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Should the Rockets try to trade for Demarcus Cousins?

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#61 phaketrash

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 01:30 AM

I go back and forth on Cousins, since his personality and immaturity really are poison. But I do think he has more potential (or guaranteed potential) than our other young PFs, or even Parsons. For those same reasons, I also believe Cousins is more moveable (if need be) than other pieces, including Josh Smith.

And if I am not misunderstanding the math, couldn't we trade for Cousins and still have money to offer for another max player? He's still on contract for all of 2013-2014, and then RFA after that I believe. At roughly $5M, wouldn't we easily still have room for a max after trading away some of our assets?

Obviously we'd be deep in luxury tax in 2015, if we decide to keep Cousins, but I'd rather have the luxury of having to decide that (w/ another all star already in the bag) than not. He may even attract other huge names. Wow, this is sounding better by the minute -- I must be missing something lol.
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Posted 05 January 2013 - 02:13 AM

I saw a nice quote the other day that called Cousins a "Third Team Guy". He's not going to figure it all out in Sacramento, as the habit of bad behaviour is too ingrained there. He'll get a fresh start if he's traded but will still make some mistakes there, and it will take one further trade for him to figure it all out and develop the maturity he needs to not be a lockerroom cancer and genuinely help his team.

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 03:40 PM

I saw a nice quote the other day that called Cousins a "Third Team Guy". He's not going to figure it all out in Sacramento, as the habit of bad behaviour is too ingrained there. He'll get a fresh start if he's traded but will still make some mistakes there, and it will take one further trade for him to figure it all out and develop the maturity he needs to not be a lockerroom cancer and genuinely help his team.

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Saw that too....hard to disagree with as we have seen it multiple times before. I don't want to be the stepping stone for some other team's success... Also, do we keep Asik? Play him as back-up? I like what he brings night in and night out.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 09:20 PM

I like asik too, but lets not get it twisted asik isn't near the same level offensively and cousin is in the ballpark to asik defensively. cousins will be the better (younger) player over the long haul. I really do believe once he gets away from sac cousins will mature into the player everyone is expecting. I just don't have a lot of respect for the kings organization. if it took asik to get a deal done I would do it in a heartbeat. the rockets have benifited from uptempo offense during the year, but as the year grinds to a close teams will slow down the game and force half court offense. this is where cousins can catipult us to the next level. he can give us a stable half court game and that's what we are going to need for the end of the season and the playoffs.
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you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own B)


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Posted 07 January 2013 - 09:25 PM

Asik > Cousins in defense/rebounding/attitude/heart/mental health
Cousins > Asik in offense/passing/selfishness

Cousins has a higher upside but giving up Asik is a big risk. Players can learn how to shoot in this league. Look at Tony Parker, Blake Griffin(to a lesser extenet), etc... A straight up trade between Cousins and Asik would not be bad if we got the Cousins that plays hard, but what if we get the Cousins that attacks announcers? Too much chance now that they have Harden and are moving forward. I wouldn't be upset if they made the deal, but giving up(probably) Asik/Parsons/Jones for Cousins doesn't seem that good of a trade in my mind.
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Why so Serious? :D


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    Posted 07 January 2013 - 09:27 PM

    I Agree w/ everything you said there except Cousins is in the same ballpark defensively as Asik. It's not close. I would love to see them on the floor at the same time though w/ Cousins at the 4 and Asik at the 5. Cousins is closer to Patterson as a defender (position defenders).
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    Posted 07 January 2013 - 09:48 PM

    I understand that a lot of our offense comes from running the floor (recent article all about it), but don't forget...after that we run the pick and roll with incredible efficiency. By season's end that can only improve. Ask Jerry Sloan, John Stockton, and Karl Malone if the pick and roll is a viable offensive system. We will still run, but when the game slows down I believe we can still score effectively...especially when we unleash our secret pick & roll weapon......D-MO!!!!!! At least, this is how it plays out in my daydreams....
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    Posted 07 January 2013 - 10:33 PM

    are you compairing our pick and roll to the old utah one? yes I agree the pick and roll is a good offense, but malone and stockton were both lethal scorers. either could pick or pop that's why it so so lethal. we have a good one i'm just not sure it's good enough. we need a bonified low post option and cousins provides that.
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    you can only warn a man that the bridge is out.....if he keeps driving he's on his own B)


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      Posted 07 January 2013 - 11:42 PM

      are you compairing our pick and roll to the old utah one? yes I agree the pick and roll is a good offense, but malone and stockton were both lethal scorers. either could pick or pop that's why it so so lethal. we have a good one i'm just not sure it's good enough. we need a bonified low post option and cousins provides that.


      other players in the league provide that as well without the risk.

      i think all this jump the shark desperation with cousins comes from the 3 years without a franchise player.
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