No player wants to play with cousins. Don't you guys think IT, a former teammate of cousins, had input in Dannys decision to stay away from cousins?
Danny had to have at least asked IT his thoughts on cousins, and Danny would form an opinion from it. IT helps recruit players to this team. He would have recruited cousins if he wanted to play with him. Clearly cousins is a terrible teammate probably selfish
People have been through this a million times. Thomas publicly lobbied for Cousins. He's gone on record numerous times saying he'd love to have him in Boston.
Can we please stop making up imaginary scenarios and trying to convince the world they are true.
Demarcus Cousins is the best center in the NBA. Period.
His game fits Boston's perfectly - he's a 6'11" tank who rebounds, who can stretch the floor, who can handle the ball, who is an elite passer, and who scores at an elite level.
Boston might be scared to bring in guys with troublesome reputations. It wouldn't surprise me in the least. But troublesome often goes hand in hand with passionate, and Cousins is exactly that. He has fire. He has passion. He has heart.
Maybe that pushes him too far sometimes, but I would rather that then a group of guys who are willing to lay down and die without any hint of a fight in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Rajon Rondo was a troublesome guy too. He had a problematic personality. But how many times did his troublesome self lead us deep in the playoffs? How many times did he put up beastly performances against the very same Lebron James that we just ran and hid away from?
Maybe he took some suspensions along the way, and maybe the coaches didnt like him, and maybe some players didn't like him - but he got results. He controlled games. He dominated against the some of the best players and teams in the league.
That's the type of guy we need. Somebody who will NEVER EVER believe they aren't good enough. Confidence. Cockiness, even.
Cousins has that.