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DeMarcus Cousins to Clippers
« on: March 31, 2021, 11:53:59 AM »

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Cousins going to sign a 10 day contract
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Re: DeMarcus Cousins to Clippers
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2021, 11:55:25 AM »

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Boo!!

Swoop in there, Danny, and give him a full season contract.
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« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2021, 11:56:43 AM »

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Yea why does Ainge hate Cousins...
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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2021, 11:57:34 AM »

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Woj: Free agent center DeMarcus Cousins and the Clippers are discussing a 10-day contract, but no decision is expected until next week, sources tell ESPN.
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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2021, 12:02:11 PM »

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Gotta say I’m not sure how Cousins moves the needle for any NBA team on the court. He’s washed IMO. These buyout names - well, mainly Boogie, Blake, and LMA - get hype because of their careers. But they won’t help either team all that much. Drummond is easily the best signing of the bunch.
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« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2021, 12:02:37 PM »

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It's Luke Kornet's team now folks.     :) :) :)JK
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Re: DeMarcus Cousins to Clippers
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2021, 12:06:50 PM »

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This will be the third separate team DMC and Rondo have played on together.  Kind of cool.

I am all in on the Clips this year, but for whatever reason the pieces don’t seem to fit together well.
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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2021, 12:10:36 PM »

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Quote from: seancally on March 31, 2021, 12:02:11 PM
Gotta say I’m not sure how Cousins moves the needle for any NBA team on the court. He’s washed IMO. These buyout names - well, mainly Boogie, Blake, and LMA - get hype because of their careers. But they won’t help either team all that much. Drummond is easily the best signing of the bunch.

Cousins got cut by one of the worst teams in the NBA and that was while Woods was out with injury and they had no other bigs on the team. They were playing Tucker at, C lol.
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« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2021, 12:17:56 PM »

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Quote from: Roy H. on March 31, 2021, 12:06:50 PM
This will be the third separate team DMC and Rondo have played on together.  Kind of cool.

I am all in on the Clips this year, but for whatever reason the pieces don’t seem to fit together well.
Because they don't know how to build around Leonard and George and didn't have much to start with after acquiring George.  They are pretty much stuck with what they have.  I could see them losing in the 1st round or winning the whole thing.  Just a strange team.
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« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2021, 03:17:42 PM »

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Quote from: celticsclay on March 31, 2021, 11:56:43 AM
Yea why does Ainge hate Cousins...

Stevens - They don't want any bad eggs in the locker room that he will have to deal with.
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Quote from: Who on March 31, 2021, 03:17:42 PM
Quote from: celticsclay on March 31, 2021, 11:56:43 AM
Yea why does Ainge hate Cousins...

Stevens - They don't want any bad eggs in the locker room that he will have to deal with.

Yeah the C's put culture and player attitude above talent.  It's why guys like Grand Williams get drafted.  Grant's a great guy but the talent isn't in the top 50% of NBA players.
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« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2021, 03:25:23 PM »

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Quote from: tonydelk on March 31, 2021, 03:22:19 PM
Quote from: Who on March 31, 2021, 03:17:42 PM
Quote from: celticsclay on March 31, 2021, 11:56:43 AM
Yea why does Ainge hate Cousins...

Stevens - They don't want any bad eggs in the locker room that he will have to deal with.

Yeah the C's put culture and player attitude above talent.  It's why guys like Grand Williams get drafted.  Grant's a great guy but the talent isn't in the top 50% of NBA players.

I like Brad, but I wish he had a big time “player’s coach” on his staff. 
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« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2021, 03:38:15 PM »

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Stevens - They don't want any bad eggs in the locker room that he will have to deal with.

True, but look where it has got us a bunch of guys who play below draft expectation.

                                Year         Pick              Draft Value vs. Expectation
Payton Pritchard    2020    26                 +1.1
Aaron Nesmith    2020    14                  -0.5
Grant Williams         2019    22                  -1.4
Romeo Langford      2019    14                  -1.5
Rob Williams           2018    27                 +0.5



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Specifically, we looked at their wins above replacement totals, per FiveThirtyEight, for their first four seasons, the length of a standard first-round rookie contract. (For the 2020-21 season, we extrapolated current WAR values over the full season. For players drafted in 2020, 2019, and 2018, we generated separate expectation curves for the first one, two, and three seasons, respectively.) Then, we compared expectation to reality.

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/3/2/22308624/danny-ainge-boston-celtics

So you can see good guy are mixed bag.   I know they love Grant but look at his per 36 min

ORB    DRB    TRB      AST    STL        BLKS    TOV      FOULS    PPG
1.9     4.2        6.1   2.0      1.1   0.8       1.7   5.1          9.4


https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willigr01.html

As you can see more minutes won't help much because the level of production is simply not there.   Not his fault he should be at the end of the bench not playing 19 mpg and it is an impossible position for him to be in.

Sometimes GOOD GUYS FINISH LAST!  Still it may be better than having trouble in the locker room.   It just never works out for us when Ainge tries to find the next Draymond Green.   It bombed on Gerschon and it looks bad for Grant.   I think the rest of the league has switched away from the Golden State Small Ball model somewhat and teams with size kill us.  Are we trying to win the last war metaphorically?
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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2021, 03:40:25 PM »

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Why a 10 day contract instead rest of the season?
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« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2021, 04:01:17 PM »

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Quote from: Birdman on March 31, 2021, 03:40:25 PM
Why a 10 day contract instead rest of the season?
Because the guy is cooked and teams are just kicking the tires at this point to see if he has anything left to offer.
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