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

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MickZagger said:
You probably think I'm super crazy, but I'd rather have Nurkic over Cousins in terms of fitting in with this team. Cousins is a knucklehead for one, for 2 he's on a much larger contract, he's older, he won't stay here after a year anyways. From what I've seen out of Nurkic, he's a star big in waiting. Denver's GM has been doing a good job the last couple years outside of maybe Gary Harris and that might be too early to tell. Jokic looks like a Bird/Sabonis/Magic Johnson type freak. Only 21 and there's nothing that kid can't do. They got him with the 41st pick? Good lawd.
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I'm with you. People are sleeping on Nurks talent. And he's only a year older than Vonleh. I've seen him back down literally every center in the post (cousins included.) His ceiling is no joke.
 
With the dumpster fire that Sacramento is, do you think there is any chance of dumping Meyer there?

Meyers for Tyreke... I'd actually consider resigning him if we could unload ET
 
STOMP said:
Fantastic move for the Pels instantly becoming one of the league's elite teams while Sac cements it's place in the league's heirachy for the foreseeable future with yet another boneheaded move. Can't say I'm too bummed as a Blazer fan over a missed opportunity though. As opposed to PDX, small market NO seems to have a very reasonable shot at resigning Boogie as it's close to where he grew up.
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The Webber/Stojakovic/Divac teams notwithstanding, Sacramento is probably the most hapless franchise of my basketball-watching lifetime, going back to the 1980s. Golden State would have been neck-and-neck with them, but their current success is too major (and likely will last for a bit) for them to still be in Sacramento's neighborhood overall.
 
i wonder how Evans feels about going back to SacTown
 
STOMP said:
Fantastic move for the Pels instantly becoming one of the league's elite teams while Sac cements it's place in the league's heirachy for the foreseeable future with yet another boneheaded move. Can't say I'm too bummed as a Blazer fan over a missed opportunity though. As opposed to PDX, small market NO seems to have a very reasonable shot at resigning Boogie as it's close to where he grew up.

STOMP
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I don't agree with that. I know AD and Cousins is insane but what do they have outside of that?
 
I'm calling it now. Chris Paul will return to New Orleans to pair up with Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins.

The Pelicans will have nearly $20M in cap space next year already. All they have to do is shed Asiks or Hill's contact.

If they could somehow trade Asik, Hill, and Moore they'd have a whopping $50M in cap space. I could see them signing Paul and bringing back Holiday as their starting SG.

Either that or signing Paul and trying to land a 4th all-star like Gordon Hayward to play on the wing.
 
I wonder if the Pels trade Holiday and Asik for Carmelo. I think the Knicks would take that, that would clear Asik's contract, and would be even more enticement for Chris Paul to return to New Orleans next year.
 
It already said early this year majority of the GM wouldn't touch cousins due to his behavior. You can be has talent as you want but if your behavior is bad then people will sour on you. I think Sac after last incident was enough for them and especially when his next contract he was looking for was over 200 million dollars.
 
e_blazer said:
You're assuming the Blazers wanted to make a deal. Maybe Olshey figured Cousins:

A. Is a head case; and

B. Wouldn't re-sign here.

I suspect Olshey didn't make an offer.
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To be fair, I wrote that on my 10 minute break - so I had no idea Cousins was traded before then. So your assumption is actually not wrong or right, because I didn't know. lol.
 
It's a good risk for New Orleans though. They will now be a decent free agent destination in the Summer and will do all in their power to bring Chris Paul back IMO. Cousins may or may not resign there but they will have at least 1.5 years of him for not much - one disappointing young player who is not even that young anymore, a solid but inspiring rotation player, an expiring contract and a first round pick that will not land somewhere between 15 and 20. If they did not feel like tanking it's a good choice.
 
Wow, that deal was ridiculous. It just goes to show what many here have already said, when teams offload a star with attitude issues, they usually don't get much in return. Some where saying we could never get Cousins without trading Lillard or CJ.

Portland could have offered something similar to NO, offering draft picks and Ezeli as an expiring contract. They could have even had anyone else on the roster aside from Damian and CJ. I wonder if we were ever in the running.
 
Nate said:
I think every team in the league could have given them a better package.
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But we're any of them willing to? Maybe Cousins agent told SAC he was going to walk, and maybe it's a popular belief that it will be hard to resign him.

He's been literally trapped in an unpleasant situation his whole career, it would only make sense for him to want to choose where he plays as a FA.

Most GM's aren't in the game of making massive risks, but it actually makes sense for the Pelicans to swing for the fences.
 
What makes this worse (and maybe it was said already) but apparently Pistons put up Drummond for Cousions and sac said no. LOOOOOL. I mean, there's bad decisions, then there's taking NO's offer when you could have a great center in return. Unreal.
 
So, something to think about. Maybe now Sacremento will be moving to Seattle - thus, Portland stays! See?!
 
Strenuus said:
Can you explain why? I'm intrigued.
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Several reasons.

1. Don't think he nor Sac wanted to re-sign this offseason.

2. Too much of a head case to win anything at this point.

3. Sac is not done dealing. Vlade trying to mimic Ainge plan in Boston
 
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