younggunsmn wrote:IAmTheTruth wrote:Cousins would start at Center immediately, not Darko...he's not a PF with that girth and wingspan.
The best and most realistic option is draft Cousins and trade Al and whatever it takes to the Kings for Wes Johnson. If Kahn isn't smart enough to figure that out, he is a failure.
4 and 5 are offensively interchangeable in the triangle. It's on the defensive side that the C/PF difference is important. Darko and Cousins' size would match up great vs. the Lakers, and we'd be able to beat teams to a pulp. You can never, ever have too much size.
I would take back Nocioni and trade Al, Love, or Flynn for 5, along with a smaller asset if necessary. I really think Johnson doesn't get past GS at 6, which is why trades of Al or Love for picks in the 7-11 range don't make much sense to me because the value in that range is pretty much all PF's and Aldrich and Aminu (who I don't like at all on the wolves).
Love gets more value than Al because of Al's contract and injury concerns.
Love/23/Gomes for Nocioni/5 (what you proposed on the Kings board) is completely absurd and makes no sense.
That is far FAR worse than Al for Prince + 7.