DeMarcus Cousins? {merged}

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Originally Posted by Boogie

Hi everyone, I was a Kings fan who's going to follow DMC in this new part of his career. You will love Boogie, when you will know him better you will see that he's a great guy. Hield for Boogie... Demps should be the Executive of the Year, no doubt.

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What up Boogie, I'm Ruf.

Welcome to the party.

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This is awesome!!!


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Originally Posted by AUSSIE_PELICAN

I think you need to change you username lol.

There is only room for one Aussie pelican.

Where you from in oz?

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Haha I noticed your name as I posted. I'm from Wollongong. How about yourself?

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Originally Posted by Aussiepelican

Haha I noticed your name as I posted. I'm from Wollongong. How about yourself?

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Melbourne

Doesn't sound like Cousins is happy about it at all

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...050000759.html

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Originally Posted by RUFshreve

We still have our own 2nd rounder this year and the first we traded to Sac was top 3 protected.

I take back every bad thing I ever said about Dell.

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I'm relatively new to the NBA and ins and outs of trading and picks etc what is the exact meaning to a top 3 protected pick?

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Originally Posted by Aussiepelican

I'm relatively new to the NBA and ins and outs of trading and picks etc what is the exact meaning to a top 3 protected pick?

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If the Pel's get lucky in the draft or suck really bad we get to keep this pick if we land top 3.
Highly unlikely though.

This leaves the Pels with three guards on the roster. Surely there's another move coming.

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Originally Posted by underscore

This leaves the Pels with three guards on the roster. Surely there's another move coming.

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Yes considering we have a roster spot available.

Ajinça/ Asik / Jones ... one of them has to go...

Hill suddenly looks much better :) does not need the ball, plays great defense and has really nice passing skills. His scoring and rebounding deficiencies are significantly less relevant.

With NBA going small I am very happy the Pels are doing the opposite with possibly one of the best pair of bigs in NBA history. I can't wait for the first game with boogie and AD on the floor together

I like that DMo signed his vet minimum with a contender. Hopefully he stays with Pels as their third big man.

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Originally Posted by underscore

Doesn't sound like Cousins is happy about it at all

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...050000759.html

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There's nothing in that article that implies that he's unhappy about being a Pelican. It says he was told he wouldn't be traded and was shocked that he was. He's also losing out on money, so it makes sense his agent isn't thrilled.

Cousins has said he love New Orleans. He's from Mobile, so it's as close to home as he can be. He's playing with one of his best friends in AD. He'll be winning alot more.

All these things makes me believe that he'll be happy here. Get out of here with that negativity!

First of all, I'm new here so sorry if sometimes I make some mistakes but english is not my native language.

Cousins is a man who really values loyalty. He was loyal to the Kings, even too much as it turned out. If the Pelicans organization, the city and the fans will make him feel welcome he will sign a new deal with NO. I wouldn't be too worried about it.

Concerning the twin towers issue, I'm really happy to see a team trying to build a contender with dominant bigs and not with running and gunning chuckers. That's why I will love watching this team. Not only because of DMC, but also because of this different basketball approach. I think it can work very well. Of course DMC and AD will need some time to adjust, but they are two modern bigs who can spread the floor, can shoot from outside and can dominate inside. If Memphis can be a very good team with Gasol and Randolph, I'm sure New Orleans can be much better with these 2. If they click, they can be really scary.

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Originally Posted by MistaWhoDat

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BEAST!

I'm not mad. Gotta get him re-signed

I'll just weight in quickly as a I awake to this trade. 1st anytime you can get a player of Cousins talent that's in the NBA always makes it a positive for the team. Honestly I had no idea we had the assets to trade for Boogie not sure how we out bid Phoenix, Boston or Washington or any team that's been linked to Cousins at any point in the past. This could be that trade that potentially saves Demps job long term. Also god how terrible is Sac's front office if that's the best you can do for Boogie. This trade is all positive for us as the pick is top 3 protected, Evans was gone, Hield had some major concerns, and Galloway isn't anything special. I still can't believe this actually happened. The Kings will be trash for years no major FA will ever sign with them for a long time after telling DeMarcus he's safe then turning around and not even telling him they traded him and for basically scraps. Great day.

still cannot believe it!

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Originally Posted by Aussiepelican

Haha I noticed your name as I posted. I'm from Wollongong. How about yourself?

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Lucky I never updated my name

Hot dang! I don't pay attention to bball for a day or two, and I come back to find we getting Boogie!! This franchise just became very interesting to watch.

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe

I'll just weight in quickly as a I awake to this trade. 1st anytime you can get a player of Cousins talent that's in the NBA always makes it a positive for the team. Honestly I had no idea we had the assets to trade for Boogie not sure how we out bid Phoenix, Boston or Washington or any team that's been linked to Cousins at any point in the past. This could be that trade that potentially saves Demps job long term. Also god how terrible is Sac's front office if that's the best you can do for Boogie. This trade is all positive for us as the pick is top 3 protected, Evans was gone, Hield had some major concerns, and Galloway isn't anything special. I still can't believe this actually happened. The Kings will be trash for years no major FA will ever sign with them for a long time after telling DeMarcus he's safe then turning around and not even telling him they traded him and for basically scraps. Great day.

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I think it came down to us being the only team that believe we could resign him. Still thought we would've had to give up 2 firsts at least.

There is so much to love behind this trade, but the biggest one is that we didnt give up too much to roll the dice. Everyone keeps saying we only gave up one 1st, but adding Buddy kinda made it like giving up two of them. 2016 1st, 2017 1st, 2017 2nd Tyreke and Galloway is an incredible steal for arguably a top 10 talent.

But lets not act like this will just instantly work. The team needs to jell, Cousins needs to calm down, and we have to resign him down the road. Alot that can go wrong, but at worst we didn't mortgage our future like the Nets.

The Pels now have the best pairing of NBA Big Men since Duncan/Robinson. If AD, Jrue, and Boogie can gel we will have a top 5 team.

Not the news I was expecting to wake up to. Happy about it though. The Sacramento Kings really are the Cleveland Browns of the NBA.

So has this 100% definitely happened. This is the biggest thing to happen to this franchise (apart from maybe drafting AD) and I can't quite believe it to be honest

Haven't seen any pictures or direct quotes or anything yet so just nervous it falls through!

Woke up to the amazing news this morning. I cannot believe the Pels pulled this off. I'm still speechless. Now I get to rub it in my buddy's face who is a Wizards fan. He wanted Cousins in DC teaming up with John Wall.

Wow. I never in a million years thought that this would actually happen. Demps jumped the gun a little too early with the Jrue trade, but with a little patience he made amends. Now Jrue makes sense, and I think we needed an ambitious move to keep AD happy. We have three all star calibre players- we just need to make sure that Jrue is re-signed or at least replace him with a similar calibre player. Can't believe the kings did this to themselves... I feel sorry for their fans. We have dealt with similar incompetence at times.

Woke up and heard on tv that boogie was dealt to us......had to come and check the board......now im on record on that okafor thread saying that if we trade for okafor then it would happen after the all star weekend while we all were preoccupied with all star stuff lol........

im so glad that we have this nut case because him and AD should be able to force GS out of their game when it come to inside scoring and rebounds like OKC did....now we need more shooters.....im glad that we kept moore with this group.........

im going to miss galloway streaky shooting....

Im so glad that AD spoke his mind about not wanting to play the 5 because this is the results of him making that known to his GM...the 76ers help alot to lol.....

we have the best front court in the league and im sure that a good FA who can shoot will want to come here now to be part of this team because of those two bigs....

So, who's batman and who's robin?

Was this trade agreed to at gunpoint?

This should really allow Solo to play his game now that he can be the 5th option on the floor. No more forcing things hopefully

Let the good times roll! :)

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This is perfect, I started rooting for Pels recently and you can't tell me I am bandwagon fan either :p

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Originally Posted by Sakkreth

This is perfect, I started rooting for Pels recently and you can't tell me I am bandwagon fan either :p

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yeah our bandwagon fans are about to come out now....

I can't believe we kept Diallo and got top 3 protection. Oh my god! So excited.


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wow lol,,,i just saw on tv that cousin was traded while he was doing his press conference after the game lol....i guess that was his agent telling him the news and cousins said oh really,,whatever...i enjoy new orleans,,,i love it here in new orleans lol......

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Originally Posted by JunkHead

The Pelicans are including guard Langston Galloway in deal to the Kings, who'll likely be waived, league sources tell @TheVertical.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017

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so if he is waived, can we resign him?

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Originally Posted by lsutigers33

so if he is waived, can we resign him?

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For the 217th time.... NO!!

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

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They know!

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Forget about the Splash Brothers. Pels got the Super Smash Brothers.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

For the 217th time.... NO!!

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sry man, trying to read through and didn't see it. Go get some coffee

PR hasn't been this buzzing in a looong time.

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Originally Posted by RaisingTheBar

PR hasn't been this buzzing in a looong time.

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"AND IT FEELS SO GOOD AND IT FEELS SO NICE"

WE GOT BOOGIE!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by boardtown

Forget about the Splash Brothers. Pels got the Super Smash Brothers.

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Love it

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Originally Posted by boardtown

Forget about the Splash Brothers. Pels got the Super Smash Brothers.

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Now if AD jumps into a chair and hurts himself Boogie will knock that chair out.


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New Orleans has lots of room for activities! pic.twitter.com/fyv4gTGVi1

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by WhoDatPelican

New Orleans has lots of room for activities! pic.twitter.com/fyv4gTGVi1

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 20, 2017

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it's hillarious :)

i wonder if its true that boston was interested in boogie.......i think they have the Nets first round pick for this year & next year which will definitely be a top 3 lottery this year & most likely a lottery pick again next year that Kings could've at least got...........i feel like we have our own gasol to the lakers trade lol....

I'm super excited about this move. We finally got another Superstar to pair with AD.

Kings fans are about to riot though. :hihi: