Even if the team won last night in Portland, the Jazz took the season at the wrong end, and the absences of major players, like Lauri Markkanen and Jordan Clarkson, do not explain everything. The leaders would be aware of this since the Salt Lake Tribune reports that John Collins already has his exit ticket.
We didn't really understand his arrival this summer, and the experience is clearly not conclusive. Sick for three matches, the former Atlanta power forward would not seek to integrate according to the daily, to the point of frustrating the staff and managers.
Other players are transferable
It remains to be seen whether a team would be interested in his athletic power forward profile. In Atlanta as in Utah, he did not convince, and he could be part of a “package” since Mark Stein reports that executives are considering parting ways with other elements. Thus Collin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson and Kelly Olynyk will not be selected if one or more franchises are interested in them.
A free agent next summer, Kelly Olynyk would be the one who could leave first, while Jordan Clarkson cannot be traded before January 7, since he extended last summer.
| John Collins | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | ATL | 74 | 24 | 57.6 | 34.0 | 71.5 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 10.5 |
| 2018-19 | ATL | 61 | 30 | 56.0 | 34.8 | 76.3 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 19.5 |
| 2019-20 | ATL | 41 | 33 | 58.3 | 40.1 | 80.0 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 21.6 |
| 2020-21 | ATL | 63 | 29 | 55.6 | 39.9 | 83.3 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 17.6 |
| 2021-22 | ATL | 54 | 31 | 52.6 | 36.4 | 79.3 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 16.2 |
| 2022-23 | ATL | 71 | 30 | 50.8 | 29.2 | 80.3 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 13.1 |
| 2023-24 | UTH | 22 | 31 | 48.2 | 38.3 | 75.0 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 14.5 |
| Total | 386 | 29 | 54.7 | 35.8 | 78.2 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 15.8 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
