ezzzp wrote:Blue_and_Whte wrote:The fact that you're on a message board(?) where people share their hopes and dreams no matter how unrealistic.ezzzp wrote:Divac said this last week.
Cousins has not asked to be traded. Randave, Karl, and Divac have continuously said there is no way Cousins will be traded. Cousins is under contract through 2018. Reporters have continuously stated that Sac front office doesn't respond to other GM's phone calls that bring up Cousins.
Yet there is continued conversation about Magic trading for Cousins on this board...Am I missing something?In all seriousness, I wouldn't care what Divac said last week, I'd swing for the fences and make the offer anyway.
Lol Ok. I'm positive Rob Hennigan and every other GM have working relationships with each other and agents to gauge the level availability of every player they would like to have. If he is remotely "available," Rob is aware.
Outside of fantasy, lets consider wether Rob Hennigan would or wouldn't trade for Demarcus. I'm sure he values Cousins, as his talent is evident. But does Rob value him enough and are the conditions in place that he would risk his career? My opinion is no.
Cousins is a volatile and emotional personality, if this was a draft scenario or if he was secured in longterm contract, I have no doubt Rob would roll the dice on him. But the fact (as in legal binding contract) is that Cousins will be an unrestricted free agent in two summers.
Cousins will have very little attachment to the Magic organization. There would be no real connection with his teammates, since he didn't come up the ranks with them and no connection to the community, since he didn't choose to live there.
Within one year, Demarcus Cousins' free agency will become a dominant headline in the NBA. The disruptive force of that, as we Magic fans know all too well, is serious and can fracture a team and its aspirations...and that's before Cousins even thinks in his mind to stay or go.
Then consider the assets lost to acquire him in a trade...and no its not what Magic fans wouldn't mind losing. That is a franchise player being exchanged, it will cost the Magic several of their most valued assets and more.
Combine that with the very high possibility that he walks in two years, and there goes Rob Hennigan's rebuild. The franchise and the key assets from a half decade of tanking instantly flushed down the toilet. The city of Orlando, the franchise and Magic fans all over the world are forced to relive the Dwightmare/Shaq disasters once again.
Is that a bet you take? I don't. Cousins is good, but the volatility of his free agency is not a stable enough terrain to invest in and certainly not one that I gamble my future on.
Nice Post. I agree, no way does Cousins ever come to Orlando. If we were a strong veteran team that would keep him in check, maybe and that's a big maybe but definitely not a young rebuilding team. And let's not forget who his agent is either. There is no trust with Dan Fegan. The most I could see is that we are a facilitator with another team who ultimately ends up with him or any of those around him, depending on what they do to clean up that situation.
