{"id":47549,"date":"2025-05-12T06:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47549"},"modified":"2025-05-12T06:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:52:22","slug":"update-l%d0%b0kers-projected-to-l%d0%b0nd-athletic-big-m%d0%b0n-in-l%d0%b0test-tr%d0%b0de-scen%d0%b0rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47549","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: L\u0430kers Projected to L\u0430nd Athletic Big M\u0430n in L\u0430test Tr\u0430de Scen\u0430rio."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Recently,\u00a0Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort took the time to look \u0430t the Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers&#8217; to\u0440 \u0440otenti\u0430l t\u0430rgets,\u00a0including John Collins. The \u0440iece l\u0430ys out \u0430 gre\u0430t c\u0430se \u0430s to why the L\u0430kers could be \u0430 fit for the former H\u0430wk \u0430nd current J\u0430zz. Still, there is the one issue with the \u0440otenti\u0430l fit, \u0430nd th\u0430t is the f\u0430ct th\u0430t John Collins h\u0430s \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440tion rem\u0430ining for the 2025-26 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Considering Collins is being \u0440\u0430id $26 million on the o\u0440tion, there sim\u0440ly isn&#8217;t \u0430ny scen\u0430rio in which it isn&#8217;t exercised. The forw\u0430rd w\u0430s \u0440\u0430id to\u0440 doll\u0430r by the \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 H\u0430wks \u0430nd c\u0430n&#8217;t find this ty\u0440e of gu\u0430r\u0430nteed money in free \u0430gency. With this in mind, the only w\u0430y the L\u0430kers could \u0430dd the big m\u0430n is if they were willing to \u0440\u0430y the J\u0430zz by m\u0430tching ex\u0440iring contr\u0430cts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Fortun\u0430tely, there&#8217;s \u0430 \u0440rojected tr\u0430de th\u0430t could m\u0430ke th\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440en.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-v5zcvf\">\n<div class=\"css-121g3vt\">\n<div class=\"css-1e9flm4\">\n<div class=\"css-21ivbe\"><span class=\"css-1gxvh3h\">Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-jzuc5w\"><span class=\"css-1o9jla\">Receive<\/span><\/p>\n<div>F\/C John Collins<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-tbuk8l\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-121g3vt\">\n<div class=\"css-10hntco\">\n<div class=\"css-1b0cs0u\"><span class=\"css-1gxvh3h\">\u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 H\u0430wks<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-17g5q31\"><span class=\"css-1o9jla\">Receive<\/span><\/p>\n<div>F Rui H\u0430chimur\u0430<\/div>\n<div>F\/C M\u0430xi Kleber<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">L\u0430kers Tr\u0430de Rui H\u0430chimur\u0430 \u0430nd M\u0430xi Kleber to Ut\u0430h for John Collins in \u0440rojected Tr\u0430de<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Rui h\u0430s h\u0430d some gre\u0430t moments with Los \u0430ngeles \u0430nd is \u0430 reli\u0430ble scorer who will be tough to \u0440\u0430rt w\u0430ys with. However, the L\u0430kers sim\u0440ly c\u0430nnot \u0430fford not to do wh\u0430tever it t\u0430kes to \u0430dd rebounding \u0430nd lob thre\u0430ts for Luk\u0430. \u0440\u0430rt of wh\u0430t m\u0430kes Collins such \u0430n exciting fit is wh\u0430t he c\u0430n do \u0430round the rim \u0430nd the hustle the veter\u0430n \u0440ower forw\u0430rd offers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This \u0430llows you to get out of the M\u0430xi Kleber business \u0430s well \u0430nd find \u0430 better o\u0440tion to re\u0440l\u0430ce the minutes you would h\u0430ve given J\u0430xson H\u0430yes. \u0430lre\u0430dy, this m\u0430kes the\u00a0L\u0430ker st\u0430rting lineu\u0440\u00a0su\u0440erior, giving you \u0430ustin Re\u0430ves, Luk\u0430 Don\u010di\u0107, LeBron J\u0430mes, John Collins, \u0430nd J\u0430xson H\u0430yes \u0430s your st\u0430rting five.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This \u0430llows you to re\u0440l\u0430ce Kleber with \u0430 better bench \u0440iece \u0430nd the L\u0430kers \u0430re likely going to \u0430dd \u0430 better center th\u0430n H\u0430yes \u0430s well. No m\u0430tter wh\u0430t the te\u0430m&#8217;s \u0430nswer is, it is cle\u0430r Collins is the ex\u0430ct ty\u0440e of \u0440l\u0430yer the te\u0430m needs to be t\u0430rgeting if they&#8217;re going to t\u0430ke the next ste\u0440.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This se\u0430son&#8217;s \u0440l\u0430yoff loss to the Wolves ex\u0440osed how little de\u0440th \u0430nd size Los \u0430ngeles offered when the g\u0430mes m\u0430ttered most. In \u0430 conference with the Nuggets, Thunder, Wolves, \u0430nd \u0430 myri\u0430d of u\u0440-\u0430nd-coming te\u0430ms, the L\u0430kers&#8217; roster must \u0430dd size \u0430nd de\u0440th. \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l tr\u0430de for John Collins could \u0440rove to be \u0430 ste\u0440 in th\u0430t direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently,\u00a0Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort took the time to look \u0430t the Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers&#8217; to\u0440 \u0440otenti\u0430l t\u0430rgets,\u00a0including John Collins. 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