Trade: [SAC/NO] DeMarcus Cousins to the Pelicans

[Voight]

So let me get this straight:

- SAC is a game and half out of the playoffs.

- They can't even tank with how their pick is tied to 2 trades.

- They trade their best player to a team behind them in the standings.

Huh?

They can, their first is top 10 protected from the Bulls.

 

[Grave]

I'ma UK fan, so this is a dream come true to have Boogie and The Brow play together, best PF-C combo since Duncan & The Admiral.

But its complete **** that the NBA vetoed the Chris Paul to Lakers trade 4-5 years ago and says this is OK. Yay for transparency!!

All Vivek had to do was hire an experience front office exec a few years ago and SAC would be a playoff team right now.

Vivek is the one who forced this trade because he didn't want to pay Cousins.

 

[Voight]

New Orleans of all teams now has the best PF and C in the NBA. The odds of Boogie going there were so low it wasn't even funny.

Lakers wanted him but didn't want to give up Ingram. But I wouldn't be worried if I was a Lakers fan, Cousins agent told teams he wont be signing any extensions and will test free agency. So they could always get him there.

Mind you now the Coach Cal to NO rumours are coming out of the woodwork like crazy.

 

[Jack de la Hoya]

They can, their first is top 10 protected from the Bulls.

With the PHI swap rights, the best they can reasonably hope for is a pick between 6-10. At least this is a good draft to be in those slots.

 

[Diddy]

Hopefully new Orleans can re-sign boogie and sign John wall. Now THAT would be the Kentucky connection haha.

Also, regarding the Chris Paul-LAL Trade,
Get over it. So tired of seeing people whine about that.

 

[bluesfan94]

I'll say this, as bad as I think this trade is on paper, I do still like Hield's potential and the Kings should be in the mix for a top pick now. Probably won't go well with their history of drafting and development but there's something there.

The 76ers are pleased

 

[Hadoop]

Great trade for both Boogie and AD. No more languishing with no support for either of them

 

[Peter Skudra]

I'ma UK fan, so this is a dream come true to have Boogie and The Brow play together, best PF-C combo since Duncan & The Admiral.

But its complete **** that the NBA vetoed the Chris Paul to Lakers trade 4-5 years ago and says this is OK. Yay for transparency!!

All Vivek had to do was hire an experience front office exec a few years ago and SAC would be a playoff team right now.

I was not a fan of the league vetoing the Paul trade, however the major difference here is the league owned the Hornets at the time.

 

[Reality Check]

Cousins really need to get out of Sacramento. But i'm not sure if a fit between him and Davis will work out in the long run.

For what they gave up however, it's a steal. Sacramento was never going to receive equal value. But this is blah...

Best news of all is that Bill Simmons will finally shut up in the meantime with Cousins to Boston trade scenarios.

 

[Terry Yake]

Hopefully new Orleans can re-sign boogie and sign John wall. Now THAT would be the Kentucky connection haha.

Also, regarding the Chris Paul-LAL Trade,
Get over it. So tired of seeing people whine about that.

why would lakers fans get over that? it set the franchise back years

but hey, i get that the league owned the hornets and wanted the team to tank so they could get the #1 pick which would make them attractive to potential buyers. basketball reasons right stern?

 

[Blitzkrug]

http://nesn.com/2017/02/kings-wouldnt-even-do-demarcus-cousins-trade-to-pelicans-in-nba-2k17/

I'm not sure if this means the 2K trade AI is smart or if the Kings FO is really that dumb.

 

[Power Man]

why would lakers fans get over that? it set the franchise back years

lol no

What set the franchise back years is poor management and crippling the franchise by giving Kobe a fat achievement contract

 

[Voight]

I was not a fan of the league vetoing the Paul trade, however the major difference here is the league owned the Hornets at the time.

Yea had to make NO attractive to a buyer and the only way that would happen is if they tanked. But it was fine to trade CP3 to the Clips.

Cousins really need to get out of Sacramento. But i'm not sure if a fit between him and Davis will work out in the long run.

For what they gave up however, it's a steal. Sacramento was never going to receive equal value. But this is blah...

Best news of all is that Bill Simmons will finally shut up in the meantime with Cousins to Boston trade scenarios.

Yea I love Simmons but his non stop Cousins/star player to Boston tweets and posts are really really annoying.

 

[Morozov]

Can't believe the number of people still going on about the Paul trade.

The NBA owned the team, thus they were in a position to stop it if they wanted to because it was their team to play with. This is not comparable. The NBA does not own these teams, so they can't interject.

It's really not that difficult to figure out. They can step in on a team they own, much like any owner could. If they don't own the team they can't.

By all means criticize the "basketball reasons" stuff if you still aren't over it, but this is not a comparable situation so it isn't fuel for this many year old fire.

 

[Diddy]

why would lakers fans get over that? it set the franchise back years

but hey, i get that the league owned the hornets and wanted the team to tank so they could get the #1 pick which would make them attractive to potential buyers. basketball reasons right stern?

They got Steve Nash and Dwight Howard the very next year what more do you want? Kobes giant contract set them back.

 

[darko]

Vlade ****ed up but he's still the man.

 

[Virtanen18]

Why couldn't THIS be fake news?

A lot of this stems from Vivek thinking Buddy can be our Steph/Klay because he's ****ing obsessed with the Warriors. Our only relevant asset is a 2018 1st. Vlade will probably trade it to get some vets off the team.

 

[Power Man]

Vlade ****ed up but he's still the man.

Dude was a very charismatic player tbh

 

[MMC]

 

[Avs_19]

Vivek apparently being a huge fan of Hield makes me rethink my original opinion of his potential.

Seriously though, hopefully people stop with this Curry stuff. Being the main piece in return for Cousins is going to be bad enough, don't put some more unrealistic expectations on top of that.

 

[NJDevs26]

 

[Virtanen18]

Vlade is a loser. Has no clue what he's doing. Preaching how "character matters" now after assuring Boogie camp he wouldn't be traded just yesterday.

 

[CupofOil]

It's an awful return for the Kings but it's not like Cousins doesn't come with major baggage on and off the court. He's a big time stat stuffer but he has major attitude issues that need some fixing.
It looks great on paper for the Pelicans but this isn't a big mans' game anymore. They are going to need shooters to compliment those two and there's always a question about the mix between two mega stars.

 

[Voight]

Ranadive hired him because he's a franchise icon, he has no business running an NBA team. Now agents and players are not going to want anything to do with SAC.

2/3 are getting bought out this week

Can't believe the number of people still going on about the Paul trade.

The NBA owned the team, thus they were in a position to stop it if they wanted to because it was their team to play with. This is not comparable. The NBA does not own these teams, so they can't interject.

It's really not that difficult to figure out. They can step in on a team they own, much like any owner could. If they don't own the team they can't.

They actually have the power to veto any trade that happens.

Vivek apparently being a huge fan of Hield makes me rethink my original opinion of his potential.

Seriously though, hopefully people stop with this Curry stuff. Being the main piece in return for Cousins is going to be bad enough, don't put some more unrealistic expectations on top of that.

I saw my fair share of Hield when he was in the NCAA, there really isn't much potential there. He was a top 10 pick solely because the draft was weak & he won some awards.

 

[Morozov]

They actually have the power to veto any trade that happens.

They aren't going to just step in and stop a trade like this from happening, the owners wouldn't stand for it.

When they own a team, it's different, of course they can step in, just like any owner could.

It is not at all comparable.

There's been a number of lopsided trades in league history, please sight some examples of the NBA vetoing trades where they didn't own one of the teams. I'll wait.