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[NUMBERICA]

Is anyone concerned AT ALL, that Cousins would eat Corbin - and inevitably whoever the Jazz got to replace him if it came down to it - alive?

 

[spycam1]

Is anyone concerned AT ALL, that Cousins would eat Corbin - and inevitably whoever the Jazz got to replace him if it came down to it - alive?

Some. I was also worried he wouldn't want to play in Utah long term, but PKM says that's not the case. Idk, I'm definitely down for going after him if he's being made available...and I'd come out swinging with the bids.

 

[GVC]

Please explain.

Seems to me Cousins has all the talent, physicality and drive to win to be a force in the NBA. He doesn't display an ability to consistently harness his tools to best help his team win, at least in his early NBA career; there's no reason why he should be shooting such a poor percentage or fouling at such a high rate. He hasn't had an opportunity to play with good veterans and/or coaches who command respect and can back it up with a deep understanding of what it takes to win basketball games. Duncan/Parker/Pop or Rick Adelman (with Rubio and Love) might actually be able to teach Cousins how to play.

 

[spycam1]

... But go get Cousins. Before the league finds out.
Serious.

Most curious sentence of the thread.

 

[orangello]

Is anyone concerned AT ALL, that Cousins would eat Corbin - and inevitably whoever the Jazz got to replace him if it came down to it - alive?

Nope. Not if the Jazz can eat up the Lakers. And the Jazz would eat up the Lakers with Cousins and Favors playing together.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Nope. Not if the Jazz can eat up the Lakers. And the Jazz would eat up the Lakers with Cousins and Favors playing together.

You're getting extremely ahead of yourself.

Players need to know how to play and how to play with each other. From what little I've seen of Cousins, I see an immensely talented player that has no clue what the **** is going on and I'm not sure that the Jazz have the organizational strength at this point to change that.

 

[orangello]

Seems to me that Cousins has all the talent, physicality and drive to win to be a force in the NBA. He doesn't always seem to know how to harness his tools to best help his team win, at least in his early NBA career. There's no reason why he should be shooting such a poor percentage or fouling at such a high rate. He hasn't had an opportunity to play with good veterans and/or coaches who command respect and can back it up with a deep understanding of what it takes to win basketball games while in Sacramento. Duncan/Parker/Pop or Rick Adelman (with Rubio and Love) might actually be able to teach Cousins how to play.

Solid reasoning but it doesn't benefit the Jazz at all.

 

[orangello]

Most curious sentence of the thread.

Agreed.

 

[GVC]

Solid reasoning but it doesn't benefit the Jazz at all.

Do the Jazz have the personnel to get the best out of Cousins?

 

[UGLI baby]

I'm torn, jazzfanz. This has the potential to be the greatest thread on the webz, but I love y'all and I'm a big softie. What to do?!

 

[Hotdog]

So everyone would do a Cousins/Favors swap? What's going on here? I'd be willing to swap Kanter for him...and maybe even throw in the GS pick. But I'm not giving up Favors.

I wouldn't swap Favors for Cousins. It would just be a risky sideways dumb trade.

I would love to get Cousins but I'm not so sure the Jazz would give up much for him. The combination of Lindsey and O'Conner indicates that they won't be looking at people with attitude questions, very hard. If Sac approaches them with a great offer then ya. But don't expect the Jazz to pursue this.

 

[spycam1]

Mayyyybeeee Cuz told PKM that Sactown informed him he may be headed to Utah? If they really wanted to trade him, then the Jazz would definitely be a team with assets they would be interested in, whether it be expiring contracts or young talent/picks. So, maybe Utah was one of the first teams they wanted to talk to? Idk, I'm just throwing stuff out there.