Woj Bomb: DeMarcus Cousins traded to Pelicans

[chambers]

Holy moly....Danny must have basically had zero interest in DMC if this is all it took...

The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to acquire DeMarcus Cousins from the Sacramento Kings.

The Kings will acquire Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, the Pelicans' 2017 first round pick and the Philadelphia 76ers' 2017 second round pick in exchange for Cousins.

Cousins will team up with Anthony Davis to form one of the NBA's best frontcourt duos in recent memory.

The Kings and Cousins were widely expected to agree upon a supermax extension this offseason before a new round of Cousins' trade talks surfaced on Sunday.


http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/244977/DeMarcus-Cousins-Traded-By-Kings-To-Pelicans

[SCeltic34]

That's a lousy return for the Kings. 

[Bostoncelticsforlife7]

Terrible trade for the kings, they could have gotten so much more

[straightouttabahstun]

Sac's front office is dumb. Bad trade.

[perks-a-beast]

Um..........ok.......


Ainge and Stevens must really have not wanted him. I don't blame them. 25/12/5 guys are a dime a dozen. 

[perks-a-beast]

If DMC is traded for Buddy Hield and a late lottery pick then we better be able to get Jimmy Butler for Jaylen Brown and 2 non Brooklyn 1sts

[chambers]

there must be even more 'attitude' stuff that we didn't hear about behind closed doors. Surely Danny would've given up a better offer than this if he wanted him.

Brat factor was just too high, and New Orleans are desperate enough.

[fantankerous]

Ainge got balls.  I love it, even though I wanted Cousins.

[Royrebirth]

Wow. I'm shocked. I'd even argue one BKN pick is worth more than all of those assets, perhaps even combined.

[ManUp]

Happy for the pelicans happy for us.

Cousins scared me.

[Eddie20]

Same thing will happen in New Orleans. Cousins will put up numbers, take plays off, not impact winning, and be his usual malcontent self.

Great pass by Ainge!

[fantankerous]

I'm beginning to think Ainge is really high on the top of this draft.

[csfansince60s]

there must be even more 'attitude' stuff that we didn't hear about behind closed doors. Surely Danny would've given up a better offer than this if he wanted him.

Brat factor was just too high, and New Orleans are desperate enough.

TP.....exactly......Ainge absolutely did his homework on this.....as did other GMs  around the league

I wanted Cousins, but obviously many other teams/organizations didn't.

They know far better than I.

[Evantime34]

I can't believe that, that is all the Kings got for Boogie. Although if New Orleans doesn't make the playoffs Sacramento will have two lotto picks in a good draft.

I wonder if the C's were out on Boogie because they didn't like him, didn't like the price or wanted to save their assets for Butler or George.

My hot take is that New Orleans won't make the playoffs, because the Nuggets will hold them off.

[max215]

Interesting nugget from Kyler:

The curious question is will same $200 million question haunt the Pacers over the next 3 days?

https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/833544027052060673