DeMarcus Cousins demands trade

[Black]

DeMarcus Cousins has demanded to be traded. In the best interest of our team as we go forward, he has been directed by me, with the support of management, to stay home from the New Orleans game tonight.

http://www.nba.com/kings/news/westph...012_01_01.html

Headcase? Yes.

Young and high ceiling? Yes.

Plays a position of need? Yes.

Low risk contract? Yes.

Headcase? Yes.

So what do you think, BCP? What, if anything, would you be willing to give up for Cousins?

[Black]

Would anyone consider:

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=6pecqar

With maybe a pick coming from Sacramento?

[Chef]

i would prefer

dj and tyrus for cousins and garcia

and yes do it asap

[Black]

i would prefer

dj and tyrus for cousins and garcia

and yes do it asap

That would work for me too. I'm personally all for it. I'm probably just being overly optimistic, but I think the "Jordan Effect" could work on a young guy like Cousins. Playing for Jordan might get his ass in line, and make him take his job more seriously.

[ohara831]

I'd go after him ASAP if there is any way to keep our 1st round pick. If we are considered so bad, maybe agree to give the Kings the option to swap 1st round picks as part of any deal? But I would dearly love to have him in Charlotte, even if DJ and Diaw both have to go.

[Plowright]

would do either of the deals mentioned above. I want to keep picks tho!

[Black]

I'd go after him ASAP if there is any way to keep our 1st round pick. If we are considered so bad, maybe agree to give the Kings the option to swap 1st round picks as part of any deal? But I would dearly love to have him in Charlotte, even if DJ and Diaw both have to go.

Agreed 100%.

We could run with:

Kemba
Hendo
Maggette (Who is quickly falling out of favor with me)
Tyrus
Cousins

Not a bad lineup, and might as well get Kemba as many minutes as possible.

[ohara831]

Kings are going to suck nearly as bad as Charlotte. So giving them the right to swap 1sts with us wont hurt too bad. Maybe 3-4 spots at worse. And for having Cousins here, it is a small price to pay. God, I hope Cho is working the phones as we talk.

[Black]

Kings are going to suck nearly as bad as Charlotte. So giving them the right to swap 1sts with us wont hurt too bad. Maybe 3-4 spots at worse. And for having Cousins here, it is a small price to pay. God, I hope Cho is working the phones as we talk.

Ditto. That's why I'm in hyper-reply mode. It makes too much sense for Cho not to be at least seeing what's possible.

[Chef]

Kings are going to suck nearly as bad as Charlotte. So giving them the right to swap 1sts with us wont hurt too bad. Maybe 3-4 spots at worse. And for having Cousins here, it is a small price to pay. God, I hope Cho is working the phones as we talk.

absolutely positively protect if we get #1 or #2 no swapping. the more i think about it, no touching draft picks. no diaw either. he and dj are our two most valuable trade pieces.

it would be great seeing cousins, biz and kemba all sitting on the bench not playing under silas's insane personnel decisions.