One AND ONLY Cousins trade rumors thread
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If you are someone who is easily upset, don't pay attention to Twitter as it relates to the Kings. There's almost nothing to be gained, especially right now. Any idiot can post whatever they want, and any media person can repeat it, and it's all meaningless. The reporters are just competing for eyeballs.
The days of responsible reporting on happenings in sports are long gone. Now it's about how many clicks you can generate, how many views you can get...as a "journalist," you aren't judged by your accuracy any more, you're judged by your views. Big difference.
The Internet masses don't give a crap about you or how you feel about what they say. Also...get this...the fact that Vlade said Cousins wasn't being traded have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a reporter is going to publish or tweet that a trade is in the works. The reporter literally doesn't care about what Vlade said.
Also, for the people complaining about how all of this makes Cousins feel...that's one very social media-savvy dude. He knows how this works, and I would bet money that he's smart enough to realize that seeing something on Twitter about him being traded doesn't mean that he's been "disrespected," unless it comes directly from someone in Kings management. He knows that other teams are likely to say anything, and that it doesn't mean a damned thing.
Unless you see someone saying "there has been a trade," try to relax. None of this means anything.
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The days of responsible reporting on happenings in sports are long gone. Now it's about how many clicks you can generate, how many views you can get...as a "journalist," you aren't judged by your accuracy any more, you're judged by your views. Big difference.
The Internet masses don't give a crap about you or how you feel about what they say. Also...get this...the fact that Vlade said Cousins wasn't being traded have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a reporter is going to publish or tweet that a trade is in the works. The reporter literally doesn't care about what Vlade said.
Also, for the people complaining about how all of this makes Cousins feel...that's one very social media-savvy dude. He knows how this works, and I would bet money that he's smart enough to realize that seeing something on Twitter about him being traded doesn't mean that he's been "disrespected," unless it comes directly from someone in Kings management. He knows that other teams are likely to say anything, and that it doesn't mean a damned thing.
Unless you see someone saying "there has been a trade," try to relax. None of this means anything.
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Brian Windhorst is reporting on Twitter that DMC has privately asked for a trade. If that's true, then I - as a loyal Kings fan and supporter of DMC since day 1, would be asking for DMC to publicly address Kings fans and explain. After all, loyalty goes both ways.
I hate this. I hate that someone is leaking this stuff to the media. I am 100% certain it is NOT coming from the Kings. I cannot rule out DMC's agents, however, who have priors in this regard.
I hate this. I hate that someone is leaking this stuff to the media. I am 100% certain it is NOT coming from the Kings. I cannot rule out DMC's agents, however, who have priors in this regard.
Even if he has, VF, what can he do about it if we don't comply? Just don't trade him and prove to him we will build a winner. I sincerely doubt that Cousins has asked to be traded anyway, and until someone from the Kings says as much, I will not be paying attention to this ****storm that the media has invented. Anyone with an ounce of intelligence can see that the Lakers have nothing to offer the Kings. My only hope is that Vlade, who himself is familiar with how the Lakers operate, sees this for what it is (a gimmick) and treats it as such.
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Players can be fined for publicly demanding a trade. If DMC wants to go and has told the team that much, unless he wants to give up some cash, he won't be saying that's true.
And as we've seen, players and teams will deny this stuff happen right up until it does down. So, nothing to see here / false might not mean much.
If you are banking for something real and definitive coming from DMC, anyone with the Kings, or the media, you're out of luck for a while. Folks can read the tea leaves how they like, but it's unclear how real this is and nobody knows for sure right now what's going to happen.
Players can be fined for publicly demanding a trade. If DMC wants to go and has told the team that much, unless he wants to give up some cash, he won't be saying that's true.
And as we've seen, players and teams will deny this stuff happen right up until it does down. So, nothing to see here / false might not mean much.
If you are banking for something real and definitive coming from DMC, anyone with the Kings, or the media, you're out of luck for a while. Folks can read the tea leaves how they like, but it's unclear how real this is and nobody knows for sure right now what's going to happen.
DrewM @drewm916 8m8 minutes ago
@carmichaeldave Quick, we need more clicks! Windhorst, climb down from your LeBron tree and tweet something.
@carmichaeldave Quick, we need more clicks! Windhorst, climb down from your LeBron tree and tweet something.
This **** never stops as a Kings fan. Come home and read this. SMFH.
I will say, whether it's true, partly true or false, Scott Howard Cooper brought up a good point. From a competitor's point of view and other teams hoping to get him at some point, this is smart. It adds fuel to the fire here. It creates more turbulence in one of the most unstable markets in the NBA. It gets Cuz possibly thinking, I've been run through the mud during my time in Sac, my new coach who I don't have a relationship with even said I no one on this roster is untradeable. Then he looks around and sees teams begging for him and asks, what if?
The NBA smells blood and is going for it. We created this situation and by we, I mean the Vivek/PDA/Mullin trio. Notice none of this crap pops up with Anthony Davis.
I will say, whether it's true, partly true or false, Scott Howard Cooper brought up a good point. From a competitor's point of view and other teams hoping to get him at some point, this is smart. It adds fuel to the fire here. It creates more turbulence in one of the most unstable markets in the NBA. It gets Cuz possibly thinking, I've been run through the mud during my time in Sac, my new coach who I don't have a relationship with even said I no one on this roster is untradeable. Then he looks around and sees teams begging for him and asks, what if?
The NBA smells blood and is going for it. We created this situation and by we, I mean the Vivek/PDA/Mullin trio. Notice none of this crap pops up with Anthony Davis.
I don't know why the Kings or the Kings bloggers don't start trade rumors about other teams stars and make them all upset. It seems like anyone with a blog just starts a rumor about Boogie and the internet just explodes.
These blog rumors are ridiculous and I sure hope DMC does not pay any attention to them!
These blog rumors are ridiculous and I sure hope DMC does not pay any attention to them!
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