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I wouldn’t throw a protected first any more for Collins.

Nope you can´t do it. I´m always looking for buy low candidates, but you cannot give up any assets for players like Collins, Simmons or Ball. People think it´s mental with Simmons; that he hates basketball and all that. Looking at the recent pictures of him, all skinny and hunched over: the guy has a messed up back. There is no (mental) change of scenery that will make his back better.

And with Collins you´d think this small finger injury must be fixable. From what I have read, you need to splinter it immediately for a month, to straighten the finger and allow the tendons to heal in a natural position. If it´s not successful, you got to get surgery immediately. That might not fix it 100%, but makes it significantly better. But the longer you wait, the more likely it becomes irrreversible. Given that Collins has dragged this on for two years, you might never get the old Collins back.