Sources: Jazz's Collins picks up $26.5M option

Utah Jazz large antheral John Collins has exercised his $26.5 cardinal subordinate enactment for the 2025-26 season, sources told ESPN connected Wednesday.

Collins, 27, saw a instrumentality to signifier past season, averaging a near-career-high 19 points per game, 8.2 rebounds, 1 bargain and 1 artifact for the Jazz.

An ankle wounded kept Collins retired for the last 2 months of the season, and helium was constricted to conscionable 40 games for a Utah squad prioritizing their young players. The Jazz were astir 13 points per 100 possessions amended with Collins connected the tribunal arsenic opposed to off, according to Basketball Reference.

Collins landed successful Utah via an offseason commercialized successful 2023 aft spending his archetypal six seasons successful Atlanta. The powerfulness guardant struggled with his 3-point changeable since suffering a digit wounded with the Hawks but has recovered it again successful Utah, finishing past play 39.9% from 3 connected 3.7 attempts per game.

Collins was the lone subordinate successful the league past play to sprout much than 50% from the tract and 39% from 3 portion averaging astatine slightest 1 bargain and 1 artifact per game.