benji wrote:LeBron is such a choker. And people were talking about him as an all-time great. As having possibly surpassed Kobe. What a joke.
velvet bliss wrote:Andrew, you the real MVP.
Andrew wrote:He who flops and flails to the Finals and a title, flops and flails best.
SoF'nAwesome wrote:What Cousins did was worse than Durant and he should get more hatred for it.
NBA wrote:It wasn't long ago Cousins was considered a lock for a max contract with the Kings. But a brutal Achilles injury this past season and concerns about his attitude left Cousins with no legitimate offers. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Monday night on "SportsCenter" that there were teams with cap space who "did not want [Cousins] in the locker room."
That's right — not even the Pelicans came calling.
Rebuilding teams like the Hawks, Bulls and Kings had no interest in spending money on a recovering star who wouldn't make them truly competitive. The Mavericks got their center early by signing DeAndre Jordan. The Lakers went all over the place after adding LeBron James.
A tight market limited Cousins' options. No one was putting the max on the table. He could have targeted a team with the non-taxpayer mid-level exception ($8.6 million), but he decided a relatively small difference in pay wasn't worth passing on a chance to join the defending champs.
Andrew wrote:"But you let Andre Iguodala in!"
"It's 'No Warriors'. We're allowed to have one!"
Kenny wrote:I dunno... it's pretty bad, but it seems that there wasn't much of a market for him.
Kenny wrote:SoF'nAwesome wrote:What Cousins did was worse than Durant and he should get more hatred for it.
I dunno... it's pretty bad, but it seems that there wasn't much of a market for him.NBA wrote:It wasn't long ago Cousins was considered a lock for a max contract with the Kings. But a brutal Achilles injury this past season and concerns about his attitude left Cousins with no legitimate offers. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Monday night on "SportsCenter" that there were teams with cap space who "did not want [Cousins] in the locker room."
That's right — not even the Pelicans came calling.
Rebuilding teams like the Hawks, Bulls and Kings had no interest in spending money on a recovering star who wouldn't make them truly competitive. The Mavericks got their center early by signing DeAndre Jordan. The Lakers went all over the place after adding LeBron James.
A tight market limited Cousins' options. No one was putting the max on the table. He could have targeted a team with the non-taxpayer mid-level exception ($8.6 million), but he decided a relatively small difference in pay wasn't worth passing on a chance to join the defending champs.
Don't get me wrong, I hate the move as well. But if you're going to take less, it may as well be for a team that's basically guaranteed a place in the Conference Finals (at worst).
Jackal wrote:Watch Vince Carter sign with the Warriors too or some shit.
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