Restricted free agent John Collins will return to the Atlanta Hawks after agreeing on a five-year and $125 million deal which includes a player option for the last season, according to Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN.
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
In the last offseason, the former 19th overall pick from the 2017 NBA Draft decided to bet on himself after rejecting a $90 million contract extension from the Hawks, and when Danilo Gallinari was signed the decision didn’t look like the best one.
But his performance in the playoffs and the team reaching the Eastern Conference Finals convinced the Hawks to give a bigger contract than the one negotiated one year ago.
Collins’ deal also joins Trae Young’s as the two big moves that Atlanta has made in free agency and already their teammates are making jokes on social media.
john wall bought rolex’s, im just saying @thetraeyoung & @jcollins20_
— solomon hill (@solohill) August 4, 2021
