Cousins trade rumors (the sequel)
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The unwavering hatred Grant has for Demarcus is getting creepy.
There has to be some personal reason for Grant to be still slandering him and manipulating the narrative, five years into an undeniably HOF-pace career.
I think that Cousins made it very clear, early on, that he does not like Grant for being a slimy, slandering blowhard.
I think Grant doesn't want Demarcus to have ANY power within the organization, because the more the Kings listen to Demarcus ("appease him", in Grant's words), the less power to slander people Grant will have.
Let's be honest - in a front office dominated by slimy, underhanded, disrespectful and unclassy* actions like we had with PDA, Grant fit right in. That's Grant's M.O. and plays right into what he does.
If the FO changed/changes to more of a professional, respectful, loyal one that aligns more with Demarcus' view of things, Grant will be on the outside looking in.
This is a power-play to protect his personal place in the organization.
Exactly the kind of weasel behavior we just (likely) ridded ourselves from with Mullin and PDA!
All three of them didn't care about the team - they burnt the team down just to solidify their selfish positions.
Mullin and PDA are gone from the organization now - IMO everyone who has proved they don;t care about the team, and will do damage to it just for their own powerbase, should be removed.
And yes, this includes Grant Napier.
Hell, what if Cousins stops turning the other cheek and makes it clear to the FO that he's had it with Grant?
Grant is a Kings employee, and constantly bashes Demarcus every single time he';s gotten the chance (and has created the opportunity to bash him when there wasn't one).
What if Cousins demands the Kings to muzzle their employee? Wouldn't that be poetic justice. Karma chameleon, b****.
* It's amazing how long Grant has obssessed over people being "the classiest guy you'll ever meet". Seriously, it's what he always says about guys he likes.
How the hell would Grant know anything about class/classy and professional?
This guy is a piece of slime, who has sold his professional soul years ago. His track record spews filth all over the place - how does he dare drone on about people being classy and professional?
There has to be some personal reason for Grant to be still slandering him and manipulating the narrative, five years into an undeniably HOF-pace career.
I think that Cousins made it very clear, early on, that he does not like Grant for being a slimy, slandering blowhard.
I think Grant doesn't want Demarcus to have ANY power within the organization, because the more the Kings listen to Demarcus ("appease him", in Grant's words), the less power to slander people Grant will have.
Let's be honest - in a front office dominated by slimy, underhanded, disrespectful and unclassy* actions like we had with PDA, Grant fit right in. That's Grant's M.O. and plays right into what he does.
If the FO changed/changes to more of a professional, respectful, loyal one that aligns more with Demarcus' view of things, Grant will be on the outside looking in.
This is a power-play to protect his personal place in the organization.
Exactly the kind of weasel behavior we just (likely) ridded ourselves from with Mullin and PDA!
All three of them didn't care about the team - they burnt the team down just to solidify their selfish positions.
Mullin and PDA are gone from the organization now - IMO everyone who has proved they don;t care about the team, and will do damage to it just for their own powerbase, should be removed.
And yes, this includes Grant Napier.
Hell, what if Cousins stops turning the other cheek and makes it clear to the FO that he's had it with Grant?
Grant is a Kings employee, and constantly bashes Demarcus every single time he';s gotten the chance (and has created the opportunity to bash him when there wasn't one).
What if Cousins demands the Kings to muzzle their employee? Wouldn't that be poetic justice. Karma chameleon, b****.
* It's amazing how long Grant has obssessed over people being "the classiest guy you'll ever meet". Seriously, it's what he always says about guys he likes.
How the hell would Grant know anything about class/classy and professional?
This guy is a piece of slime, who has sold his professional soul years ago. His track record spews filth all over the place - how does he dare drone on about people being classy and professional?
BTW - I didn;t use to feel this way about Grant.
Go back just 5 years ago, and I'm probably one of the biggest Grant "fans" on here.
I probably have listened to him longer than 99% of posters here.
Back in 1997-98, he was the most insightful local reporters on the Kings - he seemed to know what was right for the team, had only their best interests at heart, gave them tough love and brought a spotlight to the guys doing the hard work, etc.
He completely changed over the years.
The Kings getting screwed out of not winning the championship really broke his heart.
It never healed, and the scars over it made him a raging heartless butthead only looking out for #1.
For some reason, he has viewed Demarcus as the one player who emblemizes everything he hates about the NBA since the day he entered the league.
I would not be surprised one iota if Demarcus physically assaulted/threatened Grant early on, and Grant has been attempting to prove which one of them is stronger ever since. (Oh, yeah? You big thug - I'll show you - you can't push me around and you'll have to take all the crap I dump on you cause I have the mouthpiece and you're just a gutless punk.)
Go back just 5 years ago, and I'm probably one of the biggest Grant "fans" on here.
I probably have listened to him longer than 99% of posters here.
Back in 1997-98, he was the most insightful local reporters on the Kings - he seemed to know what was right for the team, had only their best interests at heart, gave them tough love and brought a spotlight to the guys doing the hard work, etc.
He completely changed over the years.
The Kings getting screwed out of not winning the championship really broke his heart.
It never healed, and the scars over it made him a raging heartless butthead only looking out for #1.
For some reason, he has viewed Demarcus as the one player who emblemizes everything he hates about the NBA since the day he entered the league.
I would not be surprised one iota if Demarcus physically assaulted/threatened Grant early on, and Grant has been attempting to prove which one of them is stronger ever since. (Oh, yeah? You big thug - I'll show you - you can't push me around and you'll have to take all the crap I dump on you cause I have the mouthpiece and you're just a gutless punk.)
Well hell, PDA wasn't even letting Malone sit in on the interviews for his assistant coaches, so baby steps, you know? 
P.S. you might think firing Karl would just add to our perception of chaos, but if Karl not being there is legitimately sending the message to FAs that you are coming into a situation where your own proposed coach doesn't want you, then you won't ever be able to sign a FA, and again, you can't let that situation persist. If that's true. If its true.
P.S. you might think firing Karl would just add to our perception of chaos, but if Karl not being there is legitimately sending the message to FAs that you are coming into a situation where your own proposed coach doesn't want you, then you won't ever be able to sign a FA, and again, you can't let that situation persist. If that's true. If its true.
No way the front office would give something like that to Grant, especially at this point in time. Grant loves to play devil's advocate and he likes to try and get ahead of the curve just in case...
I'm not convinced all is well with Cousins quite yet, but I'm not ready to concede defeat. The fact Grant continues to talk about it (with the "it's a possibility" disclaimer) is just ANOTHER reason I refuse to listen to his show.
I'm not convinced all is well with Cousins quite yet, but I'm not ready to concede defeat. The fact Grant continues to talk about it (with the "it's a possibility" disclaimer) is just ANOTHER reason I refuse to listen to his show.
No, Karl not in those meetings is Vlade showing that he and not George Karl will be making the personnel decisions. And I believe Karl even said at the beginning he would not be involved in those decisions. (Of course, I think he fully expected to have a say. Guess he shouldn't have made the big Serbian guy angry.)
No, I'm actually not talking about two different things. You're just interpreting them that way. They're both linked quite nicely in my mind.
And I'm presenting the argument that Vlade can be in charge whether Karl shows up to the meetings or not. Vlade being in charge is not dependent on Karl showing up. Hence, two different things. Are you suggesting if Karl sat at the table, that strips Vlade of his power?
What you're implying is it's an impossibility for Karl to be at these meetings and Vlade remain in charge. If that were true, this dysfunction is incredibly high, that we can't even have Vlade and Karl in the same room together. A positive working relationship would see all at the table with few issues.
This btw is an example of a more united front and the impact it can have.
Brad TurnerVerified account@BA_Turner
Source: DJ impressed that Dirk Nowitzki come off family vacation for meeting in LA. None of the Clipper players were at meeting.
Cuban, Carlisle, Donnie Nelson, Dirk, Parsons were all there. Quite different with us.
Brad TurnerVerified account@BA_Turner
Source: DJ impressed that Dirk Nowitzki come off family vacation for meeting in LA. None of the Clipper players were at meeting.
Cuban, Carlisle, Donnie Nelson, Dirk, Parsons were all there. Quite different with us.
DJ is a ****.
Why would his own teammates who he just gone done spending 7 months with every single day all run in to gush over him and over him under the table favors if he's just bless them by resigning?
He's apparently forgotten he was 8 and 8 until Doc arrived and made him into somebody.
Why would his own teammates who he just gone done spending 7 months with every single day all run in to gush over him and over him under the table favors if he's just bless them by resigning?
He's apparently forgotten he was 8 and 8 until Doc arrived and made him into somebody.
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