，像是
老鹰在选秀会该周与溜马和活塞有关于De'Andre Hunter的谈判可能能重新获得一些动能。
休赛季的市场发展总是以某种形式的连锁反应实现。例如，原本犹他爵士想要寻求前锋的
补强，Collins的交易案使得他们追寻如Kyle Kuzma这名最佳自由球员前锋的潜在可能减少
了。据说他正在寻求一份均薪超过30M的合约。值得注意的是，爵士交易来Collins是在他
们失去了他们自由市场的主要目标之一