Report: John Collins and Atlanta Hawks Agree on Contract

One day after locking up franchise point guard Trae Young to a massive extension, the Atlanta Hawks have now secured the services of forward John Collins, as the team has signed the restricted free agent to a five-year, $125M deal. 

Restricted free agent F John Collins has agreed to a five-year, $125M deal to stay with the Atlanta Hawks, @excelbasketball agents Sean Kennedy and Jeff Schwartz tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 4, 2021

Collins has enjoyed a great start to his NBA career, producing numbers not often seen around the league, and despite a scoring and rebounding dip last year, the Hawks were quite pleased with his play. The team asked to him to change his game to better suit the team - especially in making room on the court for fellow big Clint Capela - who had a career year last season with the Hawks.

John Collins last 2 seasons:

19.2 PPG
8.5 RPG
57/40/82%

He is the only player averaging 18+ PPG on 50/40/80 in that span. pic.twitter.com/Bi7l6EcCzS

— StatMuse (@statmuse) August 4, 2021

For those that think this may be a bit pricey, Bobby Marks seems to think this is a great middle ground for the Hawks and Collins to meet. 

Atlanta has committed $300M in contracts this offseason with Trae Young and now John Collins.

The Hawks are right at $10M below the luxury tax with 13 players under contract. https://t.co/vV2P6Td9Zj

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 4, 2021

Here's hoping we'll see many more plays like this in Hotlanta in the future... 

Five-years, $125 million deal for John Collins to stay with the HAWKS 💰 (per @wojespn, via @ATLHawks) pic.twitter.com/TpDaECpcBC

— Overtime (@overtime) August 4, 2021

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