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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #90 on: January 27, 2018, 02:30:39 PM »

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Jesus guys, Demarcus just suffered a season ending injury that very well could be career altering, can we at least give it 24 hours before we start salivating over Anthony Davis like tactless vultures?

Why? Are sport related/non-life threatening injuries part of the grieving process?
apparently we're supposed to hold hands and sing kumbaya for 24 hrs for cousins before we can discuss basketball

Don't have to sing Kumbaya , just have some respect for the work these athletes put in to get here and compassion when that hard work is threatened. Perhaps because I work with athletes and see how these injuries impact them, I've developed a heart.

Nobody here posted that they were glad that Cousins was injured. In fact, I would reason that most feel it's unfortunate. However, you come off as really self righteous when you start calling people on this thread "tactless vultures" that have to adhere to some mythical 24 hour grace period.

Tbe 24 hour part was sarcasm. Should've used sarcasm font. I do think it's vulture like to immediately try to think of ways to benenfit from someone else's misfortune, but apologies if you find that to be self-righteous.
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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #91 on: January 27, 2018, 03:03:46 PM »

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Jesus guys, Demarcus just suffered a season ending injury that very well could be career altering, can we at least give it 24 hours before we start salivating over Anthony Davis like tactless vultures?

Why? Are sport related/non-life threatening injuries part of the grieving process?
apparently we're supposed to hold hands and sing kumbaya for 24 hrs for cousins before we can discuss basketball

Don't have to sing Kumbaya , just have some respect for the work these athletes put in to get here and compassion when that hard work is threatened. Perhaps because I work with athletes and see how these injuries impact them, I've developed a heart.

Do you know him?  Neither do I.  His financial needs are met for life, that’s more than you can say for the vast majority of people on the planet.  Dreams are for children and wringing our hands over the ‘dreams’ of a wealthy athlete is pathetic.  I’m not happy he’s hurt, but I do hope that this makes Davis to Boston a possibility.
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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #92 on: January 27, 2018, 03:19:39 PM »

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Cousins was one of the slowest players up the court getting back on defense before the injury. Can only imagine how slow he will be post injury.

Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #93 on: January 27, 2018, 03:33:47 PM »

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Sad b/c he was having a great season.

Over/under: Ainge called the Pels already after the injury to inquire about Davis?

Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #94 on: January 27, 2018, 03:43:37 PM »

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Sad b/c he was having a great season.

Over/under: Ainge called the Pels already after the injury to inquire about Davis?

99.99% positive Ainge called Demps, to which Demps resoundingly screamed, "You think you're SPECIAL!??!"

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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #95 on: January 27, 2018, 04:00:25 PM »

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Would you trade Horford, Tatum and LA/ kings pick for Davis? That likely what it would take

Kyrie.      Rozier
Jaylen.     Smart
Hayward.  ?
Morris.       Semi
Davis.         Theis

Not sure that makes us favorites and wouldn't have much else to move for upgrade at PF....

Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #96 on: January 27, 2018, 04:09:40 PM »

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Would you trade Horford, Tatum and LA/ kings pick for Davis? That likely what it would take

Kyrie.      Rozier
Jaylen.     Smart
Hayward.  ?
Morris.       Semi
Davis.         Theis

Not sure that makes us favorites and wouldn't have much else to move for upgrade at PF....

I don't blink.

Would you?

I would try to target someone like Noel, but I don't know what his intentions are in the FA, to put next to Davis so he can stay at the 4.
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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #97 on: January 27, 2018, 04:20:28 PM »

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Would you trade Horford, Tatum and LA/ kings pick for Davis? That likely what it would take

Kyrie.      Rozier
Jaylen.     Smart
Hayward.  ?
Morris.       Semi
Davis.         Theis

Not sure that makes us favorites and wouldn't have much else to move for upgrade at PF....

Replace Tatum with Jaylen and I would do it.

Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #98 on: January 27, 2018, 04:58:26 PM »

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Would you trade Horford, Tatum and LA/ kings pick for Davis? That likely what it would take

Kyrie.      Rozier
Jaylen.     Smart
Hayward.  ?
Morris.       Semi
Davis.         Theis

Not sure that makes us favorites and wouldn't have much else to move for upgrade at PF....

Replace Tatum with Jaylen and I would do it.
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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #99 on: January 27, 2018, 05:39:12 PM »

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Jesus guys, Demarcus just suffered a season ending injury that very well could be career altering, can we at least give it 24 hours before we start salivating over Anthony Davis like tactless vultures?

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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #100 on: January 28, 2018, 04:58:53 PM »

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Cousins will not be the same. It is sad. Hopefully he had a good insurance policy. He is already slow and the NBA is going Small. If I was the Pels. I would give him good money for 2 years and a Team option for Year Three. He is not going to play until January next year anyway and it will take a year to see. I would make sure he had the best Achillis people around him. I would see Gay's Doctor for sure and not Jennings. 
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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #101 on: January 29, 2018, 06:54:51 AM »

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A good post

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The marathon outing may have been particularly grueling because Cousins had been pushing his body into uncharted territory. Heading into that game, Cousins had been averaging a whopping 39.8 minutes per game in his previous 10 contests. He played in four overtimes in a nine-day span.

In sum, January was Cousins’ most taxing month of his career (in months with at least five games played)—he registered a career-high 38.3 minutes per game. Friday’s game was Cousins’ fourth in seven days.

Cousins this month? He was playing approximately 80.2 possessions a night when you factor in that the Pelicans have averaged 101.5 possessions, one of the speediest in the league. More possession than other big men similar to Cousins body have played in the modern era.

After a recent Pelicans game this occurred:

"My strength coach had the nerve to ask me, do I want to lift after this game? I almost lost it,” Cousins told the Associated Press’ Brett Martel after the game. “If I had some energy, we would have fought.”

I was discussing this with my friend whom his a doctor of physical therapy from USC. He told me:

The human body has an amazing potential to bounce back. But it needs time to repair itself. If you don’t allow the body time for minor healing to occur, then major injuries will occur. That’s what happened to Kobe. That’s what happened to Cousins.

Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #102 on: January 29, 2018, 07:54:48 AM »

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I know we get on Stevens a lot for his love of rotations but limiting players minutes is important. Fatigue and overuse is a problem over the course of a long season.

Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #103 on: January 29, 2018, 08:34:20 AM »

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I know we get on Stevens a lot for his love of rotations but limiting players minutes is important. Fatigue and overuse is a problem over the course of a long season.
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Re: DeMarcus Cousins is out for the rest of the season with torn left achilles
« Reply #104 on: January 29, 2018, 08:51:20 AM »

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I know we get on Stevens a lot for his love of rotations but limiting players minutes is important. Fatigue and overuse is a problem over the course of a long season.
I don’t really see how this is relevant to Cousins though.  He plays with the intensity of a walk through.  The amazing thing is that he can get you 30 and 15 with such little effort.