Zach Lowe said on his podcast the S&T we were working out for Cousins was about 12-17 mil. And "that was real." It was a 3 yr deal, and the last two were non-guaranteed.
http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?id=23989757 Listened on my drive this morn, mentions the Boogie stuff near the end of it.
If we were willing to include Zach for one year of Cousins what’s stopping us from offering him up for Kawhi?
If this is true I hate Neil even more, who the fuck gives up a promising player like Zach for possibly 2/3 of a season of a gimpy headcase coming off an Achilles tear....wreaks of desperation if true.
No kidding... makes me sick that he is prioritizing CJ ahead of Zach... Neil is so stubborn and unwilling to break up Dame and CJ, and would rather throw away the teams future trying to force it to work than admit he is wrong
I heard that the Blazers were trying to sign Cousins to a 3 year deal but the 2nd and 3rd years were non-guarantees/team options. So it wouldn't just be one year of Cousins, plus we'd have his bird rights if he stayed all 3 years. Not saying I'd want to do the trade just trying to supply all the information.
Oh please, give me a break. Zack hasn't proven a thing, and you act like he's already the next Dirk. I want Zack to be awesome too! But he ain't there yet, and if this is true, NO tried to do what you asked for. Acquire a big dog. You're talking out of both sides of your mouth. Quit complaining.
A big man with a history of being a malcontent and coming off an ACHILLES injury isn’t what I’d consider a “BIG DOG” which is probably why there wasn’t interest from NO or Hou or others.
I see flashes of good play from Zach, but I’m not nearly as hyped for him as others seem to be. He literally averaged 4 and 3 this year. He’s got a long ways to go, and a lot of work to do. He definitely has potential but if you can get a proven player for him I’d still do that. Going young sounds great but a lot of young players don’t make it, you end up going through a lot of guys to find the ones who do get there.
I’d trade him and CJ for Kawhi on an ext in a second, but i just don’t see the plan with Boogie and Nurk here if that really was the trade, we gonna run twin towers with a couple centers who don’t compliment the others game?
They didn’t have a center and got him for 5 mil without giving up ANYTHING, that’s a little different than trading a building block and paying him 12-17 mil.
