Thomas/Cousins on court relationship

[Eddie20]

On Lowe's podcast with Sam Amick, Amick said that the Kings decided against re-signing Thomas in order to make Cousins happy. He continued by saying that it's no secret that Cousins wasn't happy with the amount of time Thomas had the ball.

[Lucky17]

On Lowe's podcast with Sam Amick, Amick said that the Kings decided against re-signing Thomas in order to make Cousins happy. He continued by saying that it's no secret that Cousins wasn't happy with the amount of time Thomas had the ball.

Is he passing along insider info, or is he speculating?

I'd heard that the two were actually close.

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/6/24/8837905/isaiah-thomas-is-already-recruiting-demarcus-cousins-to-the-celtics

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/9/4/4693670/demarcus-cousins-isaiah-thomas-twitter-war

[Eddie20]

On Lowe's podcast with Sam Amick, Amick said that the Kings decided against re-signing Thomas in order to make Cousins happy. He continued by saying that it's no secret that Cousins wasn't happy with the amount of time Thomas had the ball.

Is he passing along insider info, or is he speculating?

I'd heard that the two were actually close.

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/6/24/8837905/isaiah-thomas-is-already-recruiting-demarcus-cousins-to-the-celtics

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/9/4/4693670/demarcus-cousins-isaiah-thomas-twitter-war

Insider info.

It sounds as though they get on personally, but on the court Cousins prefers having a more traditional pass first PG.

[Who]

Heard that a lot of times.

Friends off the court. Not happy on the court. Isaiah too selfish.

[gift]

Yeah I thought it was well known they were friends but Cousins prefers a pass first point guard. I think Rondo was still in Boston when Cousins said he was the point guard he wanted to play with.

[saltlover]

Heard that a lot of times.

Friends off the court. Not happy on the court. Isaiah too selfish.

I'd say they both were too selfish.

[celticsclay]

Heard that a lot of times.

Friends off the court. Not happy on the court. Isaiah too selfish.

I'd say they both were too selfish.

The root cause of all failed relationships?

[hwangjini_1]

Heard that a lot of times.

Friends off the court. Not happy on the court. Isaiah too selfish.

I'd say they both were too selfish.

The root cause of all failed relationships?

perhaps not all, but certainly many. 

[mgent]

I definitely believe that Cousins wasn't happy about the amount of time IT had the ball, and prefers to play with a pass-first guy like Rondo.

And I definitely believe that Sac wanted to keep Cousins happy by going after the exact pass-first PG he wanted (Rondo).

Neither of those statements mean that Thomas/Cousins didn't get along on the court.  I'm sure they got along great, just not as great as Rondo/Cousins.

I don't think it's that Cousins didn't/doesn't want to play with IT, I think it's just that Cousins wanted to use his power and get the 2 players he wanted in town.  If you can do anything you want, and you want to play with your favorite PG, it doesn't matter if he's replacing your 2nd  favorite PG or your least favorite.  Just because he prefers Rondo, that doesn't mean IT is way down there on the list of PGs he'd play with.

[Al91]

Heard that a lot of times.

Friends off the court. Not happy on the court. Isaiah too selfish.

I'd say they both were too selfish.

I'll take selfish if it results in points on the scoreboard and wins, although those IT-DMC teams were without the wins.

I think IT is a tad more mature than DMC, and that's putting it lightly. On television it appears that they get along, but as mentioned above it doesn't exactly appear that way behind the scenes. I remember much was made about IT tweeting at DMC following DMC's public frustrations with his own team last summer, and IT also requested a signed DMC jersey for someone or something.

I've watched a good bit of the Kings this year thanks to Rondo and DMC still hasn't reached his full potential, even with one of the better supporting casts he's ever had professionally. He's slow to get back on defense at times and prefers bringing the ball up himself 1-2 times a game over Rondo or another guard like Collison. I can't stand that. When the team pays $20+million for the guards to bring the ball up I see no reason for DMC to bring it up himself. I'd rather see him get down on the block and battling for position.

[FreddieJ]

Heard that a lot of times.

Friends off the court. Not happy on the court. Isaiah too selfish.

I'd say they both were too selfish.

I'll take selfish if it results in points on the scoreboard and wins, although those IT-DMC teams were without the wins.

I think IT is a tad more mature than DMC, and that's putting it lightly. On television it appears that they get along, but as mentioned above it doesn't exactly appear that way behind the scenes. I remember much was made about IT tweeting at DMC following DMC's public frustrations with his own team last summer, and IT also requested a signed DMC jersey for someone or something.

I've watched a good bit of the Kings this year thanks to Rondo and DMC still hasn't reached his full potential, even with one of the better supporting casts he's ever had professionally. He's slow to get back on defense at times and prefers bringing the ball up himself 1-2 times a game over Rondo or another guard like Collison. I can't stand that. When the team pays $20+million for the guards to bring the ball up I see no reason for DMC to bring it up himself. I'd rather see him get down on the block and battling for position.

Better supporting cast, worse coaching