Time to move on.
Unless he opts out from the Pelicans, but him and AD could actually become something special.
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I really wish we went after him...
I trust Ainge, but gah....
That is the be best front court since Duncan and Robinson. Hell maybe even better, as Robinson was declining and Duncan was still green.
One more key perimeter player added and that team has definite championship potential. They will attract free agents like crazy.
I don't necessarily think there will be an implosion, but I am not seeing any chance of championship potential. The honeymoon period is on for the rest of this year so they should push their way into the playoffs, but this is still Cousins we are talking about.
If NOP goes on to have great success, then Danny and the rest of the league's gms should really re-consider their current profession. This was such an obvious opportunity for so many teams that there must be so much more to the story than we will ever know.
As for the OP's story - I am really not surprised.