Godfather scenario

[KingSpeed]

Well they're listening to offers of a guy who played one NBA game and broke his leg and a guy who had one good month. I think they'd do Cousins for Plumlee, Vonleh, Hendo, a 2018 first round pick, and a 2022 first round pick. A young up and coming center in Plumlee, a potential all star in Vonleh, a solid starting SG in Hendo, and 2 firsts? They'd accept over anything the Lakers would offer
and we'd still have $39M in cap. Resign LA and you'd still have money for a max guy while having a big 3 of Cousins/LA/Dame

Omg

 

[BonesJones]

Omg

:MARIS61:???

 

[ThugginPaulyGAllen]

You don't get fair value when your player demands a trade; additionally, I'd take our offer over Randall and Jeremy Lin - their reported offer...

Keep in mind, Vonleh and Randall were both seen as similar prospects in regards to the PF position.

If we bring back Matthews (or sign someone like Butler) and get Aldridge to come back and sign someone like Jordan, or maybe keep RoLo/Plumlee rotation and add some awesome bench guys, we'll be in a very good spot. It's not realistic to have an all-star at 1 through 5, so having 3 great players in Lillard and Butler/Jordan (preferably Butler) and Aldridge and two complementary players like Henderson/Matthews (both great glue guys) and Rolo/Plumlee is a very good equation to have. Allows Lillard/Aldridge/Butler to get enough shots, and they fit really well together. Don't need 5 guys in the starting lineup for 15+ each.



That's nowhere near the value for Cousins. Even if they're Karl players (who may be fired soon), it's basically a solid bench player (Leonard) who could be a decent starter, a project who is 100% potential (remind you of a Frenchman we had for a while?), and a scorer who's shown flashes of brilliance but also has had a number of duds. They'd need to get at least 1 good starter, probably a good 1st round pick, and either unload a bad contract or receive a solid player or two (a Leonard or McCollum).