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A bit of trade speculation surrounding Cousins...

Handlogten's Heros said:
I could see this happening if it wasn't for the ownership and coach both wanting to win now. If Boogie gets traded some future pieces will be coming, but most likely some win now stuff as well... Maybe a 3-way with Lawson and stuff going to Sacramento the NY pick going to Denver.
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I wonder if a #1 pick would change their minds.

If you pick Okafor and add him to Sac, they look a lot better:

Collinson
Stauskas
Gay
Landry
Okafor

That's a solid core. A much better team that trading Cousins for Den's PG.
 
5 years in the NBA, 5 seasons with 50+(adjusted for the lockout year) losses in the league! For a supposedly top 10 player in the league, he surely doesn't help his team win much... Go figure.
 
Well Hayward and Favors HAVE sat out the last two games so maybe they're going to be traded. Probably have quietly asked for a trade since Utah missed the playoffs yet again!

JK..

Didn't Utah just get rid of a UK cancer? Why bring in a new one? DMC is a very talented player. But he's a head case. The Block Brothers have great chemistry going. You can tell this team is tight now that Kanter is gone. An all-star PG is the only player Utah should consider trading valuable assets for.
 
green said:
I wonder if a #1 pick would change their minds.

If you pick Okafor and add him to Sac, they look a lot better:

Collinson
Stauskas
Gay
Landry
Okafor

That's a solid core. A much better team that trading Cousins for Den's PG.
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I think Sacramento should tear the thing down and build around a top 3 pick from NY and a top 6 pick of their own this year... then you realize that the owner wants to win now and doesn't know what he is doing... the coach is 100 years old and has 2-3 years left and probably doesn't want to pile up a bunch of losses... who the hell knows who the GM is there... Is it Vlade? All of this adds up to making really stupid short term decisions.

I imagine a negotiation between Sacramento and NY would be high comedy though...
 
It would be foolish to not do due diligence on this. And there's a nearly unassailable precedence for the importance of star power as it relates to NBA champions. And for what it's worth, Cousins has been on a good team for a short time, then that maniac owner fired the coach that actually knew what he was doing and getting through to the players.

But I definitely lean towards not ****ing up what's happening right now.
 
NUMBERICA said:
It would be foolish to not do due diligence on this. And there's a nearly unassailable precedence for the importance of star power as it relates to NBA champions. And for what it's worth, Cousins has been on a good team for a short time, then that maniac owner fired the coach that actually knew what he was doing and getting through to the players.

But I definitely lean towards not ****ing up what's happening right now.
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I would poke around the deal, but more in an effort to see if there were opportunities to get assets as a third team and help facilitate things a little.
 
Some posters freak out when someone posts about D-Will returning and what it will do to team morale. Cousins is the worst cancer out there. His attitude sucks, he's fought teammates in the past (college, NBA), pulled Thomas away from Chris Paul during a post-game handshake, etc. Hell, no.
 
green said:
There is an obvious trade out. Cousins to NY for draft picks. I mentioned this a couple weeks ago, but it just makes too much sense. Jackson needs another all star to pair with Carmelo, Jackson becomes coach and they all ride off into the sunset...and blow up in a fire-y mess. Lol.

Get it done. I'd love to see Fisher stuck with Carmelo and Baby Cousins. I'd love to watch Jackson crash and burn without officials ther to bail him out.
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Don't salaries have to match or something?
I don't think picks from ny for cousins works
 
jope said:
Combine Measurements
Name, Agility, Sprint, Wingspan
Favors, 11.74, 3.25, 7’4’’
Cousins, 11.40, 3.55, 7’6’’

Cousins is both more agile and longer than favors. He also has a better defRtg, and averages more steals and the same # of blocks per36. I don't see why he couldn't have similar success as Favors out on the perimeter with proper motivation.
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The notions of Cousins as a defensive liability or as someone who could not defend the perimeter are silly. Cousins has ELITE defensive skills and offensive skills and performance. His head just isn't screwed on too tightly and he is a locker room cancer, which is why you don't do this deal.
 
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