Gambo: Possible Cousins to suns

[SweetD]

I just don't get the trade. Two scoring bugs is going to mess with the spacing and ability to spread the floor, these are not the twin towers. Both want the ball in thier hands to create their own shots. Plus they gave up some of thier better outside shooters.

Cousins has to be pissed also he just lost out on $30 million dollars. That might be enough for the Sun's to get him in free agency, if we wanted to.

 

[slinslin]

Cousins is not a FA until 2018.

 

[slinslin]

The Kings owner was in love with Hield before the draft.

Only owner who attended Hields pro-day and spoke there privately.

We might have been stupid enough to offer Len, Warren, Knight and our unprotected 2017 pick. They might have been stupid enough to take Evans, Hield and a top 3 protected 2017 pick instead.

Buddy Hield is just 2 years younger than Brandon Knight...^^

 

[sunsfan88]

I just don't get the trade. Two scoring bugs is going to mess with the spacing and ability to spread the floor, these are not the twin towers. Both want the ball in thier hands to create their own shots. Plus they gave up some of thier better outside shooters.

Cousins has to be pissed also he just lost out on $30 million dollars. That might be enough for the Sun's to get him in free agency, if we wanted to.

Cousins and Davis both have perimeter skills despite being big men.

Cousins actually a pretty nice 3pt shot too. He's even made more 3s this season than Hield has.

 

[slinslin]

Cousins also has 37.5% usage, that is almost as much was Westbrook.

We will see but on paper Cousins and Davis does not look like the ideal pairing to build a team.

I am starting to think we offered only Knight, Warren and Len. No pick.

Cousins, rival executives say, is a bad investment, appealing only if the asking price was minimal.

“We would have taken him,” said an executive from a team that inquired about Cousins, “but only if they were basically giving him away.”

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/demarcus-cousins-trade-signals-reboot-for-kings-072616450.html

That could have been McDonough or Ainge.

 

[Finito]

Is Brandon knight the most untradeable player in the NBA

 

[slinslin]

@adrian Wojnarowski says on our air that it came down to the #Lakers & #Pelicans & that Kings management & the owner went with NOLA’s deal –

 

[slinslin]

Is Brandon knight the most untradeable player in the NBA

no he is not and nobdoy should ever believe Ric Bucher.

 

[thephoenixson28]

According to realgm.com the Suns offered Len, Warren, Knight and a unprotected 1st for cousins and Casspi

 

[slinslin]

According to realgm.com the Suns offered Len, Warren, Knight and a unprotected 1st for cousins and Casspi

Yeah but since Woj is pretty much always spot on and reliable we can rule that one out pretty much.

According to WOJ the final 2 offers that were considered came from New Orleans and the Lakers.

The Suns insider on realgm is a joke, in a later post he writes:

Don’t be surprise if the Suns do end up trading Brandon Knight to Orlando for Jeff Green’s expiring contract. That would give them the flexibility this offseason to maybe make a play for Demarcus Cousins. According to Cousins people, he is NOT happy with this trade. He feels like he and Anthony Davis are the same player in a sense that they both need the ball in their hands to be effective. Of course that can changes once they play together.

Cousins is not a free agent in the offseason. Also Cousins seemed pretty happy when the media informed him about the trade, New Orleans is 2 hours from his birthplace.

 

[Ronin]

Moke Hamilton ‏@MokeHamilton 33m33 minutes ago
For Knicks fans, the return for DeMarcus Cousins should temper your expectations of any king's ransom that would be paid for Carmelo.

 

[devilalum]

Moke Hamilton ‏@MokeHamilton 33m33 minutes ago
For Knicks fans, the return for DeMarcus Cousins should temper your expectations of any king's ransom that would be paid for Carmelo.

Knicks should have to throw in assets to dump Melo's salary.

 

[Mainstreet]

Yeah, no way would I part with Jokic for anything the Kings have. He has to be on the very, very short list of untouchable players. We should trade Knight for him.

If lead were gold.

If only.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Thomas trade ticked me off the most but McD was in a bad situation and probably panicked.

I think the IT trade was already in motion when Dragic gave the ultimatum to be traded. I do not see him reneging on a trade.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I think the IT trade was already in motion when Dragic gave the ultimatum to be traded. I do not see him reneging on a trade.

I'm pretty sure it was too. Remember, Dragic went to them after the locker room scuffle in December and gave them a sort of ultimatum then and we supposedly promised him we'd trade Thomas. That we hadn't done the move by February was the basis for him saying we'd lied to him, from the FO's point of view they were talking about a deadline deal.

 

[GatorAZ]

Sounds like the Kings wanted Hield based on his popularity in college. LOL

 

[AzStevenCal]

Sounds like the Kings wanted Hield based on his popularity in college. LOL

Yeah that and they were reluctant to trade him within the division to us or the Lakers.

 

[GatorAZ]

Yeah that and they were reluctant to trade him within the division to us or the Lakers.

Divisions means nothing in the NBA though. It's not MLB or NFL... If you trade your best player get the best return.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Divisions means nothing in the NBA though. It's not MLB or NFL... If you trade your best player get the best return.

I've made that argument many times before and for a sane organization, I think it holds true.

 

[JustWinBaby]

According to realgm.com the Suns offered Len, Warren, Knight and a unprotected 1st for cousins and Casspi

Not surprised that Sacramento turned down that hot garbage. Was the pick, this years pick?

I don't want any of those guys on our team going forward, why would the Kings?

Warren is the most over rated player on our roster while both Len and Knight suck.

That is not to say that the players they got from New Orleans are worth a hoot.

 

[Ronin]

Chris Mannix‏ @ChrisMannixYS
Kings owner Vivek Ranadive has been a huge fan of Buddy Hield for a couple of years, sources say. Made no secret of that w/in organization.

 

[leclerc]

Hope this works out for the Pelicans and Gentry and that Boogie gets into the playoffs. Would be great if they could knock out the Brons. Anyone but his face and the Warriors smug *****.

Sorry for slin that he has to put up with Bender.

 

[Ronin]

Baxter Holmes‏ @BaxterHolmes
Source familiar w/ Kings’ thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential.” Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.

 

[Ronin]

Chris Mannix‏ @ChrisMannixYS
Vlade Divac, weeks after pledging allegiance to DeMarcus Cousins, says in a statement announcing trade that "character matters." Unreal.

 

[Phrazbit]

Divac is incompetent and Ranadivé is the most bumbling, meddling owner in sports. He is like a mix of Mr Magoo and 1980s George Steinbrenner.

I don't know how many of you saw the video from the 2014 draft where he makes it clear to management that he wants "Stauskas?... Stauskas... STAUSKAS!" despite the cringing faces the rest of the people in the room make at the start of the conversation... but eventually the guy writing the checks turns them all into yes-men.