What makes you think we have a chance to acquire Cousins? Other than in free agency where he would literally give up millions, and millions of dollars to come to frosty Boston, rather than stay in Sacramento where I'm sure his entire family is tucked in nice and tight.
Has he requested a trade? Has he even expressed a desire to play anywhere else ever? Has he even stated he's tired of loosing year after year, and not making the playoffs? No. Actually he seams quite content in warm, sunny Sacramento. Face it...some players don't care about winning a championship, they just pretend they do. They want to get as much cash as they can before they retire.
Next, the Kings are building a new half Billion dollar arena, why on earth would they, and their investors rid themselves of their number one commodity, and draw before this arena is complete? No matter how poor his actions are.
Until I hear him say, "I want out of Sacramento, I want to win a championship with another team"
I'm not going to get excited.
I don't get what you say. Seems that there is no chance for a trade to be done if a player doesn't express his desire to be traded in public. You really think that??
Read the second part...The Kings are building a new arena, the odds of him being traded before completion is very low. We're talking a 500 million dollars build. Would you just dump the organizations greatest asset. NO.
What I'm saying is Cousins never express be fed-up with the loosing. And the owners are building a new arena...put two and two together.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a Cousins type talent heading to the C's. I'm just not hearing Cousins desire to leave, nor the Kings being stupid enough to dump Cousins before they open their new show place. i.e. they have investors to consider.
you may have answered your own question. Cousins is just an asset at this point.
Not a leader, not a game-changer, not indispensable to a winning culture.
His sole worth right now is as an asset, and assets are meant to be cashed in, preferably when value is high. That sell-high window closes in approx. two months, after which he becomes a lost cause that either leaves Sac high and dry, or they end up paying handsomely to lead them to more 30 win seasons.
Honestly, if i'm in ownerships shoes, I'd want a fresh start to go with a new arena. Young teams that play hard get fan's excited, give them a reason to come back out to see the team play. Would you go pay good money to watch DC's perpetual sour puss? I don't see the entertainment value in that.
It'd be different if he affected winning. But Cousins, for all his talent, doesn't win games.
Even last year, with Rondo playing well and a vet scorer on the wing in Gay, they couldn't crack the playoffs. Keeping him now all but guarantees another five trips to the lotto.
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