2019 Free Agency tracking thread
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The thing with Demarcus is he looked fine last year up until the quad. His numbers are right where they've been offensively. Maybe it's his pick and roll defense being such a liability? Still the attitude? Even more devastating than the injury is building a reputation that you don't influence winning. If one of these hopelessly middle rung teams like the Hornets, or Spurs, or somebody like the Knicks doesn't have interest in him as a why not gamble it's ludicrous.
I wouldn't say he looked fine before the quad. An achilles injury on a person that heavy is a big burden to overcome. He wasn't going to come back to what he was even if he never ruptured his quad in my opinion. Times have changed and I believe that if Cousins wants to prolong his NBA career, he needs to lose a significant amount of weight to put less burden and stress on his joints and muscles.
The question is then what was he to begin with? His per 48's last year were right on par with his best career numbers with his scoring being a bit down but so were his attempts. He still put up 30, 15, nearly 3 apg, and his blocks and steals were way up per 48. It's crazy if nobody wants to touch the guy.
That would be bad news for the Kings as well if it works. San Antonio is in that area where the Kings are trying to get to. If Cuz can't reclaim himself under Pop it's over. It is a question mark too because it could go both ways. You'd think someone like Cuz would hate playing under a coach like Pop but Calipari was way worse and he didn't seem to mind it.
Although Looney was showing better +/- numbers (RPM 3.48) than Cousins, who started off well in the negative, and took the rest of the season to fight his way up to 2.68. GSW just gave Looney a $15M/3y deal, which isn't exactly big bucks, but they *did* want him back, and I don't blame them. He's a competent role player, cheap, trouble-free, and meshes well with the team. It's also a team that, depending on matchup, may go without playing any official C for fairly long stretches, which isn't particularly strange lately. I don't blame him for firing his agent, but I also understand that it's a weak market for him, and I'd say for centers in general.
edit: decent article at The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2019/7/3/20681316/demarcus-cousins-free-agency-no-new-team
edit: decent article at The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2019/7/3/20681316/demarcus-cousins-free-agency-no-new-team
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His per 48’s (admittedly I am not a big per 48/advanced stats guy)may have looked normal, but the eye test said otherwise. Some nights he looked pretty good, others were atrocious, that only got worse after the quad.
It is odd the market is almost non existent for him. My guess is teams were banking on no market and waiting to get a bargain basement steal. Or they just figured his history coupled with the major injuries were not worth it for them.
It is odd the market is almost non existent for him. My guess is teams were banking on no market and waiting to get a bargain basement steal. Or they just figured his history coupled with the major injuries were not worth it for them.
I admit I wanted him to leave Toronto, even for the Clips, something about them just rubbed me the wrong way. I can’t explain what. Probably just jealousy that one of the mid 90s expansion teams named after Jurassic Park built a championship team before the Kings.
Nothing like the threat of going to the Lakers to form a superstar circle jerk and win LeBald more rings to get you rooting for the Raptors again
Nothing like the threat of going to the Lakers to form a superstar circle jerk and win LeBald more rings to get you rooting for the Raptors again
