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Only exception they had. They now have zero cap.
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Only exception they had. They now have zero cap.
Why would they wanna trade their 22 year old center?
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He's not exactly someone you build around.. and since Westbrook will likely be playing next season, OKC's first round pick won't be that low. Off-load Adams for multiple low picks and hope to draft a superstar.
It just doesn't make sense to trade good young players for picks, unless you know exactly who you're drafting. Nevermind low picks.
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Room exception, $2.9M. Used on Zaza.
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They can keep him. But good luck drafting the next KD/Westbrook at pick 17.
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I wonder if teams would have paid out all the ridiculous contracts they did this offseason if they knew for sure that Durant was going to play for the Warriors. Unless you have a truly elite team like the Cavs, the best plan might just be to look long term.
I'm not sure if I would trade love for cousins. Just not sure if he is a good fit, especially if we get Wade. Same could be said for Westbrook, too, but I think the fit is better. I would trade him for Butler.
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Seems lots of people disagree on this but honestly I would trade Love to Cousins in a heartbeat and think Griffin would too. You get a younger, bigger, with a better skillset, replacement in Cousins. He has some downsides, namely attitude, but he is a huge skilled player. If you factor that he started to launch lots of 3s last year and went 33% for the first year doing so, you got the full package.
Love is a fantastic player in his own rights but with Cousins, if you dump the ball in the post, good luck to defend him one on one. Even Green who is a great defender would hv a hard time counter him. I do believe this guy is a difference maker and someone that could help counter GSW. With him, you don't fight the new favorite at their own game but you can impose yours: Just imagine Cousins + TT + Bron up front...I do believe that would force GSW to play Zaza. And something that is almost forgotten, he is quite the good passer!
OH MY GOD. Are people on here 12 years old? Wade is upset about 2 years, $20 mill a season. Do you really think he is coming here for a couple million? He could have done that multiple times already including last year. ITS NOT HAPPENING.
And please stop the Cousins/Love trade BS. The Kings or any team for that matter is not trading Cousins for Kevin Love. IT IS NOT HAPPENING. Cousins is the best center in the league and a dominant one at that. Just because he is a pain in the ass, it does not mean they are giving him up for a player that would struggle playing the schedule the Kings have to play. And if they do decide to trade Cousins, the offers they are going to get will far exceed Kevin Love. Hell, the Sixers would have gave up Okafor, multiple picks and additional assets. Love himself will not be nearly enough to get Cousins and the Cavs can't keep trading picks because they have to find young, cheap, controllable assets to build this team.
Share with us why you think the Kings would give up the best big in basketball for Kevin Love? Or at least explain how you see this trade working out (players) for both teams?
My guess it would take Love, 2 future 1st round picks. And that at best would get the conversation going because then the Celts come back with young, cheap controllable players with future picks, the Sixers will offer Okafor, picks and players and we have not even talked about the Lakers will basically offer anyone and everyone on their team (and basically have) to get Cousins.
Also remeber the Kings are not the Celts, Spurs, Clips, Blazers, Raptors etc they believe they are one or two players from contention. If they are tradin HANDS down their best players, they are not doing for another big that is a downgrade. They are trading Cousins because they think it makes them "better". They are trading him to get talent to build with. Hence why they would not give him up for Love. They instead would look for young, cheap, controllable players that they can build the future with (specifically at the guard spot). Trading Cousins for Love does absolutely ZERO for the Kings and actually just puts them even further back in ever finding a way to build a contender.
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Zaza regressed heavily after the all-star game and blew complete ass in the playoffs for Dallas last year -- plus he'll be 33 in February.
I applaud Golden State for the move.
Yeah, I really don't get people fawning over it. There's 240 minutes to be played.
Even if you just run the big 4 ragged, at 40 minutes a game for everyone (which is not realistic), there's still 80 minutes they need to fill.
Zaza at 25, Livingston at 30 and Iggy at 25? I think both Zaza at 25 and Livingston at 30 is a stretch and that's with projecting minutes that just aren't realistic for Durant, Curry, Green and Thompson. If each of those 4 only average 36 (again, likely still a stretch), it's another 16 minutes they need someone to log that isn't a complete stiff.
If they get someone to take an inexplicable discount, that isn't a warm body like Zaza, then sure.....it changes things but they are looking at playing an aging, regressing player like Zaza 30 minutes at center. Unless they get another player to help them out, I just think that evens the playing field some.
They lost 37 quality minutes at Center and replaced them with Zaza (who could barely play 20 post All-Star) and nothing else. Guess we'll see.
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