Yep. Not the first time I've seen that.
Now, here is my attempt at a ray of sunshine: PDA was still at the heart of that, may have even encouraged it. Consider this timeline:
1) Karl is hired
2) PDA is still GM at that point
3) Karl with PDA, or PDA recruiting Karl, pushes Karl or Cousins narrative
4) Cousins knows this, as do agents, pissed, asks for trade
5) Vlade comes out and say Cousins untradeable
6) Cousins responds with a lol
7) PDA leaves/is fired, maybe even for this activity
8) Vlade again says Cousins not going to be traded
9) PDA hired by Denver, Woj delivers column on the move straight from the rodent's mouth
10) All of a sudden story breaks about Karl trying to force out Cousins, story is by Woj
11) Cuz respons with snake in a grass emojii
Now where do you think #10 would come from given all the above?
My strong strong bet is this is Pete, feeding information to Woj, about a real event that already happened with the Kings while Pete was here. Its something Pete had intimate knowledge of. It was something Cousins already knew. Something CarmichaelDave etc. may have had hints of behind the scenes. And something Valde and Vivek have known about and been dealing with for months.
Now the positive of that is that this crap would not be new news to Cousins, would not be new news to Vlade or Vivek. And yet Vlade/Vivek have continued to insist that Cousins is not going to be traded. The storm may have already been weathered internally with the big question being whether Boogie feels any desire to forgive and forget.
Yep. Not the first time I've seen that.
Now, here is my attempt at a ray of sunshine: PDA was still at the heart of that, may have even encouraged it. Consider this timeline:
1) Karl is hired
2) PDA is still GM at that point
3) Karl with PDA, or PDA recruiting Karl, pushes Karl or Cousins narrative
4) Cousins knows this, as do agents, pissed, asks for trade
5) Vlade comes out and say Cousins untradeable
6) Cousins responds with a lol
7) PDA leaves/is fired, maybe even for this activity
8) Vlade again says Cousins not going to be traded
9) PDA hired by Denver, Woj delivers column on the move straight from the rodent's mouth
10) All of a sudden story breaks about Karl trying to force out Cousins, story is by Woj
11) Cuz respons with snake in a grass emojii
Now where do you think #10 would come from given all the above?
My strong strong bet is this is Pete, feeding information to Woj, about a real event that already happened with the Kings while Pete was here. Its something Pete had intimate knowledge of. It was something Cousins already knew. Something CarmichaelDave etc. may have had hints of behind the scenes. And something Valde and Vivek have known about and been dealing with for months.
Now the positive of that is that this crap would not be new news to Cousins, would not be new news to Vlade or Vivek. And yet Vlade/Vivek have continued to insist that Cousins is not going to be traded. The storm may have already been weathered internally with the big question being whether Boogie feels any desire to forgive and forget.
No sir. Blue Diamond.I knew they should have sold naming rights for the new Arena to Wonderful Pistachios. Then it could rightly be called "The Nut House"
Saw a tweet that Karl wants Cousins traded for Lawson and Faried... Let go of the past old man. Jesus. Lawson and Faried are you ****ing kidding me?
Can this senile old man, NOW
Normally I would, but I don't trust Woj's Kings sources much. It was Woj who tweeted the "1st & goal" quote, it was also Woj who recently wrote that Vivek forced PDA to fire Malone. I really don't like Aaron Bruski, but he seems to be much more accurate when it comes to reporting what is going on with the Kings. My guess is his sources are much closer to the actual decision makers in Sac than Woj's.Here's the reason why I believe what woj wrote.
Jim Rome just now:
"If woj wrote it, I believe it."
Does anyone really think he would pee away that kind of cred over a Sacramento Kings rumor?
I actually kind of like the fact that we have heard no official statement from the Kings. I'd like to think that they are gathered in a very serious conference room right now, saying "Exactly what happened? Who did this?" and trying to determine the best course of action. Hopefully they are telling George Karl, if he is the source of this, that he can either issue a statement that the rumors are untrue, or he can sign this piece of paper, collect his belongings and get the hell out of the building.
If Karl is not the source of this, they need to call DMC on the phone and tell him to ignore it all, because it's all media bull****.
Now this just makes no sense. First, Rondo's value is shot to the point Kings cap space will be more than enough, and Kings can always S&T for him. I'm sure Dallas strapped for personnel would take JT to boost their big man depth. Plus Rondo is very far from Karl's PG. (don't want Rondo anywhere near this team regardless)This may deserve it's own thread (but it might also just be a bogus rumor, since Kings rumors are getting hits right now), but it may also be indicative of a post Cousins rebuild fire sale type of move....
https://mobile.twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/613354343249506304
Apparently we are trying to trade Rudy as well. ....To make room for Rondo?!
At this point.... We might as well go for having the worst off-season ever, just to make it easier to not be a fan anymore.
This may deserve it's own thread (but it might also just be a bogus rumor, since Kings rumors are getting hits right now), but it may also be indicative of a post Cousins rebuild fire sale type of move....
https://mobile.twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/613354343249506304
Apparently we are trying to trade Rudy as well. ....To make room for Rondo?!
At this point.... We might as well go for having the worst off-season ever, just to make it easier to not be a fan anymore.
I've come close to bringing up Motta in a thread last week. If Cousins is traded I will throw my hands up and take a few years off the NBA. I can't rack my brains around this.My thought when hiring Karl was dick Motta.
I believe Vlade is out of town so I would expect that the only official word we will hear until he gets back is Vivicks tweet that DMC is not being traded.Still no word from the Kings? Not looking good for us.
So what you're saying isIts just a franchise in the end. An entirely voluntary association. In the internet and League Pass era one that aside from the the last locals with season tickets can be easily swapped out and replaced with a different one once you detest the people associated with the original one enough. You've got to have something to be proud of, otherwise what's the point?
He was here for the Kaminsky workout yesterday, are you sure?I believe Vlade is out of town so I would expect that the only official word we will hear until he gets back is Vivicks tweet that DMC is not being traded.
So what you're saying is
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That would be the difficult one, although I was theoretically a Lakers fan before the Kings arrived, or at elast as much as my limited NBA viewing/knowledge allowed me to have a team back then.
No I am not sure, just thought I read it somewhere earlier.He was here for the Kaminsky workout yesterday, are you sure?
You shut your goddamn mouth Brick. You shut it right now!
EDIT: RIGHT NOW!
Partly disagree. This is not a situation where you can essentially tell Karl to behave himself, then just hope this works out this summer and going into next season. You've got to fire him. He's either openly campaigning against Vlade/Vivek to trade our franchise player and/or Cuz already did in fact ask for a trade a month ago which ties into both the Malone firing and the Karl hiring and hiring Karl was essentially the straw which broke the camel's back.I actually kind of like the fact that we have heard no official statement from the Kings. I'd like to think that they are gathered in a very serious conference room right now, saying "Exactly what happened? Who did this?" and trying to determine the best course of action. Hopefully they are telling George Karl, if he is the source of this, that he can either issue a statement that the rumors are untrue, or he can sign this piece of paper, collect his belongings and get the hell out of the building.
If Karl is not the source of this, they need to call DMC on the phone and tell him to ignore it all, because it's all media bull****.