Merged: Cousins traded to N'Awlins (for some Cajun shrimp)

[Chris Craig]

For Buddy Heild and a first round pick, is Divac retarded

 

[trailblazer18]

Wow, huge name to be moved. Definitely feels like this could open the door for other big name to be traded, i.e. Butler and George and the asking price bar was not set as high as I would have expected.

 

[Cippy91]

Damn, New Orleans must be going wild after the game

 

[BonesJones]

They only traded one first rounder?!

 

[santeesioux]

Did we get more/or at least equal value for Mason freaking Plumlee?

 

[BonesJones]

Watch. Chris Paul is gonna return to New Orleans in free agency this year.

 

[Chris Craig]

So Crabbe and two picks would have gotten us Boogie?

 

[ripcityboy]

 

[craigehlo]

Hield stinks. Undersized SG, that can't create his own shot. He was college player of the year you say? Aks Jimmer Fredette how his NBA career is going?

 

[Schilly]

So Crabbe and two picks would have gotten us Boogie?

I was waiting for that one... of course the Blazers offers alway could have been better than the final deal.

 

[Schilly]

Seriously though I wouldn't want any part of that clown on the Blazers.

 

[trailblazer18]

So two premier big men together. The Pels are going against the grain. Good on em. I'm fascinated to see if these two can dominate together. I don't expect them to do much damage in the playoffs, if they even make it, but they will beat some teams up down low the rest of the season.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Hield stinks. Undersized SG, that can't create his own shot. He was college player of the year you say? Aks Jimmer Fredette how his NBA career is going?

LOL. You mean Jimmer who people say was talented but a douchebag?

Hilarious that you write a guy off over half a season.

Doesnt matter what you think though because the kings obviously are high on him for better or worse.

 

[Cippy91]

So I guess Boogie is a free agent next year, didn't even see that. What a steal but a gamble with his headcase issues

 

[santeesioux]

 

[Cippy91]

I would like every team to approach trades like this for us, we would have Paul George for nothing

 

[Chris Craig]

So Buddy Heild, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, a first and a second

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

So Crabbe and two picks would have gotten us Boogie?

I dont think thats a better offer. Crabbe is paid a lot. Hield is still labeled as "potential" and cheap.

 

[craigehlo]

LOL. You mean Jimmer who people say was talented but a douchebag?

Jimmer wasn't a jerk, he just didn't have the tools to succeed in the NBA. Buddy isn't as bad, but he's just another great college player that's a bench player at best in the pros.

 

[Cippy91]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Dame is alpha enough for Cousins. Should have offered CJ.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Jimmer wasn't a jerk, he just didn't have the tools to succeed in the NBA. Buddy isn't as bad, but he's just another great college player that's a bench player at best in the pros.

"Jimmer thinks everybody is stupid," said an NBA assistant who worked with Fredette. "He thinks everybody needs to come and just turn over their offense and let him shoot it anytime he wants. That's not how the league works."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-jimmer-fredette-has-been-such-a-big-bust-in-the-nba-023311779.html

 

[Blazer Freak]

Still a great deal for NOP, but lots of things going on outside of trade. Looks like a 2017 and 2019 first, SAC loses their first this year if it's outside the top 10 and they were at risk to lose that. Obviously 200M is a lot to spend on any player, especially one that is such a drain on culture.

The quotes from his agent I call BS on. That has a lot to do with Cousins not being eligible for the $200m DPE if he is traded. That's a lot of money for a player and agent to lose.

 

[santeesioux]

Dame is alpha enough for Cousins. Should have offered CJ.

Seeing what the Kings thought he was worth, we absolutely should not have. Could have gotten him for far cheaper by the looks of it.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Dame is alpha enough for Cousins. Should have offered CJ.

Agree on the first part. Not that I think we would of done that since the other teams had low offers too but remember CJ has poison pill contract right now.

 

[julius]

Weird that it didn't take a CJ level player to get him. Maybe Butler could be had for less than CJ.


Not sure how much of that comment was sarcastic anymore.

 

[Cippy91]

 

[Cippy91]

lol Pelicans were going for Okafor, got Boogie instead

 

[Chris Craig]

Weird that it didn't take a CJ level player to get him. Maybe Butler could be had for less than CJ.


Not sure how much of that comment was sarcastic anymore.

No, Divac isn't the GM of the Bulls

 

[lawai'a]

Sac got pennies on the dollar.

its still a better return than we got for LaMarsha