The Indiana Pacers have interest in trading for a power forward with John Collins of the Atlanta Hawks as a potential target. The Pacers have played better than expected after entering the season perceived as a rebuilding team. Atlanta has been shopping Collins for at least two years now. The 6-foot-9 big man has four years and $102 million left on his contract through 2025-26. Because the Pacers are sitting on close to $30 million in cap space, they can absorb Collins without having to involve complicated salary-matching in a trade. Indiana has told rival teams that they are looking for a power forward to complement their deep guard group led by Tyrese Haliburton. – Jake Fischer/Yahoo Sports
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It's an interesting idea. It may depend on how much the Hawks want to shave salary vs get a play now piece or future assets in the deal.
Although offensively that lineup would be nasty, the defense of that lineup would be really bad. Collins isn’t a defender, and Smith is okay at best. Would be really fun lineup to watch though. You do that Duarte, Brissett, and the Celtics first deal all day.
The pacers don’t need to match salary, they have 30 mil in cap space. Edit: you got there at the end of the video lol