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作者: Jake Fischer
2023 NBA free agency: With John Collins trade, forwards dominating early
discussions
2023NBA自由市場:John Collins交易案之後，前鋒們出現在眾多早期討論中
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選秀以及即將在星期五晚間開始的自由市場帶來了一些受預期的交易活動。毫
不意外的，猶他爵士與亞特蘭大老鷹達成了一筆交易。老鷹將John Collins送至鹽湖城並
結束了這一年來圍繞Collins交易方案的對話。老鷹也相當積極的在尋求交易掉De'Andre
Hunter的機會，而明尼蘇達灰狼隊同時將Naz Reid以3年42M的價碼續約之後將會帶來連鎖
效應並影響休賽季的情勢。
Collins被交易到猶他是NBA這一系列減輕支出操作的最新交易範例。勇士隊將Jordan
Poole交易走換回Chris Paul或許是選秀日最受矚目的交易案，同時獨行俠與國王也擺脫掉
了Davis Bertans與Richaun Holmes。雖然老鷹隊在選秀過程中一直試圖擺脫掉John
Collins 5年125M合約的剩餘3年並嘗試了各種途徑。曾經獨行俠與老鷹被認為是完美的交
易夥伴，但這兩隊從未達成協議，這之中就包含了Clint Capela的交易方案，該方案可能
涉及了第10與第15順位的各種交易結果。
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.
老鷹與爵士之間的交易互動一直都廣為聯盟所知。老鷹與爵士自從Rudy Gobert與Donovan
Mitchell的交易案之後就一直討論交易Collins的可能性，而爵士擁有著第9與第16順位的
選秀權提供老鷹足夠的誘因。然而，老鷹無法利用Collins在選秀會中取得順位的提升。這
就是即使在2025年球員薪資上限在新的轉播合約預計增加的情況下，新的勞資協議展現出
的自由市場環境。無論如何，老鷹與爵士在離開選秀會之後，在自由市場開市之前，知道
Collins交易案都還有實現的可能性。這筆交易案最終需要Rudy Gay執行他的6.4M球員選項
，而Collins最終仍來到了鹽湖城。這使我們從這筆交易案中看到其他交易案的線索，像是
老鷹在選秀會該週與溜馬和活塞有關於De'Andre Hunter的談判可能能重新獲得一些動能。
休賽季的市場發展總是以某種形式的連鎖反應實現。例如，原本猶他爵士想要尋求前鋒的
補強，Collins的交易案使得他們追尋如Kyle Kuzma這名最佳自由球員前鋒的潛在可能減少
了。據說他正在尋求一份均薪超過30M的合約。值得注意的是，爵士交易來Collins是在他
們失去了他們自由市場的主要目標之一