Hop on the DMC train

[BigGameDamian]

I've been riding the train for a while now. I wouldn't give up CJ or Dame though but I still think the Blazers could get it done.

A big brute than can bully his way for a bucket in the paint is the only thing the Blazers are missing really. Can Vonleh be that guy?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

But Harmless would need to be included, but I think I'd be willing to give up both.

I wouldn't.

 

[oldfisherman]

Grant Napear is well-respected in the Sacramento community as a broadcaster covering Kings’ games since 1988. These are his quotes about Cousins.

“I said two years ago that enough was enough, I said it last year that enough was enough, and I’m [going to] say it again, alright? It’s just absolutely disgraceful that a 25-year-old professional athlete has no respect for authority at all. He has ZERO respect for authority,” Napear said in hisradio show last march.

“The Kings are [going to] have another bad season this year, and in my opinion, [Cousins] is largely responsible for it. He’s largely responsible for it because his teammates just flat out get sick of it,” Napear added.

“[Cousins’ Kings teammates] don’t want to deal with it. He sucks the air out of the locker room. Disrespectful to your superiors, disrespectful to authoritative figures, it’s flat-out wrong.”

 

[Pinwheel1]

Grant Napear is well-respected in the Sacramento community as a broadcaster covering Kings’ games since 1988. These are his quotes about Cousins.

Good find. I am sure most GM's have heard opinions like this on Boogie and because of it the trade packages will not include their teams star players. But on the other hand it only takes one desperate team to offer a lot.

 

[RR7]

Grant Napear is well-respected in the Sacramento community as a broadcaster covering Kings’ games since 1988. These are his quotes about Cousins.

Sounds like a whole lot of "back in my day" sort of talk. He said 2 years ago? If that shit show of a franchise stuck with Mike Malone, who Cousins really liked, they likely make the playoffs last season. They're completely inept.
He's a hot head for sure. From everything I've observed, it's a passion issue more than anything. In a he hates losing sort of sense. He's not punching hookers and raping soccer moms off the court. He hates losing. He hates the buddy-buddiness of the nba, something I think a ton of people would adore him for. He's not looking to go out and make friends. He wants to win. IMO

I think, with nothing to base it on, he's like a big child, a very gifted one, that needs that big brother to keep him in relative check. Dame is easily that guy. And not check off the court. He's fine there. He's hot headed. From passion. He's a much more talented Zach Randolph, when Zach was handed the reins to a shitty team. And Zach had nobody to tell him otherwise. There was a vacuum of leadership. Who has Cousins had to guide him?? If we got him without losing Dame or Cj?? I think Stotts finds lineups to challenge GS.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

And.....fuck Demarcus Cousins.

How dare you, sir.

 

[KingSpeed]

i have heard through the grapevine DMC would love to play in portland with Dame and CJ. i know you guys hate that "through the grapevine crap but im just sayin...
DMC could pull a melo and say he wouldnt sign with any other team if he really wanted to be here. then you could keep dame and cj and give them a choice of whoever else + picks
obviously not likely but YOU NEVER KNOW

This. If Cousins wants to play with Portland, he tells the other teams he won't re-sign with them. Then the Kings get what we say they get.

 

[blue9]

Grant Napear is well-respected in the Sacramento community as a broadcaster covering Kings’ games since 1988. These are his quotes about Cousins.

Meh. This "respect mah authoritah" and "superiors" talk is bullshit, and why our country is so bassackwards. Some "old boys club" definition of authority is not deserving of respect. Fuck those people - they shouldn't be respected. And clearly the Kings management isn't deserving of respect...they're a joke of an organization.

I do have my concerns about Cousins, but his "lack of respect" is towards the bottom of that list. I truly believe that if he were part of a good, strong organization, with a well-respected, clear-cut leader like Dame (with a wingman like CJ) that he'd buy in and be, if not a model teammate, the sort of hot-head that most teams need in order to win a championship (DET Sheed, Rodman, Green, Laimbeer, Shaq, JR Smith, etc). Simply put, Dame and CJ would not let DMC derail team morale. DMC isn't a leader, but because he's SAC's best player he's their de facto leader - exactly what we had going on with Sheed. The moment Sheed went to a team that already had leadership he was a catalyst to their championship.

 

[BlazerWookee]

'Lum DM'C
(McCollum, Dame, Cousins)

No.



Just no.

 

[blue9]

Good find. I am sure most GM's have heard opinions like this on Boogie and because of it the trade packages will not include their teams star players. But on the other hand it only takes one desperate team to offer a lot.

Of the teams rumored to be interested in DMC (Bulls, Knicks, Spurs, Lakers, Rockets) only the Lakers could put together a strong package for him. Any of the other teams would have to ship out players that they want to add DMC to, not swap for. No sense in bidding against ourselves for a "flawed" player. Unless CHI is willing to part with Mirotic (ha!) or the Knicks Porzingas (haha!) I don't see how they could put together an attractive package. Spurs simply don't have anything of value to a team like SAC. I suppose HOU could build something around Eric Gordan?

 

[BlazerWookee]

How dare you, sir.

 

[BigGameDamian]