DeMarcus Cousins? {merged}

In case it needs to be said: Sources say a Jrue Holiday trade before Thursday's deadline is highly doubtful. Pelicans have their big three.

— Justin Verrier (@JustinVerrier) February 21, 2017

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Yep. Pels were originally okay including 2019 but then his agents got involved and drove down the other offers from everyone, and Dell pulled the 2019 off the table. Which is gutsy. I think people would have even called it a steal with that pick and for him to pull it and not budge is praise worthy

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The Supervillain did it. Pulled off a huge one.

Hope he lets Divac's family go now.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Yep. Pels were originally okay including 2019 but then his agents got involved and drove down the other offers from everyone, and Dell pulled the 2019 off the table. Which is gutsy. I think people would have even called it a steal with that pick and for him to pull it and not budge is praise worthy

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So, are we the only team that the threats did not scare off? Agent must have been convincing.

The Pelicans will introduce DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi with a press conference tomorrow morning.

— Justin Verrier (@JustinVerrier) February 21, 2017

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Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN

So, are we the only team that the threats did not scare off? Agent must have been convincing.

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Scared us enough to pull the 2019 first lol

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Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN

So, are we the only team that the threats did not scare off? Agent must have been convincing.

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Some of the stuff that's come out in podcasts by the national guys is there are a lot more teams that would have liked to get in on Cousins if he was going cheap, but the Kings decided what they wanted in a trade for Cousins and only contacted those teams with something they wanted. So it sounds like there weren't that many teams to scare off and I'm not sure if any actually were. Supposedly the Lakers and the Suns didn't want to trade the main player that the Kings wanted in return.

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Originally Posted by BP225

Some of the stuff that's come out in podcasts by the national guys is there are a lot more teams that would have liked to get in on Cousins if he was going cheap, but the Kings decided what they wanted in a trade for Cousins and only contacted those teams with something they wanted. So it sounds like there weren't that many teams to scare off and I'm not sure if any actually were. Supposedly the Lakers and the Suns didn't want to trade the main player that the Kings wanted in return.

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This sounds about right to me.... it seems like they were looking at Booker, Ingram, and Hield, and we were the only one's willing to give one up (Of course, it's a little silly to have those 3 side by side).

From the ones I have heard, I think Orlando and PHX offered better deals from my POV, but apparently Sacro thinks way more of Buddy than I do

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

From the ones I have heard, I think Orlando and PHX offered better deals from my POV, but apparently Sacro thinks way more of Buddy than I do

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Any idea who the 'young players' were from those deals? Booker/Gordon involved?

Warren was the youngest guy. And Len but they were offering better picks and at least as good players. In my opinion, better players

Cousins changing his jersey number to #0

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Warren was the youngest guy. And Len but they were offering better picks and at least as good players. In my opinion, better players

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Yeah those two with any high-value 1st rounder is much better than our deal. I'd trade Buddy and filler for Warren and Len. Lucky us for delusional owners.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

From the ones I have heard, I think Orlando and PHX offered better deals from my POV, but apparently Sacro thinks way more of Buddy than I do

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Cousins fits way better in New Orleans than he ever would in Orlando or Phoenix.

Wonder what Orlando was offering. If it was Vucevic + Fournier and a first rounder, I probably would have preferred a three-team deal with those assets coming to us, Boogie going to the Magic and Hield + our pieces and picks going to Kings. Just don't totally trust Cousins, for all his talent. Pulling the '19 first rounder is what makes the deal work, in my opinion. If Cousins is a bad fit (on the court or off), or if the organization ends up not wanting to give him a max contract, the price going forward isn't ruinous. I think we valued the deal correctly to get Cousins for playoff chance this year, an extended look next to AD next year and enticing Jrue. If the pairing doesn't work, it's a failure no doubt. But it's sunk costs you can live with losing, especially if you mitigate by dealing Cousins by the deadline (assuming it's obvious it won't work by the All Star break).

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Originally Posted by jprdbulldog20

Cousins changing his jersey number to #0

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For what reason? Lol.

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Originally Posted by kinglio21093

For what reason? Lol.

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New start, new number? No clue

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Warren was the youngest guy. And Len but they were offering better picks and at least as good players. In my opinion, better players

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This seems a little off. I have heard Phoenix did not offer their first. What picks were they offering? Don't know about Orlando, but word was they had turned down a deal earlier in the year. Who knows if that was true.

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

This seems a little off. I have heard Phoenix did not offer their first. What picks were they offering? Don't know about Orlando, but word was they had turned down a deal earlier in the year. Who knows if that was true.

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lol speaking of off, yikes at my signature pic. I will fix

Heard Toronto offered something around JV and a 1st for Cousins

Sources: Add the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans as teams that have expressed interest in trading for Lakers guard Lou Williams.

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) February 21, 2017

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Originally Posted by new city champ

Wonder what Orlando was offering. If it was Vucevic + Fournier and a first rounder, I probably would have preferred a three-team deal with those assets coming to us, Boogie going to the Magic and Hield + our pieces and picks going to Kings. Just don't totally trust Cousins, for all his talent. Pulling the '19 first rounder is what makes the deal work, in my opinion. If Cousins is a bad fit (on the court or off), or if the organization ends up not wanting to give him a max contract, the price going forward isn't ruinous. I think we valued the deal correctly to get Cousins for playoff chance this year, an extended look next to AD next year and enticing Jrue. If the pairing doesn't work, it's a failure no doubt. But it's sunk costs you can live with losing, especially if you mitigate by dealing Cousins by the deadline (assuming it's obvious it won't work by the All Star break).

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I get the point of taking those assets, but I don't love the Vuc-davis pairing. I also love the inclusion of cassipi...I think the biggest thing about this pairing is that boog is a plus-defender. Finally, we don't have to choose a center who's completely inept at one side of the floor (Including Okafor, Lopez, Vucevic also).

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Originally Posted by bustahyndes

Heard Toronto offered something around JV and a 1st for Cousins

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Kinda pointless to me.... that pick is trash and JV's like 25 isn't he? Then again, neither does buddy really.... I would've been mad-grabbing for 19 year olds considering the rebuild they need.

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Originally Posted by bustahyndes

Sources: Add the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans as teams that have expressed interest in trading for Lakers guard Lou Williams.

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) February 21, 2017

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Now how the hell would we even pull that off???

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

This seems a little off. I have heard Phoenix did not offer their first. What picks were they offering? Don't know about Orlando, but word was they had turned down a deal earlier in the year. Who knows if that was true.

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Those future Miami picks and future PHX picks will be better than the junk picks Sacto got from us

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