DeMarcus Cousins has been traded to the New Orleans Pelicans
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FreedomFighter
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Cool. I don't watch the Pelicans at all and don't really see Anthony Davis play often since he left college. But it seems like there may be enough space for them to co-exist. We'll see though. I also tend to like good guard + big man combos over big man + big man combos.
I'll be watching a few Pelicans games now to see how they mesh in the second half.
highrider
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No he actually isn't, it's been the rap on him his whole career. The painful thing is on the rare occasions he plays defense he is good.
Stabby McSter
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He's good, but when you gotta play 42 minutes a night scoring everything, hey, I'd take plays off too
Ninja Scooter
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the problem defensively is that this is going to shift AD to guarding PFs full time, and away from the paint where he is a superior rim protector and DMC is not.
Hyperactivity
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Yeah that is a problem.
One thing we might see is NOLA dealing with their trash bench by staggering Boogie and AD's minutes.
Boogie has played PF though, right? Can he not be the one to guard PF? Or would that not be ideal, at best, for small ball PFs?
highrider
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Nomadic Sparks
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*Hasn't been pay too much attention to the NBA*
*reads thread*
*reads ESPN.com"
I'm sure I'm wrong here, but isn't Jimmy Butler a better trade bait? I mean he has said he wants to play with the Cavaliers, so I don't see why there should be a problem there. Rajon and Wade are way past their prime and Butler wants to jump ship to Cavaliers, so why not trade Butler to the Cavs?
*reads thread*
*reads ESPN.com"
I'm sure I'm wrong here, but isn't Jimmy Butler a better trade bait? I mean he has said he wants to play with the Cavaliers, so I don't see why there should be a problem there. Rajon and Wade are way past their prime and Butler wants to jump ship to Cavaliers, so why not trade Butler to the Cavs?
LegendofDragoonLives
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lmaooooo
This is up there as one of the dumbest fucking trades of all time. Sold the best 5 in the league for peanuts. Boogie and AD (if healthy) are going to feast. The fuckingstupid meme is probably the most accurate I've seen online so far.
That's a good point. You've swayed me over.
I just have a lot of bitterness in my heart. I'm a Knicks fan
lmao
Hyperactivity
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http://www.slamonline.com/nba/demar...ion-plus-extension-kings/#TeFhY88FUOphkI3j.97
Boogie was gonna extend. He would've been far more valuable next season, and the Kings could actually properly tank after trading him
Butler wants to go to the Cavs what are you talking about??
He said if he wanted to play with one player more than any other, it would be Kyrie, as he was a big fan.
Boogie was gonna extend. He would've been far more valuable next season, and the Kings could actually properly tank after trading him
Butler wants to go to the Cavs what are you talking about??
He said if he wanted to play with one player more than any other, it would be Kyrie, as he was a big fan.
Nomadic Sparks
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- Where has Butler stated he wants to play for the Cavs? He said Kyrie is his favorite player, but that is not the same as joining the Cavs.
- What could the Cavs give up to acquire Butler? They are by and large one of the least attractive trade partners for the Bulls. Teams with high draft picks and young assets are ideal trade partners for the Bulls.
- Maybe I'm lost, but what does this have to do with the Kings trading Boogie to the Pelicans?
BronsonLee
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Kings stickin' it to Boogie one last time
Nomadic Sparks
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I had just been wondering about the Bulls.
Caddywompus
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It will be interesting when teams like GS and HOU throw Green and Andersen at the them. Do they just let Davis chase whoever around the perimeter then dominate that small ball on the offensive end?
I can't wait they play HOU in three days then two more times before the playoffs hopefully they get bumped to National games.
Ninja Scooter
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the pick has protection?!!? You have the audacity to offer Buddy Fucking Hield and a draft pick for Demarcus Cousins AND ask for protection on the pick? And the kings said yes/!?
Master Thespian
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He said if he could play with anyone in the league it would be Kyrie. So while it's not necessarily that he said he wants to play for the Cavs, it's still more than just Kyrie is his favorite player.
serenewarfare
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Yeah, the only way the pick could possibly get better this year is if it gets thrown into the top three by the lottery.
Now, even if that happens the Pelicans are keeping it. lol
AD has actually not been very good either.
I can imagine NO's GM feeling like Trump when he found out he actually won.
serenewarfare
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It's official.
Pelicans have a top ten defense in the league. AD isn't what he has the potential to be, but he is by no means at all a bad or even average defender.
Pelicans have a top ten defense in the league. AD isn't what he has the potential to be, but he is by no means at all a bad or even average defender.
It's too bad that's Boogie's reputation. I mean why not get fired up if you're playing on the Kings? What's the worst that happens, you do something dumb and get ejected and cost your team the game that they weren't going to win anyway?
See if he keeps his emotions in check when there's actually something on the line. Could go either way I guess.
serenewarfare
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This will surely draw players to sign with them.
WascallyWabbit
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Hardly any players would sign with them anyways, might as well lean into it, i guess
serenewarfare
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Please Vlade, keep talking. It's only getting worse for you.
WonkyPanda
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He's trying out for the Trump Admin.
serenewarfare
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Good stuff, Twitter.
Stabby McSter
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i fucking can't believe vlade said that
DerangedHermit
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*Signs Rondo*
*Signs Barnes*
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"Character matters"
EDIT: Shit, forgot about DUI Lawson and Darren "Domestic Violence" Collison. What great "characters".
Sho_Nuff82
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When you have guys like AD and Cousins, the question is not who you can guard, but who can guard you.
Same as the Barnes for KD upgrade in GS, that lineup changes what other teams have to gameplan when they play you.
Same as the Barnes for KD upgrade in GS, that lineup changes what other teams have to gameplan when they play you.
themadcowtipper
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Let us not even talk about the rebounds....
SocksAndShoes
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*Signs Rondo*
*Signs Barnes*
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"Character matters"
Exactly. As a Kings fan I would be more upset if I could muster the energy to care.
Greatest Ever
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The ability to shoot and clean up by both bigs is unreal. This is what Joe Dumars tried with Dre, Moose, and Josh Brick and failed at horribly because none could shoot.
Caddywompus
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Ha, just reading how the 76ers benefited from the Cousins trade.
Apparently the fired GM Hinkie's perpetual tanking strategy is still paying off.
-Philly has the right to swap SAC 1st rd pick in 2017 (if it falls outside of the 11-30 range)
-Phiily owns SAC 1st rd pick in 2019
-Philly owns the more favorable 2nd rd pick between SAC and MIL in 2019
Great time to rebuild Vlade, right when you're just in reach of your first playoff appearance in a decade.
Apparently the fired GM Hinkie's perpetual tanking strategy is still paying off.
-Philly has the right to swap SAC 1st rd pick in 2017 (if it falls outside of the 11-30 range)
-Phiily owns SAC 1st rd pick in 2019
-Philly owns the more favorable 2nd rd pick between SAC and MIL in 2019
Great time to rebuild Vlade, right when you're just in reach of your first playoff appearance in a decade.
Nomadic Sparks
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*Signs Rondo*
*Signs Barnes*
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"Character matters"
EDIT: Shit, forgot about DUI Lawson and Darren "Domestic Violence" Collison. What great "characters".
Someone on either this thread or on reddit thread had said that Boogie didn't have behavioural issue when Karl Malone(??) was coach.
So if that's true, it may have been coaching staff that made Boogie act up.
Ninja Scooter
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Boogie has had behavioral issues for a long time. He's a coddled, entitled super star. The environment in Sacramento might have contributed to that, or it might be more Boogie. We are about to find out the answer.
Mike Malone and Boogie was good that year up to that point, surprised it took so long for him to go.
shawnbuddy
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I was like "Ha ha, very funny. That's not a real team!" Until I looked it up.
I think the issue with Cousins is less about entitlement or that he wants to be coddled (though he certainly has been at times in his life, and that may factor into how he sees things) and more that he reacts very negatively to any perceived unfairness or slight. There is a reason that he loved Malone, who by all accounts does not coddle players, and there is a reason he reacted so negatively to George Karl's attempts ad head games and media manipulation.
He's never going to have the temperament of Kawhi, but the reason things have gone so negatively has been how chaotic and terrible Sacramento's coaching and front office have been.
The Zach Lowe pod was interesting. Apparently he bullied the crap out of Stauskas. Doesn't surprise me, dude seems like he's just a bully, especially with some of his confrontations with the media.
Greatest Ever
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Which one?
Like how you don't mention that Cousins and Stauskas made up towards the end because Boogie realized he was an ass
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