Yes, and again those are my opinions. Furthermore If you think him being on TV wasnt orchestrated by the Kings as a publicity ploy youre very being blind, sure great words and I hope he truly learns from his mistakes, but that was not DMC who came to the interview, that was the Kings idea for sure,obviously.
you cant even compare Tyreke to Cousins, youre getting mixed up with what im saying, forget production, im not talking about production,in fact i also said he couold very well end up 20/10 like zach randolph,derrick coleman,benoight benjamin. Hes the the number 5 pick and we expect franchise changing attributes from this guy, im saying hes not that guy. He will let us down and has and will continue to do so.You and I expect our 5 pick to be a star, the consement professional and lead us to the promised land. Look at all the current playoff teams right now, name one star of those teams who has ever had this rep who has been successful in the way we need it. there isnt one, because Its leadership qualities,chemistry issues, teammate spats,maturity,dedication to team first etc. that I think he lacks. The things he lacks right now i just listed do not or have not made up one player from any current playoff team who is their leader. Why???? cuz players like DMC are never the "franchise" it will always be DMC first , us and you making excuses for him. Sure he could get his 18/10 or 20/8 or whatever,but at the expense of a victory, just like Zach Randolph. How many playoffs has been in, or Derrick Coleman. I ask you the same question, what is your line for him to cross before you feel its time to move on, what is it??? I'd like to know and monitor it because it will be crossed, im sure.
I don't know about his line in the sand, but I can tell you mine. Its when I stop seeing effort and desire out of him. When I feel that he's just going through the motions and doesn't really care anymore. You really need to do your homework before making outrageous statements. Personallity wise he's nothing like Coleman or Randolph. Coleman was one of the most gifted PF's I ever saw come out of college. But he was content to just get by on the natural gifts he had. If he had gone the extra mile he could have been one of the all time greats. He just didn't have that desire. Despite that he was still one hell of a player.
Randolph came into the league in a similar fashion as Cousins. Everyone knew he had talent. He also had the misfortune to go to the Portland Jailblazers. The bad boys of the NBA. We'll never know what might have happened if he had gone to the Lakers or some other good team and had been surounded by a different atmosphere. But no one has ever questioned his talent or skill level.
Cousins, in my opinion had just one major problem coming out of college, and that was his immaturity along with his inablilty to control his emotions at times. But he has a natural talent you just don't find very often in bigs at his age. At Kentucky I never once saw lack of desire, and lack of effort was only there as a result of running out of gas. If you were to go and watch old highschool film on Cousins, when he only weighed around 220 or so pounds, he never ran out of gas then. Naturally he was also quicker and could jump higher. But he kept growing, and unlike other prize athlete's, he didn't go to one of the top basketball academy's, where yes, they pamper you and tell you how great you are, but also monitor your conditioning and what you eat etc.
No, he was winging it on his own. Most of what he knows how to do on the court is self taught by watching other players like Gasol play. Thats why his post game has a rough edge to it. Only when he and his mom moved to Memphis did he get into one of the top highschool programs in the state. He got lucky there. As I pointed out, his only father figures have been his head coaches. When he hit Kentucky it was the first time he had ever been introduced to a training program and a weight room. So he was late to the table when it came to conditioning. One thing I can tell you about him, he hates to lose. And he wants to be great. He wants to be the best center in the NBA. Derrick Coleman never wanted that. If anything he ran away from the mantle that everyone else was trying to put on him. I doubt that Cousins will run away from anything.
I think he has a chance to be one of the top five centers in the league. That doesn't make it so. Its all up to him to make it happen. And his biggest enemy is himself. If something isn't working, he wants to fix it, even if its not his job to fix it. And that has constantly got him into trouble. There's a difference between someone thats just a trouble maker for the sake of being a trouble maker and someone that gets into trouble for wanting to help the team win, but oversteps his bounds while doing it. In one the intentions are good, but very misplaced. In the other, the intentions are just bad.
Its not going to be a cake walk with him. He has a lot to learn both about how to play in the NBA and emotionaly. But the reward can be great, and I believe he wants to be what everyone see's he can be. Its just going to take time, and patience.
My problem with your statements is that you just want everything to be black and white with Cousins. He's either going to be great, or he's going to be a bust. There's no in between with you. You seem to know nothing of his background, and I'm not sure if you even saw him play in college. But you paint him with one broad stroke of your brush, as a total bust who will never be any good. And your doing this to a 20 year old kid. Now I don't know about you, but I'm far and away a different person than I was at 20 years of age. And thank god, because I didn't like me at age 20, and I might add a lot of other people didn't either. I would think that most of us that are older can reflect back and think of what idiots we were at that age. So to make a blanket statement that what you see with Cousins is exactly all your going to get with him is extremely shortsighted, and frankly, just doesn't make any sense. Unless, as I said, you have an agenda. I'am currently treating you like you don't. And if I'm wrong, well then congrats, you've made an a$$ out of me for doing so.
