The Minnesota Timberwolves are in the market for a power forward and one name that continues to surface is John Collins.

This season, Minnesota had a hard time finding a perfect fit at the power forward position. They tried plenty of options, but nothing seemed to stick. The best player to slide next to Karl-Anthony Towns is a player with good size and defense.

Some teams have success with the small ball lineup, but for Towns, that hasn’t been the case. The Timberwolves have tried it with Robert Covington and Jaden McDaniels. Where they did see success, was with Taj Gibson, Gorgui Dieng and briefly, Kevin Garnett.

Shams Charania of The Athletic reported about the Wolves interest in Collins:

Dallas, Miami, San Antonio and Minnesota are among the teams expected to show interest in Collins, believing he could be attainable as a restricted free agent, sources said. 

Collins would be an interesting fit in Minnesota if they can find a way to bring him in. He’s set to become a restricted free agent and the Wolves aren’t sitting on a ton of cap space. If they found a way to acquire him, it would have to come through a sign-and-trade.

Sign-and-trades require assets to be given up, but historically speaking, it wouldn’t cost as much as trading for a player under contract. Still, Atlanta would be able to bring a decent package in return.

Collins completed his fourth season with the Hawks, averaging 17.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.0 blocks per game.

There have always been questions about his defense, but after a strong showing in the playoffs, he’s put those ideas to rest. Even during the regular season, he wasn’t a negative defender.

Collins has two major strengths on offense, those being in the pick-and-roll and stretching the floor.

D’Angelo Russell is a great point guard in the pick-and-roll and in a perfect world, they’d be slicing up the defense and throwing electric alley-oops.

In four years, Collins averaged 38.0 percent from 3-point range, but in his last two seasons, he shot 40.1 and 39.9 percent from 3.

The former Wake Forest star would be a perfect fit in Minnesota. He can stretch the floor, be elite in the pick-and-roll and play solid defense.