Dallas Mavericks: 3 teams that need to trade for Kristaps Porzingis

By Zamir Bueno | Jun 12, 2021

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Kristaps Porzingis could be the John Collins replacement for the Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks currently face an uncertain future at the power forward position. Their current starting power forward, John Collins, is scheduled to be a restricted free agent this summer. It doesn’t appear that John Collins wants to be back in Atlanta, as back in January, a report came out that he was unhappy with his offensive role.

Chris Kirschner and Sam Amick of The Athletic wrote on January 8th that Collins expressed to teammates and coaches that he would like to be featured more in the offense during a film session. Collins’ desire is partly related to him waiting for a max contract in free agency this summer.

If Collins departs Atlanta, Porziņģis would be a good candidate to take over his role as the Hawks have used Collins as a roll man and a spot-up shooter. Collins shot 54 percent from the field as roll man this year on 2.2 attempts per game. The shooting percentage allows him to generate 3 points per game in 2.5 possessions: 17 percent of his scoring output.

When John Collins wasn’t a roll man, he was a spot-up shooter as he took 27 percent of his shots from behind the arc during the regular season, as he averaged 3.3 attempts per game. 97 percent of those attempts came from the catch and shoot department, as he averaged 3.2 per game.

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