[source](https://marcstein.substack.com/p/more-nba-trade-free-agency-and-draft?r=p156y&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post)
“The Mavericks and Hawks, league sources say, have found no common ground to date on their discussions about the veterans that would be involved in a deal to potentially swap first-round picks Thursday. Atlanta wants John Collins attached to it’s No. 15 pick in exchange for Dallas’ No. 10 selection and Davis Bertans, as first reported by Yahoo! Sports Jake Fischer. Dallas wants Trae Young favorite Clint Capela swapped in for Collins.”
by geargarcon
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I find it interesting that there is any credibility to this rumor and that the potential hold up is not Bertans but that it would include Collins vs Capela. I would be impressed if Nico could pull this off.
Capela or bust
Omg we are back thank god
Good shit on not budging for Collins. It’s Capela or we’re out
Feels like a deal that won’t get made until draft night if it happens at all. Maybe if the player ATL wants at 10 is there they’ll cave and do Capella.
Getting a legit starting center by going back 5 picks and using Bertans would be massive. Capela has declined a little from his Houston days, but he is still miles better than anything we have had at the 5. They can take a player at 15 or trade down into the 20s and try to get another good rotation player. I think there was a report that the Mavs are working out a lot of guys in the 20s range or below. Plus they still have a future 1st to try to get a starting 3 or 4.
So Atlanta wants us to take a lower draft pick and their trash so they can get an expiring contract and move up in the draft? There should be no consideration of any sort of deal like that.
Good, Collins’ contract is terrible
NGL I’d swap Collins for Bertans for just the 15th pick – collins is a fairly sizable overpay and has 3 years left on his contract, while Bertans is nearly essentially an expiring. Zero way I’m giving up the 10th pick to do that tho.
Wonder if Atlanta will wait until they see who is available at 10 to potentially offer Capela, but they run the risk of another team throwing Dallas a better offer at that time then too.
Less than a week away – can’t wait!