Collins might be a dynamic pick-and-choose partner with Luka Dončić, since the bouncy big man can both hammer home lobs and shred nets from three. Collins isn't a center, though, nor a particularly helpful defender. And, again, he might require more in trade assets than he's worth by virtue of being in Utah.

Williams appeared to be the type of young, athletic, defensive-minded center they both wanted and needed. But he failed his physical, and just like that, kaput went that trade. Some have wondered since if the Lakers could revisit that trade this summer,