#john-collins

#john-collins

The Boston Celtics have some tough decisions to make with not much time to make them.With Jaylen Brown making the All-NBA 2nd Team, he is now eligible for a Supermax extension.However, after a disappointing eastern conference final series, many Celtics fans are making the case to trade the star player, claiming he's not worth the massive extension and should have great value despite having 1 year left on his contract.

Celtics "It doesn't have to be pretty."The Celtics held off a spirited attempt by the Hawks to extend their first-round series on Thursday, claiming a 128-120 victory.Here are the takeaways.1.The Celtics did what they needed to do on Thursday: They limited the damage.Tuesday's meltdown at the end of Game 5 left them in a difficult position - they had to absorb a large (and mostly deserved) helping of criticism from fans and media for letting a double-digit advantage slip away in the final minutes while looking to move on against a Hawks team that suddenly believed it could win not just a couple of games, but maybe the whole series.

Jaylen Brown's hometown team, the Hawks, is a threat to sign the former No. 3 overall pick away from the Boston Celtics in the summer of 2024 - the first chance 29 teams will have a chance to bring Brown aboard since he entered the league.This, at least, according to an unnamed league executive who spoke to Heavy.

Staying in and mixing up cocktails on Friday nights can be lots of fun, and that's why home bars form an integral aspect of design today.It is a spot where you keep your wines and spirits in order.Of course, it's also a great place to store your glassware, cocktail tools, and a good recipe book.In a well-stocked bar, different styles of glassware are intended to optimize the drinking experience your guests are looking for.

We all love buzzy cocktails with attention-grabbing names and eye-popping colors.Just look at The Grinch, Tokyo Tea and the Green Tea Shot, for instance.Each one of these neon-hued sippers garnered millions of views on TikTok.But there's something to be said about the unassuming classics, like the Tom Collins.

The Boston Celtics can prove they're out of what has been an early-March malaise, or they can indicate that the March 8 win over Portland was merely a standout night, when they play the Hawks at the Philips Arena on March 11.Atlanta comes into this one having split their last 10 games, which have been merely a microcosm of their 2022-23 season.

Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio Scotland, live text on the BBC Sport website & app, highlights on BBC One Scotland

Scotland captain Andy Robertson says visitors Cyprus will be no pushovers as the "toughest group in the whole of the Euro qualifiers" starts on Saturday.Ex-Newcastle United midfielder Temuri Ketsbaia's team are bottom seeds.

Former Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka is already drawing interest from other teams following the C's organizational decision to promote interim head coach Joe Mazzulla to permanent HC and hand him a multi-year extension - with the Hawks, fresh off of firing Nate McMillan, hot on his trail according to a tweet from Marc Stein on February 22.
Udoka was suspended by the team a week before training camp in September due to an inappropriate intimate affair with a female member of the organization, who was allegedly a Danny Ainge hire.

The Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks may not look like two teams that are that far apart, but Toronto going 9-7 while half the rotation got hurt is slightly more impressive than Tom Thibodeau starting off 8-7 following a big offseason spending spree.Julius Randle puts up good numbers, but the fanbase is still sour on him.

Though the Miami Heat couldn't win their recent game against the New York Knicks, the second half of that contest might be what represents a shift in what they've had going on since the All-Star break.Facing the Atlanta Hawks twice over the last two games, Saturday and Monday, with both being victories for this Miami Heat bunch, some could point to the fact that they've played the same team twice as a result of those victories.

The Atlanta Hawks, winners of four of their previous six, slammed a comeback effort from the Miami Heat shut, earning the 121-113 victory on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.Tyler Herro's triple - his first-and-only 3-pointer of the game - with 58.3 seconds left brought a once-26-point Hawks lead down to 115-111.

With the hefty list of names that have been involved in trade rumors with the Miami Heat there is one that continues to resurface; Jae Crowder.The disgruntled 3 and D PF has not played at all this season for the Phoenix Suns, as he has held out until a trade is completed.Miami though, seems to still be at the front of the rumors ahead of the upcoming NBA trade deadline next month.

Miami Heat front office seem to be actively looking for potential PF depth.Throughout this season alone, Miami has been linked to players like Jae Crowder and Grant Williams, two players who can add a 3 & D presence to the team.There's also even been some possibilities of getting involved with John Collins, although that could just be a rumor.

Fresh off of a long overdue win against the Brooklyn Nets, the 32-27 Knicks head to Atlanta to take on the 29-29 Hawks in what will be the fourth and final matchup of the season between the two teams.Despite being a non-nationally-televised game in February, this contest will be a rather critical one for a few reasons.

The biggest shot the Boston Celtics, or seemingly any other team could take, at the trade deadline is hunting for a John Collins trade.Collins' numbers are down across the board in 2022-23, and he hasn't seen eye to eye with franchise cornerstone, for now at the very least, Trae Young.The price for the explosively athletic six-foot-nine nightly double-double threat is dropping by the minute as he continues to put up pedestrian stats on a fairly hefty contract by modern NBA salary standards.

After so much pressure on the team to make a move at the beginning of the season following a dismal start on the court, the Lakers have relieved some of that pressure in the best way possible: by winning.As the old adage goes, winning solves everything and though everything isn't solved with the Lakers, it's a lot easier to live with the warts and faults of the team when they're coming away with wins.

The Miami Heat got a much-needed tough road win on Sunday evening.Facing off against the Atlanta Hawks, one of the new-look teams this year after acquiring Dejounte Murray from San Antonio this past offseason, the Hawks have shown capable of being able to put up points in the bunches this season.And though that has looked good for their team, for the most part, one of their past  feature pieces has seen himself, sort of,  phased out or left behind.

The Washington Wizards need to find a way to shake things up.They have some sort of organizational mandate to compete at all costs, so expecting or prompting them to tank will be a fruitless endeavor.Yet even with four-straight wins they are just 22-26, tied for 10th in the East.Their trade recently that sent Rui Hachimura to the Los Angeles Lakers was about this summer, not this season, and will likely hurt their chances at winning games.

In a slew of recent trade reports, it has become clear that the Washington Wizards are really going to try and pay Kyle Kuzma a ridiculous amount of money rather than believe in Rui Hachimura.This, of course, makes perfect sense for the Wizards because they love to chase mediocrity.In the same wave of recent rumors that spread across the NBA like a wildfire, there were a few interesting names that seem intriguing for possible trades involving Hachimura.

For the past few seasons, Washington Wizards Bradley Beal has consistently been one of the NBA's hottest trade targets.After his supermax contract and no-trade clause however, another player has taken the spotlight, forward Kyle Kuzma.According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Kuzma is a trade target by the Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns.

The Chicago Bulls snapped their losing streak with a win over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night, and they're back in action in Atlanta to take on Trae Young and the Hawks on Wednesday.Chicago is 3-2 against the spread in the second leg of a back-to-back this season, and the team is set as an underdog in this game.

Fresh off a blowout win over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night, the Chicago Bulls head to Atlanta to take on Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.The Hawks have lost three straight games, and they're in a tough spot with Dejounte Murray and John Collins sidelined due to injury.This hasn't been an ideal start to the season for the Bulls, but with back-to-back wins the team has some momentum coming into this matchup.

Sometimes it's about finding a way to win.The Nets aren't in it for style points - at least not yet.They want to keep piling more wins than losses.That's the name of the game.Friday's 120-116 victory over the Atlanta Hawks wasn't pretty.The Nets were without starting center Nic Claxton (right hamstring tightness) and reserve forward Yuta Watanabe (right hamstring strain).

AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack  If John Collins is indeed on the trading block, the Brooklyn Nets may be one of his suitors.SNY's Ian Begley reported on The Putback podcast (h/t Alder Almo of Empire Sports Media) Thursday that the Nets "have indeed touched base with Atlanta about Collins.Just interesting because that's, I think the Nets are in search of some help along the front line.

It was very obvious to anyone watching on Friday night that Fred VanVleet was not himself.As such, it should come as no surprise that VanVleet will not play for the Toronto Raptors tonight, as he rests a stiff lower back.Which likely spells trouble for the 3-3 Raptors.Guards like Tyrese Maxey (44 points on 20 shots on Friday) , Trae Young and Dejounte Murray, with end-to-end speed and quickness at the point of attack, feast if Fred isn't 100% or sitting out.