ESPN's Tim MacMahon revealed in a new interview that the Jazz traded Collins because he was too good at winning.

The Jazz, Clippers and Heat completed a three-team trade highlighted by Norman Powell going from L.A. to Miami and John Collins heading from Utah to the Clippers. When discussing the trade during the latest episode of Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective,

The Oklahoma City Thunder own the rights to the Jazz’s 2026 first round pick, unless it falls in the top eight. With the worst record in the league next season, the Jazz would be guaranteed to keep their pick because the lowest Utah could fall in the draft would be No. 5, like what happened this year when Utah landed Ace Bailey.