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Report: F John Collins signing 3-year, $51M deal with PistonsFree agent forward John Collins agreed to a three-year, $51 million deal with the Detroit Pistons, ESPN reported Wednesday.,Collins, 28, is expected to start at power forward for Detroit after averaging 13.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 69 games (56 starts) for the Los Angeles Clippers the 2025-26 sea...

Report: Utah Jazz F John Collins picks up $26.58M player optionUtah Jazz power forward John Collins has exercised his $26.58 million player option for next season, ESPN reported on Wednesday afternoon.,Collins, 27, had signed a five-year, $125 million contract in August 2021 while with the Atlanta Hawks. In July of 2023, he was traded to Utah in exchange for Ru...

The Atlanta Hawks have gone from up-and-coming to an Eastern Conference afterthoughtIt wasn’t long ago that the Atlanta Hawks were on the cusp of an NBA Finals appearance. They turned a 41-win campaign (in a 72-game season) into what many thought would be a launching point as perennial contenders. Now the Hawks’ halftime show announcements are more exciting than what’s happening on...

Here are the New Year's resolutions I'd like to see for the NBA

The NBA has never been more fun. Three-point bombing, higher-than-ever talent, a global player pool and the best product in professional sports. But it’s far from perfect. We’ve pinpointed five resolutions we want to see in 2024 that can improve the game on and off the court. ...

Phoenix Suns' Big 3 will be put on hold...again

Welcome to Deadspin’s The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught, and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the surface of a rock in an indifferent universe....

Something had to give with the Hawks’ expensive roster, and it was John Collins

The Atlanta Hawks finally decided that the talent of John Collins wasn’t financially worth his on-court production. After six seasons with the Hawks, he was traded largely as a salary dump. Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, they sent him to the Utah Jazz for Rudy Gay, who is on an expiring contract, an...

The Rockets are the NBA’s most ambitious offseason franchise

After the Denver Nuggets championship parade, it will be the Rockets time to shine. The Houston Rockets’ ‘Light the fuse” mantra has encapsulated their offseason machinations since Jalen Green’s bold IG Live set the tone for the summer by vowing to reach the postseason in 2024. That’s easier said th...

Nate McMillan was a <i>Major Payne</i> to Trae Young, so who should be the Hawks' next coach?

Nearly two years to the day the Atlanta Hawks fired Lloyd Pierce, his replacement Nate McMillan met the same fate. We knew his coaching position was terminal two months ago when an argument between McMillan and Young spilled out into the public sphere. And while Young’s poor relationship with McMcMi...