This is what they got officially:
Kings Trade Cousins to the Pelicans
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Game6Conley
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Koufos is finally gonna get the shine he deserves.
Langston Galloway will be solid for the Kings.
For some reason I have a vision of Sacramento getting Dennis Smith Jr in the draft..
Funny they get swapped not long after;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJwlW0DHp_c
Langston Galloway will be solid for the Kings.
For some reason I have a vision of Sacramento getting Dennis Smith Jr in the draft..
Funny they get swapped not long after;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJwlW0DHp_c
Apparently Galloway is expected to be waived by the Kings.
Apparently Casspi is going to NO also.
David Stern
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LOL at the Kings for getting almost nothing for him. Buddy MIGHT turn out to be a good player, but DMC is a Top 10-15 player right now.
Cousins must really be toxic to get moved for that package. The Pels are obviously banking on re-signing him.
Say what you will about the Kings trading away Cousins, but what if Divac had a heart to heart chat with Cousins and Cousins straight up said "I can't give you any guarantees about re-signing"?
This is a classic game of chicken... the same thing happened when KOC traded away DWill.
This is a classic game of chicken... the same thing happened when KOC traded away DWill.
Game6Conley
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Even though Collison and Lawson expire I guess they figure one's gonna be back.
He played 82 games for the Nix last season and he's already made way more 3's this year.. Galloway turns 26 in December he;s got a 5.5MM player option for next season tho.. Glad he's getting paid either way.. was a damn good UDFA find.
Game6Conley
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The word was Cousins isn't gonna resign with anyone and will test the waters..
Game6Conley
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Fantastically low, AD is a natural 4.
Game6Conley
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Well they were also locking in some long-term value and reducing the risk he walks to 0..
Ah ok.
spycam1
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Damn.
Most talented PF/C combo since Duncan/Robinson.
I wanna see them get the 8th seed and then dominate GS' small ball malarkey.
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Most talented PF/C combo since Duncan/Robinson.
I wanna see them get the 8th seed and then dominate GS' small ball malarkey.
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Cousins and AD both have insane usage rates. They are going to have to change their games.
Cappy_Smurf
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Nope. This was a terrible trade for the Kings. That team sucks because of bad management, not because of Cousins. If they wanted to improve the franchise, should have traded their owner and kept boogie. Dude is going to be a beast when he's on a winning team and all the head case talk will prove to have been overblown.
When all is said and done, there won't be a GM in this league that doesn't wish they would have taken this gamble. It is a gamble to re-sign him though, which is why I believe they had to sell so low. If they can't re-sign him, this will have been a bad move.
Cousins is becoming a really good passer this season, AD is a very good shooter, they should work in theory.
Cappy_Smurf
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It's not that he isn't going to re-sign with anyone, but that he wouldn't give that commitment at this point. Anyone trading for him was gambling on re-signing him. No doubt they could have gotten a lot more if he would have done a handshake deal.
When he is getting on a winning team? This New Orleans teams isnt going to win unless they can actually sign some decent FA's. I wonder if the Pelicans have thought about how this might affect them re-signing Jrue. What if Jrue has a negative experience with DMC? He leaves and then what? They have two great big men and a god awful team. They won't make the playoffs this year and I don't think they make it next year with how much Denver is trending up.
It's unbelievable how much people overate DMC. The guy hasnt made the playoffs ever and is a toxic presence. The Kings should have gotten a deal done way earlier, but what's done is done. They deserve some credit for finally trading him.
spycam1
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Cousins is a good shooter, too, for someone his size. He's shooting 35% from 3 on 5 attempts per game.
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