One AND ONLY Cousins trade rumors thread
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Unless the Kings are prepared to loose another 20% of what's left of their non-die hard fan base, the Kings aren't prepared or able to handle Dan Fegan airing the Kings dirty laundry for another 6-18 months. It will cost them money and DMC's trade value. And after he gets DMC traded, we'll never get another Fegen player.
It hasn't ALL been Fegan, but his stench is permeating throughout the whole thing. And as far as a war goes, there's only one way to win... And I strongly suspect that's the road Vlade will take. Fegan may be powerful and represent powerful players, but he's not the only agent out there...and he's been fired by players before.
Bill Simmons @BillSimmons 4m4 minutes ago
I want Vivek to own more things.
Have to admit. That is funny.
I want Vivek to own more things.
Have to admit. That is funny.
If it is true that Fegan is behind this then some of the responsibility falls back on Cousins. I know Fegan is a powerful guy, but if Cousins truly doesn't want to leave and truly wants stability with the team he plays for then he needs to get control of his agent or fire him.
Completely different story if Cousins wants to leave though and Fegan is just trying to give him what he wants. Cousins talks about loyalty, he either is or isn't, but either way he has a move to make.
Completely different story if Cousins wants to leave though and Fegan is just trying to give him what he wants. Cousins talks about loyalty, he either is or isn't, but either way he has a move to make.
Now it could be. That's Ailene's narrative, and I have to admit a professional admiration for the audaciousness if true.
Its possible Fegan may not even be seriously trying to get Boogie traded. But you seriously leak that Cuz and Karl have problems and send the Kings scrambling, then you leak that the Kings are trading Cousins to the Lakers, and the Kings are now wholly on the defensive and asking George WTF? Then you leak that Karl could be fired, a shot across George's bow and everybody int he Kings asking each other, you say that? you? And end result is you just posted a giant "don't **** with my client" sign on the front lawn. George is maybe a bit abashed. Everybody is walking on eggshells around Cuz, and since you have done it from the shadows while the franchise you've been using as a punching bag is licking its wounds, you go golfing having completely taken tempii away from Karl and made the Kings afraid of all future conflicts.
Problem with all that is Cuz has certainly seemed to have believed that Karl was out to get him. You either need him to have been badly mistaken, or you need him to have been blatantly dishonest himself in support of this campaign. The 2nd does not seem like him, and I would be disappointed if it were.
Other thing is, you would never launch such an all out assault on a franchise you had any respect for. This would be a power/alpha move of the highest order designed to establish completely who's the boss.
Its possible Fegan may not even be seriously trying to get Boogie traded. But you seriously leak that Cuz and Karl have problems and send the Kings scrambling, then you leak that the Kings are trading Cousins to the Lakers, and the Kings are now wholly on the defensive and asking George WTF? Then you leak that Karl could be fired, a shot across George's bow and everybody int he Kings asking each other, you say that? you? And end result is you just posted a giant "don't **** with my client" sign on the front lawn. George is maybe a bit abashed. Everybody is walking on eggshells around Cuz, and since you have done it from the shadows while the franchise you've been using as a punching bag is licking its wounds, you go golfing having completely taken tempii away from Karl and made the Kings afraid of all future conflicts.
Problem with all that is Cuz has certainly seemed to have believed that Karl was out to get him. You either need him to have been badly mistaken, or you need him to have been blatantly dishonest himself in support of this campaign. The 2nd does not seem like him, and I would be disappointed if it were.
Other thing is, you would never launch such an all out assault on a franchise you had any respect for. This would be a power/alpha move of the highest order designed to establish completely who's the boss.
Broussard needs to get with the program. Vivek isn't saying a word. Decision would be Vlade's.
BSPN strikes again.
BSPN strikes again.
Random thoughts:
- Never could have predicted that I'd be so thankful for Vlade to be in the driver's seat right now. Because I am an eternal optimist, I think that the Vlade/Vivek partnership is going to be a really good one, and in no small part because of them working through this controversy together. I hope beyond hope that Vlade is able to level with Vivek and impress the value of a calculated, patient approach to building a winner.
- I had posted at the beginning of last season (not on this site) about how great it was to begin to see the return on the investment in player development that was evident in how much McLemore had progressed. I thought that it represented a healthy change of philosophy from Vivek. Similarly, Malone was clearly making strides and I was hopeful that the Kings were on the slow but steady path back to basketball relevance. Then Vivek, PDA, Mullin proved me wrong and demonstrated that they truly had *no* clue how to actually build a contender.
- Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I reject the premise that Kings fans needed a championship contender by Fall, 2016. What we need instead is the sense that there is a roadmap for this organization. The fact that up until this point there doesn't seem to have been one is unconscionable. Again, I come back to Vlade being in place as a beacon, though perhaps irrationally so given how unproven he is.
- Journalists involved in being social media mouthpieces for those with clear agendas are not journalists. Again, this is me being an unreasonable idealist, but should journalists be party to the obvious and transparent drive-by shooting of a franchise? Obviously, I'm not Vivek's biggest fan (see above), but to simply be an amplifier for PDA or Fegan or anyone in the Kings' front office is just sickening. We have seen the nuclear escalation metaphor unfold on social media.
- I'm a huge fan of DMC's basketball skills. He also is spoiled narcissist. I'm a huge fan of GK's coaching skills. He is also a spoiled narcissist. You can't build a winning organization around either.
- Never could have predicted that I'd be so thankful for Vlade to be in the driver's seat right now. Because I am an eternal optimist, I think that the Vlade/Vivek partnership is going to be a really good one, and in no small part because of them working through this controversy together. I hope beyond hope that Vlade is able to level with Vivek and impress the value of a calculated, patient approach to building a winner.
- I had posted at the beginning of last season (not on this site) about how great it was to begin to see the return on the investment in player development that was evident in how much McLemore had progressed. I thought that it represented a healthy change of philosophy from Vivek. Similarly, Malone was clearly making strides and I was hopeful that the Kings were on the slow but steady path back to basketball relevance. Then Vivek, PDA, Mullin proved me wrong and demonstrated that they truly had *no* clue how to actually build a contender.
- Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I reject the premise that Kings fans needed a championship contender by Fall, 2016. What we need instead is the sense that there is a roadmap for this organization. The fact that up until this point there doesn't seem to have been one is unconscionable. Again, I come back to Vlade being in place as a beacon, though perhaps irrationally so given how unproven he is.
- Journalists involved in being social media mouthpieces for those with clear agendas are not journalists. Again, this is me being an unreasonable idealist, but should journalists be party to the obvious and transparent drive-by shooting of a franchise? Obviously, I'm not Vivek's biggest fan (see above), but to simply be an amplifier for PDA or Fegan or anyone in the Kings' front office is just sickening. We have seen the nuclear escalation metaphor unfold on social media.
- I'm a huge fan of DMC's basketball skills. He also is spoiled narcissist. I'm a huge fan of GK's coaching skills. He is also a spoiled narcissist. You can't build a winning organization around either.
league circles ain't Kings circles, and Kings circles would be the only ones that matter.
Let's be clear here though, I want Karl's head on the block before this is done. I am ambivalent on whether we drop the axe now, but the only way to balance the books and get control of that old egomaniac is for him to feel a threat. \He's a rogue element that you have to bring to heel.
Let's be clear here though, I want Karl's head on the block before this is done. I am ambivalent on whether we drop the axe now, but the only way to balance the books and get control of that old egomaniac is for him to feel a threat. \He's a rogue element that you have to bring to heel.
Hey, this is like one of those logic puzzles, where you have to use a few clues to infer the rest. So I have:
- Woj being fed by Fegan, at least on the issue of Cousins being traded.
- Jones being fed by PDA....his last series of tweets said PDA was against Karl hire.
- Ailene being fed by...Karl? Not sure.
- Amick I personally trust. I've always trusted that guy.
- Carmichael I trust, although I know he knows people. I just don't think he has an agenda, personally.
- Broussard just makes stuff up based on what other people have already said.
- Marc Spiers, not sure. Maybe trust him?
- Bucher pulls information directly from his...nethers...and reports whatever he finds.
- ESPN makes up whatever will get the most clicks.
This makes me question who's feeding Voisin her info. Tells me her source is closer to the Karl side of things, which also explains her coming out against any discussion of Karl getting fired being discussed.
Ailene Voisin: George Karl intrigued at notion of coaching Cousins when hired, developed same concerns as Vlade Divac in final weeks: Attitude, commitment.
Ailene Voisin: George Karl intrigued at notion of coaching Cousins when hired, developed same concerns as Vlade Divac in final weeks: Attitude, commitment.
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