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TheRealSP wrote:

khans2k5 wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:Cousins is a major head case. We probably don't know half of the assinine things he does. He would try any coach's patience.

He seemed to work fine with Malone when they were hovering around .500. Having a Towns/Cousins frontline would mean death and destruction for all who oppose.

As Lip said, we don't know half the crap Cousins causes, that goes for the good time and bad. In theory he would be a great addition to the Wolves, I don't want him anywhere near the kids! Winning doesn't mean he's not trouble behind the scenes, and it doesn't mean so long as you're winning he won't explode and ruin it.

No thanks, the Kings have been bad because they've relied on players of questionable talent for a very long time.

Look at how quickly this stuff leaked. The Kings organization is a sieve with information. If there were other issues we'd know. If he's such a cancer, why didn't they deal him to the Lakers or Knicks for a top 4 pick? The answer is because he isn't a big enough problem to warrant that kind of move. This is the NBA. The media would find out from someone if there were other serious incidents that we don't know about at this point. In today's media age, you can't get away with serious incidents on the practice court or off the court or in the locker room without it being known and reported.

khans2k5 wrote:

TheRealSP wrote:

khans2k5 wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:Cousins is a major head case. We probably don't know half of the assinine things he does. He would try any coach's patience.

He seemed to work fine with Malone when they were hovering around .500. Having a Towns/Cousins frontline would mean death and destruction for all who oppose.

As Lip said, we don't know half the crap Cousins causes, that goes for the good time and bad. In theory he would be a great addition to the Wolves, I don't want him anywhere near the kids! Winning doesn't mean he's not trouble behind the scenes, and it doesn't mean so long as you're winning he won't explode and ruin it.

No thanks, the Kings have been bad because they've relied on players of questionable talent for a very long time.

Look at how quickly this stuff leaked. The Kings organization is a sieve with information. If there were other issues we'd know. If he's such a cancer, why didn't they deal him to the Lakers or Knicks for a top 4 pick? The answer is because he isn't a big enough problem to warrant that kind of move. This is the NBA. The media would find out from someone if there were other serious incidents that we don't know about at this point. In today's media age, you can't get away with serious incidents on the practice court or off the court or in the locker room without it being known and reported.

I think the reason they didn't trade him is much like the Wolves in recent years they're desperate for success. We're all well aware what a tough sell Rebuild ver.5 can be. He is a great talent and with a little luck putting players around him it should be a quick trip to respectability, if not contention.

Just my opinion.

I tend to agree with those that feel Cousins isn't as bad as his rep the media gives him, being just a poor teammate doesn't really sell stories. However, I think we're a year or two away from being able to add a player like that, once Rubio, Wiggins, and Towns have established this as their team. If Cousins came here now he'd definitely still see this as his team.