I'd sooner see a second player from a winning team go than a single player from a shit one but Cousins has had a good season, no doubt.
I kinda think LA should have taken the weekend to rest his hand a bit and let Cousins take his spot. Then Dame would have replaced Kobe. LA said on a scale of 1-10, his hand hurts around an 8 when he plays.
I would rather he boycott the ASG and say "if my boy dame gets snubbed, I don't want to be a part of it"
He can't say "I'm not playing because of Dame." The league would fine him. He CAN say "I'm not playing because my hand hurts."
Fans also voted for Kobe in the game. Harden as much as I hate him deserved to be the starting SG. The fans who vote are indeed stupid.
Dude, he barely said anything about it when he was on TNT last night. Why do you think he would make such a large statement?
You think POR Brass would ask LMA to sit out with his injury (not necessarily so Dame can replace him but that would be a nice added bonus in their minds)?
At the very least I wish he would have added, "... and the coaches might want to watch out, you just created a monster."