35 Burst results for "Demarcus Cousins"
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"Yeah, there is, and I think people are, I mean, right now, the last look that they had was I'm losing to the pistons. So people are a little like, is that we doing this again? But I think some other people are like, hey, that's just last game before they all start break stuff. There we'll see, I mean, that's going to just absolutely destroyed this team. Just before the break, and it's going to be a similar ish looking nuts team. I was on a lot of their guys. It's a home game for Brooklyn, so Kyrie can't play Kevin Durant can be back Ben Simmons isn't going to play minor update on Simmons Ramona shelburne said it's weeks before he's going to be ready to play. So that sounds like we're definitely going into March before we see him. So yeah, I mean, it will have a good sense of did the break kind of do them right? Did they get their heads right, let's get back at it and go, 'cause they've got their schedule looks, I think, harder on paper than it really may be. Just looking at what some of these teams are now versus what maybe their records are. But they still have one more West Coast strip in there, which is always a little difficult. So yeah, I'm curious to see how they come out. Ideally, you want them to come out and blast an undermanned nets team and kind of reset that stage to like, we're ready for the show. And I'm looking too. I mean, you've got, you've got the nets coming right out of the gate. That's nationally televised, but then their next game is the pistons. So you get a little revenge game chance. I mean, if you come out. And in a weird one though, because it's a noon time tip. And we know. Yeah, those strange things happen. Strange things happened, of course. But yeah, and then they've got a back to back because then they play the weird back to back. Noon on Saturday and then 5 p.m. on Sunday, so an odd back to back, but at the pacers. So yeah, I mean, I think there'll be okay. Coming on. I mean, those are three wins. I mean, even taking the oddity stuff out of it, that they should get, then it's the hawks, that's another one. I think you feel pretty good about and then it's a grizzly bun. Thursday, the third. That's kind of the first test. Huge task, but they've struggled with the hawks this year. At times. So yeah, let's see. Mostly, man, it's just, I'm ready. Let's get games back. I'm so ready. We're like, we were talking about this heading into the all star break. The first few days, it's gonna be okay. We need a little bit of a break. But as we get further into the all star break, I start getting a little shaky. I miss some basketball games on TV. Yeah. Yeah, well, we'll get them back soon. And I'm not. I tried watching college games, and I just couldn't do it. I'm an NBA snob, I'll own that and own it there. All right, well fortunately, we don't have to wait too much longer for games to return, but I think that wraps things up for us today. Appreciate everybody for joining us. Make sure you do subscribe right here to the NBA front office show..
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"You and I talked about it a few days ago about you've got CJ McCollum saying that he hadn't actually talked to Zion. Which is a little bit of a red flag, especially when you now he said he has on what is it NBA today? Is that what the jump is called now, I think, but yeah. Yeah, so now there was probably a little bit of backlash there, and so then he had to go back. But now, hey Matt, JJ Redick said, Zion is a detached teammate. Now, I mean, physically, we've heard Zion is in Portland, so in that sense, yes, he is detached because he's not physically with the team. But is there a problem here? Is this really because this is what came out a couple days ago that Zion, Damian Lillard, these guys were going to be the next guys that we're looking at in terms of a Ben Simmons ish situation, just as far as the next big player that's on the trade market, Zion still in his rookie deal. Are we at that point already where the pelicans have got to be worried about Zion and whether or not he's staying long-term? I think if you're the pelicans you have to be worried about, what are we doing? Here, because his extension eligible this summer. And that's going to be, I don't even know where you go with that. Maybe I mentioned here, it may have been somewhere else, but I talked with a team who said, if it was us, we'd have to have the embiid language. Where it is, we would have to have that injury protection where if it's if it's his foot, his knee is back, whatever it is, that you identify any one of those injuries, we can get out of this and be pretty protected. On the flip side, players don't want that, right? They want guaranteed money and locked in. So that's the question is, right? There's a couple of things. One is, you have to factor in the health, right? This guy's played 85 games in what's now essentially three seasons. Now, two lows were short in season, so let's be fair, but still 85 games. Now, when he played, he was awesome. I think we forget how awesome this guy was last year. 61 games, 33 minutes per game. So they didn't bab him, right? He got out there. 27 points per game, 7.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 61% shooting. That's unreal. I mean, a little improvement here, a little improvement there. That's a MVP. Level guy. It's 70% for the year from the free throw line on 8.7 attempts per game..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Chris, I am coming to you live from my hotel room in snowy frigid, slushy, downtown, Cleveland, at the dawn of NBA all star weekend, I love all star weekend despite that little preamble there. Are you an all star person or not so much, Chris? No. I just think it's between you and me, we were just talking off camera about just there's a lot of shenanigans. And there's a lot of shenanigans to not necessarily get players one on one, which is what I think all of us want. Certainly at the bigger publications and there's just too many shenanigans for me, particularly in a COVID environment to where you can't even really just pull people aside. The way you could a few years ago, what I used to really take a lot of pride in or have a lot of fun with at least is probably a better way to put it was you have the all stars, if you have 24 guys between the two teams, the coaches, they're hounded because they're the best players in the world. So you always get a random Paul Millsap or now a word for it. A guy that basically isn't of the caliber year in year out that everybody else is very, very good player. These are already the 450 best players in the world, but then you take that and these are the best 25 players in the world 24. But you've got that 23rd, 24th guy that just nobody's really amped to talk about their local reporters are there. But after a while, they're like, oh, but LeBron's over there. So Paul Millsap is basically just standing there sitting there by himself. It's a really cool opportunity to just talk to those guys. Pick their brains to write fun stories around them to write fun stories around guys that traditionally aren't all stars that don't really fit and all star concept well. Like a lual dang or something like that or a random sort of like those sorts of players are weird for an All-Star Game. Like they get in the game and they score four points. They don't fit like they're grinders so they don't fit like a up and down high flying sort of game. I've always really had fun doing that. I remember talking to DeMarcus cousins and they got traded like a couple hours later. That was crazy. I was there. That was funny. Insane. I asked him a question about why he gets blocks off. And he's like, bro, you don't have to make it, this conspiracy theory is that I can't jump. I'm horrible at jumping. But like just fun responses where it's like, to me, nowadays, what I really enjoy is something we're not all the cameras are on. And there aren't 10,000 people watching. Now that we have to do so much stuff through Zoom, all of it is like that. But it's just cool to have conversations where you may use it, you may not, but there's not pressure on it because if you don't use it, doesn't hurt anything. If you do use it, it's not so far out there already where everybody's already heard the response before you even get back to your computer. So I liked it for that reason, but because now it's getting more difficult to do it that way. It's just a spectacle. And I don't get that much out of it personally..
AP News Radio
Bucks snap 2-game skid with 126-106 victory over Rockets
"The the box box were were shorthanded shorthanded yet yet other other stepped stepped up up in in a a one one twenty twenty six six one one oh oh six six win win over over the the rockets rockets drew drew holiday holiday led led the the way way with with twenty twenty four four young young the the son son of of the the couple couple didn't didn't play play yet yet the the T. T. welcome welcome back back Chris Chris Bilton Bilton who who missed missed the the last last three three games games of of the the leg leg injury injury he he had had twenty twenty three three points points demarcus demarcus cousins cousins had had his his best best scoring scoring performance performance since since joining joining the the team team late late last last month month he he had had a a team team another another in in season season pick pick up up Wesley Wesley Matthews Matthews had had sixteen sixteen the the bucs bucs took took control control with with a a sixteen sixteen nothing nothing run run in in the the second second quarter quarter Matthew Matthew says says the the box box wanted wanted to to seize seize control control of of the the game game we we knew knew you you young young team team like like that that confidence confidence that that they're they're going going to to a a come come up up with with an an edge edge in in energy energy and and you you know know we we mash mash and and then then Solomon Solomon and and with with bodies bodies downing downing guys guys down down we we all all stepped stepped up up and and moves moves a a big big night night Christian Christian what what led led the the rockets rockets with with twenty twenty check check Freeman Freeman Milwaukee Milwaukee
30 For 30 Podcasts
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on 30 For 30 Podcasts
"Seventeen. Two thousand seventeen was a monumental day in south l. a.'s history the corner of crenshaw slauson was packed. Seniors adults kids. Babies spilled out on the streets in anticipation the entire community out there. The love and the building day was like dirt roof. It was his throat. See it wasn't just the neighborhood. They turned out to support some of his friends. Nba pulled up to like demarcus cousins. Like the entire community was proud. No nil like this was a huge steppingstone. Not only was it benefit him but have benefited the same area daddy groping which was everybody that was there. Thank me they were all there for the grand opening of the marathon store. A project more than a decade in the making a store the name of nipsy personal philosophy and that exemplified his belief in the power of never giving up. It just felt hopeful and victorious. Marquis hairs dawson is the council member for the district that includes crenshaw. The hud came out. Elected officials came out. Everybody was there to celebrate. It's the only time. I've closed a major street in my district we close lawson and nobody complains as nipsy prepared to cut the ribbon and open the doors to the marathon for the first time. He was visibly excited. Beaming ear out just a reception at a love is about to impact that you're putting on that community in inspire me to do the sane remind i want to be able to bring back to moscow rows ahead people received me in that same way i would be lying to say i wasn't inspired and influenced by new.
30 For 30 Podcasts
The King of Crenshaw: Neighborhood Nip
"Seventeen. Two thousand seventeen was a monumental day in south l. a.'s history the corner of crenshaw slauson was packed. Seniors adults kids. Babies spilled out on the streets in anticipation the entire community out there. The love and the building day was like dirt roof. It was his throat. See it wasn't just the neighborhood. They turned out to support some of his friends. Nba pulled up to like demarcus cousins. Like the entire community was proud. No nil like this was a huge steppingstone. Not only was it benefit him but have benefited the same area daddy groping which was everybody that was there. Thank me they were all there for the grand opening of the marathon store. A project more than a decade in the making a store the name of nipsy personal philosophy and that exemplified his belief in the power of never giving up. It just felt hopeful and victorious. Marquis hairs dawson is the council member for the district that includes crenshaw. The hud came out. Elected officials came out. Everybody was there to celebrate. It's the only time. I've closed a major street in my district we close lawson and nobody complains as nipsy prepared to cut the ribbon and open the doors to the marathon for the first time. He was visibly excited. Beaming ear out just a reception at a love is about to impact that you're putting on that community in inspire me to do the sane remind i want to be able to bring back to moscow rows ahead people received me in that same way i would be lying to say i wasn't inspired and influenced by new.
Afternoons with Marcellus & Kelvin
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Afternoons with Marcellus & Kelvin
"To them. It's like go with your bad doodoo somewhere else and leave us alone please. Haters all right one more all right so donald legendary nba head coach. George karl quote tweeted. A woge tweet about will barton of the nuggets declining as option with us. The money nuggets and go get lonzo. Is this a big deal or no deal. Wu is a big deal. I liked george karl. He's super spicy. That he doesn't care he has never cared. He actually hasn't always got along with all his players. I know gary payton and him get along really well but ray allen say nice things about him some guys love them clearly demarcus cousins. Doesn't i look george karl. I'm in because he gives us content but it is a big deal. I actually think Could denver use him more than will barton. I need time to really think about that. I feel like they have enough scoring. Yeah maybe lonzo would be good for them all right so i'll say big deal. Yeah i'll have to go the opposite direction here. Not just for the sake of argument just because it's like who cares. So what so who cares. What george carlin to say about somebody else you know going after a certain player to me again the game is called big deal or no deal to me. This is just not a big deal. Okay rare you get a guy will say that retired guys though. We'll stay more stuff. I guess but anyway that is bigger no deal brought to you by our friends at san menashe law. If you're injured an accident makes you call my friends at san menashe law at eight hundred three zero four two thousand. Write it.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on The Herd with Colin Cowherd
"This is the third line news. Well demarcus cousins is work through numerous injuries over the last two seasons that have sort of derailed his career. He said he felt like no one wants to give him a chance and that everyone was questioning his ability to play at a high level but he believes that title would change the narrative surrounding him. He told undefeated. Winning a championship would be the ultimate redemption. It'd be a middle finger to everybody. And you know i am going to wear the ring. He had a big nights career playoff high in game. Five fifteen points rebounds. He plays he. Did i listen i. I'm not gonna tell boogie feel. It's discouraging when people don't want you and you feel like you still have potential and and stuff to offer but he did have a lot of injuries and one of them was looking killys. We know how hard that is. The comeback from so. I don't think that it's unfair. That people were skeptical of if he was going to be able to play consistently at a high level. You don't need to necessarily be the guy that's putting up big numbers every single night on a championship team. If you play a specific role on a championship team. That has extreme value. he ends his career. Demarcus cousins ends his career with a title in those points. He made a lot of money. You'll have a title. He played a lot of years. That is better than ninety eight percent of the players in this league. If you take out the top thirty forty players ever take those guys out top fifty players ever make an easy number to remember and i said yeah. He ended up with one hundred million dollars. He won a title and plate for seventeen years. You'd be like yeah. I'll take that that that is by the way that is a better than average career. It's an amazing career. I think we get a little too crazy with what everybody is supposed to accomplish right and we were talking a lot about this yesterday. With the difference between the greatest and the game and greats and good like there's there are just that little extra stuff that separates you. You can still have an incredible career and not have three or four championships and go down as the greatest of all time. But he's had a great career. You just had a lot of injuries and when you are a player that has multiple injuries back to back or you're suffering from really extreme injuries like an achilles injuries people are going to be hesitant about giving you first of all a lot of guaranteed money and putting you in a situation where they have to rely on you every night and i don't think that's unfair especially as you get further and further your career when you were younger player than you know you're gonna bounce back and you have years to develop and whatever but i think it's funny he's gonna get as ring made if he has. What mental finger. It's it's move so then. A shooter is one of the lakers big free agencies off season. He reportedly turned down a four year..
Lakers Nation Podcast
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"Maybe then the Lakers will go to DeMarcus Cousins and say well, you know, we we could use another big but his skill-set is really not what they're looking for right now. In fact, I would say they might turn to Damian Jones go back to him before going to buy like DeMarcus Cousins. So I know it's frustrating seeing the Lakers starting Devon take a cock in there and seeing him struggle against Steven Adams and you're saying oh just just get cousins and throw them in there. You gotta be patient wage. Lakers have to make sure if they're going to sign somebody for the rest of the season that it's the guy they want. And from right now everything we're hearing is that the guy they want is Andre Drummond? Yeah, I mean I would definitely take Damian Jones over DeMarcus Cousins. I like agreed. There is absolutely nothing DeMarcus Cousins gives you that Marcus already doesn't like I mean like wage. Yeah DeMarcus Cousins is cool again. I have nothing against him. I've said this a lot. I have nothing against him as a person and as a player but like he solves absolutely nothing on this Lakers team. And so if you're looking for a big man, you want someone who's different than the ones you have. Another thing Devon peacock is Wayne shorter than I thought. He was like six seven seven. Yeah. I I looked it up but he's like six seven crazy me. I thought the whole time he was like six nine 6:10. That's ridiculous. He's tiny. He's Montrezl Harrell size without Montrezl Harrell wingspan. That's basically what we're seeing my hands and yet that's run by him and all that. Yeah, DeMarcus Cousins is just the name. I think the familiarity is what fans are drawn to you. I you know if he wants to come and they've gotten Lakers have gotten no other options than sure, but I'm not clamoring for the guy. I'm not going out on my way to sign him. The Lakers have to be careful with those last couple of roster spots. They've got so depending on how the buyout Market shapes out to be like we could be looking at players that down immediately come help the Lakers maybe not the center spot, but I definitely I could put the wing or as another shooter. That would be cool. So we'll see. Yeah, and I'd rather have Damian Jones at this point to do. All right. Let's get into one of our segments here Let's do let's do the next man up a word and it's just the player of the game with no stars out there. Here we go..
Dallas Hoops Fancast - A Podcast for Dallas Mavericks Fans
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Dallas Hoops Fancast - A Podcast for Dallas Mavericks Fans
"Like okay so the fact that you're even comparing yeah. Do you never compare lillard. No one does that with lillard. Yes no one says well. When lebron was in his eighth year he was actually. No one's comparing lillard. Lebron did in his ten season. Yeah so but luca is like well lebron. His third season their team went to the playoffs. Okay the second season they didn't luca did. Thank you for the comparison. Yeah or maybe maybe he did. I i don't remember new. I know they went five hundred or something and lebron second year but the point is the fact that you're even comparing him is showing that you do hold him at at least a higher level because no one's ever comparing i i guess so irritated with the whole lillard thing. Yeah because i just. I don't understand why he gets a free pass for not leading his. At least the finals. I mean i think that lillard should be a perimeter perennial all star. I think he's a great player especially for what he does in the playoffs. Now he hasn't had sustained success in the playoffs. I think notably was a series. You talked about against the nuggets in the warriors. But he's done some really great things. He should be an all star last year last playoff performer. But i think it's fine for luke to be voted in as a starter especially for an all star because the fans who vote so i mean it is what it is. We voted him in and then me. I didn't even vote. We'll maybe he gets a free pass because he's still young and so we let him grow a little bit and then maybe we hold him to and he won't be a starter who knows but then also i think that's a great point that we hold certain players to a higher standard because we know they can reach those expectations and when they don't we're disappointed because they know we can do it whereas with other guys. We don't hold them. Like no one's talking about. Zach levine or damian lillard or julius randle or any of these other guys about how they're disappointing casino about bradley's zeal. Yeah bradley beal with. It's funny with all those guys that they don't hold that standard. They always use the excuse of their team. Their teams just not good enough to do that with lebron not were dirt. Who killed dirk was so good that his teams will in fifty games but they weren't very good and so when they were in the playoffs. They beat because they weren't a very good team. Yeah he just happened to be really really good. They would torture them for it. Yeah i really like that theory. I think you're onto something. And i think it is subconscious. You're right about that. But i think that's exactly what happens Okay so we've covered a lot. We started with the chris. Tops trade stuff and then this the all star voting tweet us. Your thoughts on these trade rumors. Do you think they're legit. And then if you're going to trade kristaps trade him for i'm on twitter at underscore..
Dallas Hoops Fancast - A Podcast for Dallas Mavericks Fans
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Dallas Hoops Fancast - A Podcast for Dallas Mavericks Fans
"In gmc fans they also respect luca and hold him in high regard because he got voted in by all of those groups but there is starting to be a little more talk about how he can't get it done. His team isn't good enough and you know it's like he's in his third year. But like you said you. Don't really hear that about a damian. Lillard know who do you know. There is alert done in his career for us to sit here and talk about how he should be a perennial starter. Do you think that he that. Lillard and luca are held to a different standard. Of course i do. Well i think you have a theory and well. There are certain players that are given a free pass and there are certain players that are not and i think subconsciously we hold some players to a higher standard. They don't get that free pass because we know because we think they should lead their teams championship because they know how great they exactly and then there's some players who are really good. They're always on sportscenter. Always on highlight reels. Always hitting game winners. But we don't expect them to win the championship. Yeah and that's where lillard is in since lillard is not expected subconsciously in our heads for him to win a championship. Because he's just not good enough. He gets a free pass. I've never seen a guy not have any success in the playoffs and we just love them whereas other players like harden and durant and braun and dirk all these players they get torched they get torched for not winning even komi after shack left for those years got torched. because he didn't win yet damian. Free panic okay. So lillard has had success in the playoffs. I mean he's ended two series with a buzzer beater. Which is pretty insane. But i understand what you're saying. He's never made. He made it to the conference finals. Once right one time one time in ten years was like sort of fluky because that was like a miracle but and they got swept. Yeah other than that. They're generally like a first or second round exit and it's an interesting point. That guys like luca or lebron or harden. It's like they get torched if they don't carry their team championship every single year whereas other guys you don't hear them get talked about that way and i think like you said. We know that lebron could do that or people already know that luca can do that and so they hold him to that standard whereas other guys we know. Linda can't so we don't hold them to. The same clearly was getting torched because of his playoff performances while he was winning championship. Yes that's the standard that you hold him to. Yeah and look. I understand those two series that lillard ended at the buzzer awesome. Really cool like they. It is really amazing. But you need to do that again. In the next round and then in the next round and round like you have to like he did disappear in after. That series was a nonfactor. Cj mccollum won the series against the nuggets. Yeah so and then against the golden state warriors they got swept they weren't even a competition warriors and the warriors weren't even that good that year. Yeah another point. I was going to say about that. I think i forgot what it was. Well i think it's it's like a sign of respect. They take it as a sign of respect one of the things. Yes people in his third year. People already hold luca to that standard and i. It's funny that these luca haters in their reasons why he's not as good as they compare him to the first three years of durant lebron. Yeah.
Dallas Hoops Fancast - A Podcast for Dallas Mavericks Fans
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Dallas Hoops Fancast - A Podcast for Dallas Mavericks Fans
"Take back contract or whatever. Maybe boston might be interested in that. Yeah i so hardaway. He's an expiring deals. So i feel like he doesn't have a whole lot of trade value unless the team is wanting salary. Cap boston miami boston's a destination. Yeah so if if the mavericks confined a way to give them max cap space for the summer And they have porzingis. Maybe they'd be more willing to do it. Yeah because i was gonna say. I think you'd have to throw in like maybe instead of hardaway josh. Richardson throw a miller. Maybe hardaway as the better player. Maybe give them and take them all. At this point you need a second star. Yeah you just a second shot creator. Yes you need that and you can worry about building the rest of the pieces later but you can't really go anywhere until you get that secondary reliable star so you had this. This theory came up. Because they're playing the celtics. Yes to me yeah. It just reminded me of well before. I found out chris. It reminded me the whole. Dennis smith junior in new york. Knicks theory was if porzingas comes out and drops a thirty piece and looks really efficient and looks better on defense. May be given danny ainge. Like this idea okay. Maybe he just not trying on defense. Which is my personal opinion. A lot of times. He doesn't try that. Maybe like dennis smith who had a triple double the ninety the new york knicks and then that night he got traded to to the new york knicks. So i don't know that's what i was thinking but then finding out he's out know i know danny ainge gunslinger. He's he's to move. Yeah he's willing to move on if he doesn't think it's going to work. And if you can give them porzingus and find a way to give them cap space for this summer. I think that makes it more appealing and you give them cap space by taking back. Their long-term deals giving them hardaway in richardson. And you give them porzingis so they have a big. They have tatum and walker. And then they can add. Maybe tomorrow to rosen this summer. Yeah i think. Chris ops fits with better not that we need to go too far down this road because it is just a theory. It's one of those fan trade ideas here. I if it does happen to her to here. I i mean i like it like one reason why i've been hesitant to trade chris. Tops is because i wanna get max value like they need a second star and i want to get that star with chris. Tops if that's their trade peace But you know. I keep hearing kristoff has worth that and all that so if they were able to get jalen brown whose averaging twenty five points a game this year good defender than i think. Yeah i would. i'd be okay with it. I think he's a really good fit in. It's a fair trade for for both teams. You know like hardaway's expiring any way. There's no it's not sure fire that he's going to stay so i mean i like that trade but it's just a.
Dallas Hoops Fancast - A Podcast for Dallas Mavericks Fans
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Dallas Hoops Fancast - A Podcast for Dallas Mavericks Fans
"And welcome to dallas hoops. Fan cast. I'm your host sydney and i'm here with my co host martin. Who is going to say inappropriate guys. Thank you We have a lot to talk about in. The show will usually do on sunday. But we didn't because mas- hadn't played in a week but now all of a sudden everything is going crazy and it's all burning down so we're going to talk about all of the chris. Tops trade rumors. The mavericks actually have a game tonight against the celtics celtics chris. I won't be playing but we will do post game pod. In case anything major happens or just to recap the game Our post game podcast is dallas. Hoops game cast so mate. Wherever you're listening makes you search dallas hoops. Game cast and subscribe or follow that okay. So let's let's get into just everything that is going on. And i'll do a quick recap and then i'm just going to shoot it to you to see what your foil hat theories okay. Yesterday a report came out that the mavericks were quietly gauging. The trade market for kristaps porzingis won a quote from the article from bleacher. Report said they've kicked the tires on everybody on their roster. That's not named luca. Definitely sniffed around on him. They're taking the temperature because they know at some point. It's gonna come around so it wasn't like you know. He's on the trading block where they're are actively shopping him or anything it was just they're trying to gauge his market value. And so i was like okay. I mean sure. I'm sure that happens a lot. And then chris. Tops didn't play because of lower back. Soreness which is like a load of crap. Because i'm not a doctor but that at least say it's his knee or something if you're trying to hide something we just let us because there's a back to back and then things just kind of heated up today all of this kind of came together and we all started theorising. He's not playing tonight again. Due to lower back stiffness tightness or soreness and so now it's like kristaps is getting traded. And that's pretty much it. I mean you know. And so i'll go over to you like do you think there's anything to this. What's your what's your thoughts on. What's going on where there's smoke there's fire and if you just look at history of this league one rumor start coming out at some point. The actual trade starts to happen. There's only so many secrets you can keep. At the very least they probably told teams he's no longer untradable. Yeah at the very least. That's what this means. I definitely think there's something to it. I think I think it's been brewing for a while. Both from porzingus camp and the maverick side. Because i don't think he's really happy with the mavericks based on just various things. If you've heard this podcast before you know how..
The Free Agents
Where Will DeMarcus Cousins End Up?
"Brings me to the demarcus cousins story. Out of houston. It's a strange story cousins having a solid year on a non-guaranteed deal february. Twenty seventh is when non-guaranteed deals either have to be guaranteed for the rest of the season or the player has to be released on friday. It was guaranteed early by the houston rockets. Then on saturday the reports that houston was gonna release him. Okay everyone said you know what they're doing. Demarcus cousins right teams agents around the league see moves like that where you pay a player for his time and people respect it so i start reading stories about demarcus cousins and why he struggled a little bit in houston defensively. How he's not part of the future on the athletic that totally mates sense. But that on sunday. When everybody's thinking is he gonna. The link is going to the nets. Well rockets coach. Stephen silas was asked. Is marcus cousins with the team. Is he leaving the team. Note here and he's going to be here for the foreseeable future so it sure looks like the rockets will release him at some point if they can't get an asset back in trade that can't get a second round pick back for demarcus cousins from whether it's the nets or the lakers but i think he will be joining another team and i for one think it should be the lakers. I think he'll get exposed on the nets because they're not a great defensive team and they will want him to be something really good defensively something which he isn't at this point he'll get exposed like to switch a lot. He'll just be out on an island way too much while with the lakers. They're already a good defensive team. They won't ask him to do too much and he was there last year so i think he can take a bit of a lesser role and be okay with that and they can get him the ring that he should have got before they released him last season l. A.'s the better option for me.
Lakers Nation Podcast
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"Yeah, it's you know would have been nice if you could I know this is out of nowhere, but it's too bad. It would have been nice if I'm able to hit that last shot soon as that he didn't score before that. You know what I mean? Like you would have came through it just the right. Yeah, and he was frustrated with himself for that one. And and you know, he's going to be tough spot to be in office. I would have liked to have seen the ball with with the brawn and that situation with LeBron tried taking the shot but perusa was open he got the ball. He took the shot and unfortunately, he came up short it's gone. Unfortunately. It's going to be a talking point tomorrow some of the big National shows. They're going to be talking about it. They're going to be talking about yet. Again, LeBron James doesn't take the shot in crunch-time. Why does he not do that. That's that's going to be happening. But sometimes The big National shows and stuff they do they do a good job covering the entire league right? Like you look at somebody like a like Zach Lowe right for ESPN. Does a great job do I know more of the ins-and-outs than the Lakers do the exact load has probably right because I watch every single Lakers game every single play I go back I break every single thing down. Does he need the other 29 teams better than I do? Yeah. Okay. So there's guys out there that do a really great job at this but then there's also guys who just look at the surface-level stuff. Those are the guys who are think are going to continue correct sizing LeBron for not taking that shot and and keep throwing stuff out there again, and I don't mean to I'm using Zach Lowe as an example of some of the guys that are really good that cover the entire league, but unfortunately, there's some who aren't good as well and we'll just harp on stuff like that heck there tonight. Who said well, you know, we really want to need to see Kyle kuzma do something other than score. Where are.
Lakers Nation Podcast
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"I'm like, you know, I need to Master Lock here fair enough fair enough. The chat is affecting us that he he dislocated Kevin Love's shoulder. That was the that was the play you were thinking was You like? Yeah, I don't know why it's Dwayne. Wait, but it was yeah, it was Kevin Love and it was it was awful as one of the worst Thirty plays I've seen in basketball and I know there's been a lot but that one just stood out to me and I've never bought a white some sense that you know, cuz kettle of seems like a pretty good dude, and I don't know it just it really irked me understandable understandable. I get it and people are saying that they need to get a chance to square off with alenick in the squared Circle. Oh you go. All right. So let's let's talk. We need to talk about it the PJ Tucker rumors the rumored that the Lakers are are poking around looking for shooters. That was from Asian wage house key before the game. First of all, Gary Sheffield Junior. I mean this this is his like favorite. This is his dream. The Lakers are interested in trading for PJ Tucker now, they are not the only team I think that there is a very very good chance PJ Tucker is traded before the trade deadline. Why because he makes no sense on this team, right if they're getting rid of DeMarcus Cousins and not saying we're going to go young. We're going to go with the quicker players and all of that PJ Tucker makes no sense. They're John Wall kind of makes no sense either but his contract is so big. You can't really move him or do anything with him. Their cleavage need the Rockets are going to rebuild and PJ Tucker is a guy who can help a lot of teams a guy who can shoot threes and defend three-and-d Wing player Chris. What do you think about that Target? Is that somebody that you you're happy to hear the Lakers connected to? Definitely not upset about it. I'm very happy for getting like this favorite player. You know, PJ Tucker has one of the greatest shoe collection, but that decide that that is true all the kicks. Yes. But yeah, I mean, that's a great addition. I think that's kind of an upgrade to what you consider that maybe an upgrade for a martini. Absolutely. Yes, 100% hundred percent upgrade. I think he's got a lot more versatility as a wing defender in terms of he can do a better job on a Kawai or a Paul George not that he's going to stop them but he's slightly more quick footed than Markieff is Mark has bigger taller but but PJ Tucker, I think is that better three indy-style wing player and off. So, yeah, I think you'd be an upgrade over Marquis. Yeah, I think it's all what you said the versatility and PJ compared to Marty and just yeah, I think that would be a good addition. I definitely wouldn't be mad at that. Let's put it that way and then that gives somebody, you know, cuz we always look at that or at least we did look at that Clippers matchup. I mean, I think we're still looking at it, but we're obviously looking at a potential let's match up as well. But yeah, I like the idea of PJ Tucker now, here's the challenge Chris making a trade work. The Lakers are less than a million dollars away from the hard cap. So let's say this is your let's say that the Houston Rockets and they're going to get plenty of offers for PJ Tucker. There's three in D Wing Defenders are always in demand and so they're getting a plenty of offers but let's say the Rockets really want to do a deal with the linkage whatever reason And PJ Tucker's making just under eight million dollars..
Lakers Nation Podcast
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"All right, Chris. So the next man up award goes to not LeBron not Anthony Davis if they're both healthy, we're talking about who's the next guy to step up for the Lakers that has not a superstar level player. Who do you have that as your next man up tonight? I think you're going to agree with this probably most likely Nationwide. I don't you know trans had a good fourth quarter and you know even West Matthews was good at certain points of the game, but I think if we were going to hand it to one person, I think you'd have to be cous cous started out. I just we love what we've been seeing from Coos lately and we got all of that plus we got off, uh more more scoring out of Clues which obviously we need with the absence of a d and shrewder so I would go. Khus. I'm betting you probably are going to go. Khus but let's go down there with you a hundred percent. I think that this is and I love the games where there's like five guys that we could potentially give it to you. And then we have a little bit of a debate because that means a lot of guys played really well, but now I think it's Gotta Be Kyle kuzma tone night. He was tremendous Kyle kuzma 23 points for boards eight of 21 shooting for of 11 from 3 is not good and his 3-point percentage has ticked down a little bit. He was shooting a career-high fog From 3 for most of the season and now he's dropped slightly below his career-high. So I'd like to see that come up. But other than that, I liked we saw it or Kyle kuzma the night that three-pointer you hit near the beginning of the game towards the end of the shot clock. Oh, wow. Yeah. That was that was Kobe asked right not to compare Kobe and kuzma at the two very different players right different levels. Yeah, but it was that type of a shot. It was kind of shot where you see them shooting you just go. Oh no way. There's no way he's going to make oh my God, he made it right like Kyle kuzma had himself a very nice night tonight for the Lakers so credit to him definitely gets the next man up award. So gotta love that. All right. Let's give away some more lakersnation.com license plate.
Lakers Nation Podcast
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"A bit of an overlap. It's kind of like like Boogie cousins and Marcus all are like West Matthews and kcp. It's not the exact same player. There's differences. There's no question. There's differences but their skill-set is more similar than it is different at this point like the difference between Boogie and say a general is Noelle or JaVale or Dwayne or Dwight Howard. One of those guys that the true like Rim protecting centers that that are kind of the lower-tier rim protectors Boogie to those guys is I mean, it's a completely different skill-set completely different style of player. Boogie is a lot closer to a Mark assault-style Player. That's that's what he is right now. But on the Sea Shack DeMarcus Cousins are shooting 38% and that's with me rounding up from the field not from 3 from the field 38% for a center. That's bad. That's bad bad bad 34% from 3, and I will say that about half of his shots right now our threes. So that's probably what's pulling his field goal percentage down, but he is also getting seven points. Yep. Rebounds in just 20 minutes of play. So that is very solid nine point six points defensively the Houston Rockets right now are slightly better with Boogie on the cord actually than off its close. I don't know see. I think the ceiling is high on DeMarcus Cousins, like I look at the skillset. It's not a perfect fit, but is there going to be anybody out there that's better on the market if Andre Drummond gets out there sure you would absolutely take Andre Drummond over DeMarcus Cousins, but we don't know he might just get traded. We don't know if he's going to be on the market. Do you take Blake Griffin over to Marcus cousins? I don't know if I do that and bugging, you know, the you know that he does have the chemistry with the team. I know he got into it a little bit with Markieff Morris from the Lakers played the Rockets earlier this season, but from everything we've heard that was just kind of a game thing and they were cool after the game. Everything was fine. So.
Lakers Nation Podcast
Los Angeles Lakers Scorched By Miami Heat
"Lakers do lose to the Miami Heat. Oh Alex Caruso had a chance to tie it up at the buzzer, but misses the shot was not an easy shot by came up just short gruesome misses and the Lakers do fall to the Miami Heat LeBron. James had a bit off of an off night and we have to remember of course Dennis Shooters still out and not going to miss two more games. They are really struggling to get offense going without him. And of course Anthony Davis out as well and he'll be out for at least the next four weeks or so, which will take him out all the way through a little bit past the old star breaks up the Lakers clearly struggling clearly undermanned and we got a lot to talk about because there's some rumors popping up about what the Lakers might do about it and some people that they dead Try to bring in so a lot to break down joining me tonight. We've got Chris the Masterpiece Masters Chris. How you doing, man? I'm okay disappointing disappointing loss. It was it was a weird game. I know we're going to get into all of it. But you know, there's the world we live in when you don't have off Anthony Davis and then to a compound things you don't have demonstrated or who plays a big role for our team. So 12 plus tonight. Yeah, let's get on here. I think that the schruder think really is it's a big deal. It really is. It's a big deal to not have him out there because of what he brings in terms of the skill set his ability to get into the paint his ability to run the offense. You can just see it when LeBron is not on the floor. I mean, you're you're you're hanging on the edge of the cliff and you're just praying that your drink it doesn't give out and you just tumble over the edge. That's what they're doing right now when LeBron's not on the floor, it's like it's like Frank Vogel is just constantly watching the clock one. Can I put it back in yet? Can I put them back in yet? Because any minute that LeBron is not on the floor the Lakers offense looks dead. Lately lost because they don't have anybody that can really be a threat off the dribble. They can get into the paint and do anything from there. And and so it's a bit of a mess. They're just trying to hold on for dear life reminds me a little of the Lakers bench Squad last year except right now. You don't have Anthony Davis to help claw you back into games either. So it's that's certainly a challenge and Dennis Schroder is going to miss two thousand more games. No, he did test negative for covid-19 will do to contact tracing he is out for two more games. So this is going to be a couple more games where the Lakers have to grind it out without some really key pieces here.
The Free Agents
Portland Trail Blazers lose another starter, can’t sustain hot first quarter, fall 104-101 at Houston Rockets
"Start with the blazers any rockets. The first game of the tnt double header on thursday houston is a team. I find it hard not to cheer for. I'm in the corner of john. Wall demarcus cousins and victor oladipo may because they suffered huge injuries in the past major surgeries. And i'm an empathy guy. I wanna see them recover. I wanna see them fight battle. Get back to their old sells like john wall said after the game everybody on this roster has something to prove. Those three guys have been cast off by the role teams. It's a good story but at the same time they have suffered major injuries. They've got a guy on their roster. Who's young spry and should be dominating. The league at the center spot christian would is playing well this year but i think he should be featured a little bit more. He only had twelve shots against the portland. Trailblazers that usage rate should be. Hi you're he. Is that good now. The rockets won this game. They're down twenty early to the blazers. They came back the blazers shooting because they love to shoot their last in the league in points in the paint. The shooting almost overcame their defensive. Problems they just allow too many buckets. The rockets have full strength though. Should have beat this blazers team up bad c. J. mecom still out. He's out for at least a couple more weeks. Yousef nurkic also out for the blazers. I in this game shouldn't have gone down to the wire i'm sure. Tnt would beg to differ with that. They had a game. Go down to the wire. It was exciting but this rockets team needs to find the right hierarchy It's it's an interesting balance. Victor oladipo going into a contract year. I think should be operating a little bit. More within the system and christian would should be the guy scoring ton the blazers continue to fire away from deep like they always do and they got some performances dame lillard of course. She had five threes thirty points. Overall gary. junior was the surprise seven. Three's twenty three points. Overall and three of those threes were consecutive in the fourth quarter. That was a blast to watch an anfernee. Simmons had four threes off the
Game Theory Podcast
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"He comes on. Everyone who listens to the show just absolutely loves it and Caius works for basketball news and he's written and talked a lot about the James Harden deal. So I wanted to have him on. How's it going man off? I am doing well. I'm glad that there is nothing happening right now yesterday being very hectic, but I'm doing well man. Just living a life. That is good to hear Yesterday. I woke up and saw some of the reporting from Sam amick & Chong's over at the athletic saying like look, they're actually trying to make this happen sooner rather than later with James Harden and then by the time, you know nine 10:00 over here in Australia rolled around it was done and I guess I'll just ask you are you surprised that this James Harden deal which will delve into the particulars of what all four teams in this trade got the Indiana Pacers Cleveland Cavaliers off. And Brooklyn Nets are all involved with Houston Rockets in this trade. Are you surprised that this got done so quickly after James Harden decided to go scorched Earth in the middle of a press conference on what I guess that would have been Tuesday night. No, I'm not surprised. It happened that quickly when you go scorched Earth that definitely accelerates the time line when you go scorched Earth while being part of a locker room that features John Wall and also DeMarcus Cousins, it definitely accelerates your timeline because I you know, I'm Steve Masala some said, you know after practice it was in James best interests to stay home. And I don't think that was just because they were trying to get a trade done. I think it could have gotten ugly Apprentice. I feel like that wouldn't have surprised me of some kind of story came out like that. But Marcus cousins were done. They were done it. Oh, yeah, they suck. Very very done DeMarcus Cousins said it straight up like hey, I came here to play with John Wall. And he also mentioned the disrespect. He felt by the way, James Harden handled himself off the floor or definitely on the floor and that postgame person from heart and just sealed the deal if it wasn't sealed already. So I think it was best for everyone involved to get that deal done as soon as possible. Yeah. I love the DeMarcus Cousins. It's just as real as it gets when it comes to this stuff. He's just like yeah, we're not going to play games. I'm just going to say what is on my mind and she can take it or you can leave it and it's just fantastic DeMarcus Cousins, please I will always people hate on DeMarcus Cousins. I will always root for DeMarcus Cousins. What a what a what just a real dude a genuine guy. I respect that. He speaks his mind. Like he he's going to be him. He's going to put in his own work and like you have to understand where he's coming from specifically with the the amount of injuries home with over the last two or three years and he is now owned another team trying to rehabilitate his career. He's on the team that he feels like can do something. You know, there is Talent up and down to earth as a new coach in total and the franchise leader is acting a fool for you know lack of a better way to phrase it..
KOA 850 AM
"demarcus cousins" Discussed on KOA 850 AM
"You doesn't look good. He's obviously had all these comments. He's he's. He is a big difference in the way he's handled the situation. Anthony Davis, You know what? It really was a program. You know what they did with Anthony Davis. They didn't let him play. Well, That's basically what they come. They couldn't have done the same thing with James Harden. That's just bad management. James Harden. Bright would have preferred not to play the way you looked. Well, I'm just saying, but you know you could you could talk about his is his Physical makeup and his conditioning and all of that, But in the end, if you just would have just sat him out, then you would have been fine. Yeah, he's going out. Just you know, they wanted to make him look bad, I guess for the city And just going. I think he made himself look bad, Alfred. And just the way that he handled the city. I think a couple ways this season he wanted out. I think I think that a couple ways I think number one in the way that he Handled his his business with how Vocal and harsh. She was to the organization with that, by the way, is that not China? Not just one time. That was one time. What do you mean? He did it again last night. So that was the first time That was the first time That was the first time the first time recently. No, he didn't do it like this. Any other time. He just reported to camp and he thought that they would do what they said they were gonna do and trade him. No. They wanted to see this workout, you know is what they wanted. They didn't believe that he wanted to trade. Then they had a guy that came in overweight, out of shape. And it's like, Oh, my goodness. So this is how you're taking and by the way, I would have thought that that would have been harder to make him harder to make that trade. That's how he's gonna handle. This business has got a big difference between these two situation. Anthony Davis and James Harden. Arguably, the Rockets have done everything possible to set up Houston with James Harden as championship contenders not gonna work, but I think the key is is this is why I think your biggest reason why he hasn't been Why Anthony Davis wasn't vilified because James Harden, they gave everything that team they were chained, even arguably a championship contender. New Orleans with Anthony Davis. Maybe one of the main reasons he left. Is that team, Never that front office. They never brought a championship contender to that team. James Harden and the Rockets. They brought everything. They got all those different players. I mean, they went all in Brantley. Davis. People saw it as you're finally relieving Anthony Davis of this situation and putting him on a team raise a chance to win. James Harden's had a chance to win. You're gonna hear you with one commonality is in both those situations. DaMarcus cousins. DeMarcus Cousins was in New Orleans when it was getting ugly. And DaMarcus cousins is in Houston right now, where? Yes, guess what it could be getting ugly, and by the way, he's the one person that you know. George Karl was asked on social media Not too long ago to say, Give us the first name in the last name, and he just strapped 20th same and last name of like the worst player. You have a plane for you, and he just went JaMarcus cousins and put a snake emoji. Love coach, Man I love coach Carl. All right, let's get to our best. Let's get to our best bets of the night. On the other side, we will do Show me the money and taken by the A Rod. It's big Alan Jo Jo on K Away News, radio Traffic.
First Things First
Derrick Jones Jr. edges Aaron Gordon in controversial dunk contest
"Game was great. But we're going to rewind to Saturday night controversial slam dunk contests watches. Aaron Gordon Dunk off the side of the backboard spinning. Razi -solutely incredible. It was one of Gordon's five fifty point slams on the night so he obviously one right now. No we didn't.
Pop Culture Cosmos
What The NBA’s New Salary Cap Projection Means For 2020 Free Agency
"It gets closed the trade deadline headline then you have GM sweating and Al and the GM's that really need to make a trade for whatever reasons. Those of the deals that may slip under the radar that may be the difference between a team really producing. NTN`Er team really not producing a right next to the trade deadline. Those the ones I I really wanna see because those the ones that are executed in haste there not couple cited some those have a tendency to be more one sided than any other traits that we see so. I'm looking forward to that a whole week. Well this whole week when it concerns the NBA trade deadline A lot of things going on right now with the rumors and all the stuff. That's out there. One thing I do want to tell fans out there before we head on out is that the I know. There's a lot of things that are being set out there from these experts from these journalists from these podcasts that you're listening to out there as far as NBA hardcore fans are concerned. One of the things you're hearing is bird rights pertaining bird rights. Oh this guy doesn't have a big rides. Oh the the team will get his bird rights. I WANNA make sure everybody understands. What are bird rights at Burger is basically it stands from? Yes Larry Bird dealing with the contract situation. -Tuation the Boston Celtics longtime ago. Basically it's something that's now done on. The collective bargaining agreement and also with the players and owners has been formally set up bird bird rights according to go ahead with sports lingo dot com user exact termination. Here's someone to quote them. Bird rights is a term used to describe a tactic an NBA free free agency or trading or trading where a team is allowed to exceed the salary cap at the maximum salary in order to sign one of their own players. That's something that a Lotta people need understand what it concerns the lingo. That's going on right now because you're going to hear a lot about those two words bird rights you know if they trade a player and the the team can still retain the bird rights or if they can't because if they can't that makes a lot of difference especially those tax strap teams those those that are over or close to the tax if they cannot retain these players if they don't have their bird rights so that's something very important key to listen to down the road over the next next few days whether team is going to trade for a player that they can keep their bird rise because it it helps these teams for the long term if they want to go ahead and resign nineties players with Saudi. I JUST WANNA go ahead give heads up because I hear all this bird writes this bird rights at at nobis explaining really what bird rights are player has asked to stay with the team for three years in order to earn his bird rights in bird. Ruts don't do anything. Help team avoid luxury taxes. But what they they do. is they allow an exemption so that they can basically pay the guy whatever they want they allow them to go over the CAP. It doesn't prevent them from making taxes. They can go over the cap even go into a luxury tax situation. But it still doesn't prevent them from pain a luxury tax. So t Michael Akers. For example the Lakers signed demarcus cousins to a one year deal if they signed him to a two year deal next year next summer then he would be a three year contract contract and at the end of that contract they would have his bird rights they could then sign him to whatever amount they want regardless of where they how over the CAP. The cap gap doesn't even matter to them it would put them into luxury tax of the gave him a big contract and they still have to pay the luxury tax but they would be able to go ahead and sign him. No matter are
Roe Conn
NBA investigating allegation DeMarcus Cousins threatened to shoot his child’s mother
"And the Lakers in the NBA say they're investigating a claim that center demarcus cousins threaten violence against a former girlfriend TMZ releasing an audio recording in which it says cousins threatens to shoot Christy west the mother of their seven year old child the Lakers issued a statement saying it take this claim seriously the team in the NBA both say they're gathering information and looking into the
Mornings with Keyshawn, Jorge & LZ
Is Dwight Howard Really a Viable Option for the Lakers at Center?
"Dwight howard is still on everybody's radar about maybe coming here to l. a. to replace demarcus cousins here's brian windhorst talking about how likely dwight's return to l. a. might be. I don't think it's a very likely marriage. I think the lakers right now are doing their due diligence on players unavailable centers joke him noah's another guy they've looked got and there's a process because dwight howard is a member of the memphis grizzlies he can't have free agent discussions with the other team so there has to be processed even have a conversation so that definitely taken place but dwight howard has been on four different teams in the last four years does not count the brooklyn nets who cut him and it may not glue the memphis grizzlies who may away the cut him if he can find a place to go well. I would imagine the memphis grizzlies would send a car to take him to the airport there. They're not going to be worried. I owe a the hands off dwight. You gotta make that he's our guy. They've probably got him at the airport the bus station or whatever it is they're going to do to get him to come to l._a. Lay the question is whether or not he's the best option here in l._a. Here's one horse talking about why he does not think it's a great fit. The lakers are in need of somebody who can be healthy and give them minutes minutes and that doesn't fit dwight howard or joe kim no art this point of their careers but i understand why the lakers are have those names on the list. I think this is unlikely. I i believe the lakers. Coach has won a younger more active player at this point in their careers a younger more active players sure but i don't know how often younger active are they walking around. I i was gonna say where where are they well. We did a poll of course obviously yesterday. Rods groups on twitter at which big man should the lakers sign and we put dwight howard or or noah it was fifty one percent a very close vote to dwight howard fifty one percent and i think you made a great point in earlier. Hey what do you have to lose. There's no risk you you know how much money and like you see one of these the n._b._a. Execs say hey they'll sign and if it doesn't work out just cut me. You don't have to give him a bunch of money. You don't get the grizzlies aren't gonna ask for draft picks to get dwight howard memphis. You just need to get him here and if it doesn't work and if at any point anthony davis or lebron or anybody else says you know what this guy i these gone. He's gone the very next day. There's no investment before when you're dealing with his deal and to get dwight is almost entirely unique. We've seen guys go from well-liked guys two guys that were less.
NBC Sports
LA, Lakers And Achilles Tendon discussed on NBC Sports
"I get out to LA and chaos starts for the Lakers yesterday afternoon news comes down the demarcus cousins has had many sided tortured recent injury history he looks like he set for a supermax deal as a member of the New Orleans pelicans he tears his Achilles tendon right I believe it was and then he decides I'm gonna re have you goes out to Golden State then he gets another injury to his quiet I believe recently before that he also which I mean the guy has been a walking mash unit and now he is towards his ACL and they're probably going to miss all of next year based on the way he finished off the finals it didn't seem like you fully recovered from his injuries already and now he's got another one I mean I feel awful for you but you have to almost one ever going to be able to come back and play in the NBA hardly at all again and this is obviously a big blow for the Lakers as well as he was a guy I think that many people hope maybe they got a good bye on him and he's gonna be able to outperform the contract if they got him this is tough this is a big hit not just for the markets because it's but also for the Lakers and you always wonder when you have those injuries whether one leads to another and obviously we had a lot of discussion about this with Kevin Durant he's got at her capital Seoul entity goes out and somehow he tears Achilles and I think most people out there kind of anticipate that if you have one injury it makes you more susceptible not just to that injury but also to your body adjusting in trying to to protect itself and then you injure
SportsCenter AM
NBA, Lakers And Jeff Schwartz discussed on SportsCenter AM
"NBA it's been a rough go over the past few years for demarcus cousins the four time NBA of all all star NBA center I should say seven the Lakers in the offseason cousins suffered a torn ACL in his left knee according to his agent Jeff Schwartz that what's his availability for the upcoming season the jeopardy doesn't suffered the injury in a work out in Las Vegas on Monday ESPN NBA reporter Marc spears of the cousins injury speaking on SportsCenter with Superman to management stuff watch in this room phone for about two years on east sixty featured band with him in mobile Alabama Sacramento New Orleans and obviously open California and to see what he's gone
Terry Meiners and Company
Lakers' DeMarcus Cousins Reportedly Diagnosed with Torn ACL After Knee Injury
"The market's cousins well loved here in a couple of Kentucky also known as boogie plays for the Los Angeles Lakers he has suffered a serious knee injury a lot of people fear it's a torn ACL barely bumping knees with someone and and practice in Las Vegas on Monday four time all star is Marcus demarcus cousins rather bogey supposed to be meeting with team positions is twenty nine years old and if this is an ACL that could
Mason & Ireland
Building the Ideal Lakers Starting 5 with LeBron James at Point Guard
"A micro dose in las vegas covering the lakers 'em what's the reaction to the news yesterday the chris haines a reported that lebron's gonna play point guard lebron normally only has the ball in his hands so to me it wasn't that big of a deal but it seemed guinea huge reaction on you know on social media and on sports website what from where you're sitting what's the reaction been like in vegas i sympathize with you john the because if you watch the brian james playing his whole career he's almost always play point guard in the half court offensively right they since literally since he was a rookie that they've had guards around him at various points like a more of just the shooter but didn't have the ball the whole game talked about a mario chalmers even kyrie's who's really more of a shooting guard than a point guard and you know last year with the lakers lonzo is different in some senses but lonzo wasn't really operating in the half court with the basketball ball so to me that's really nothing different about that we've seen throughout his career and i get the way the report restructured you know did make it seem like that i guess it all depends on what you're gonna do what you're starting lineup but you could still have the bron play quote unquote point guard announcing in have another guard start the game whether that hey i mean the lakers have a lot of options not right is it is it alex caruso is it every proudly is it rondo is it even even casey p if you wanna go big in and let somebody else bring the ball up for i don't know that's what frank vogel gonna spend the summer answer any can figure out but i'm i'm with you ireland i i didn't really think that was much different from what we've seen throughout the bronx career all right so they announce halfway through the same demarcus cousins is joining the lakers a dead already prior to that signed jim vail mcgee an in mike you and i both know the teams now tend to go small and sometimes interim any center on the floor but who do you see do you see those guys this kind of eight option they option b senator you see one of them in trenches of the starter is it yet to be determined what who would you how do you think those minutes breakdown between mcgee and cousins i do do see it as a split and not only that i think that a lot of times the best line up through the lakers will be at anthony davis playing at the five in going small small is you could be with a six eleven shot blocking a young guy like davis at center and then the bron for maybe cruising with the three and if you wanna you wanna stay big there you go danny green in casey p or or caruso so that that to me is what will end up happening in crunch time more often but i do love especially for what they got him that i like be upside with
CBS Sports Radio
Lakers add DeMarcus Cousins and Rajon Rondo to already potent lineup
"The LA Lakers were informed late Friday night they missed out on KO I Leonard and spent most of Saturday rounding up the roster once the Anthony Davis trade became official Ellie agreed to terms with the markets cousins on a one year deal gave to your deals to Rajit ratha Alex Caruso continues Caldwell pope in jail Mickey all also agreed to return to LA Quinn cook joining the Lakers as
SportsCenter AllNight
The Raptors take a Finals lead
"So they were able to get the victory around rafters to seize lead in the NBA finals. Somebody wants to saying that goes, they never been down two games to win the NBA finals before this happened somebody that we're going back to Draymond green talking about right after the game, and he was very relaxed and at the podium being down to one in the history NBA finals series tied at one apiece. The loser of game three. Rarely goes on to win the Larry O eighty two percent of the time the winner of game three with the series tied at one apiece goes on to win the trophy. Now, one of the that, that eighteen percent has actually been the Golden State, Warriors calmed, dream on was typical just relax. This is nothing. We we've seen this movie. We start in this movie you go back to two thousand fifteen part of the eighteen percent. Golden State down to one to Cleveland. And they came back in, when they won the Larry O on the series four two. So watching, how relaxed Steph curry is after the game you when you lose comb court at you've stolen homecourt Andrey months talking about let man to get some guys healthy. And when game four up to Toronto win games come on back here. Celebrating grain things are head one time ahead. Yes. They have seen every scenario that you can imagine in the five straight finals. They've been to literally. Yes. And they have found ways more often than not to overcome the winning dot com Twitter, defeat my handle the Coleman ESPN ES Hannah, if it's ESPN, it's being relaxed, Freddie and Fitz. Simpson ESPN radio, you can definitely attach that to collide learner, and also Danny green, they attempted to range in their back pocket when he played for the San Antonio Spurs trying to do has not been done before a champion of NBA team north of the border in the country of Canada. They were relaxed at the winning game three and Coalisland even went on to talk about how his phrase has been trending on Twitter, all day was just the right message tonight for you guys on the white board, and who wrote it. And how well did cow reform that advice? I think we all kind of that advice. But it is easier to look at that now say it worked great for us special ingratiating night. It's been awhile since the playoff series. We haven't really had a good team shooting night on new eventually some point we would do for one. So luckily got one tonight. Well, we still have to do a better job defensively landed of Florida limit. Those guys better. So we don't have to rely on offense or shooting to win games for us. But luckily did tonight and hopefully next game can continue to stay warm and let it rip. And hopefully even better defense daily Shaquille. O'neal apparently offered some shooting advice to you. He's a pure shoot knew that. Can can you fill us in on on what he suggested? And what head performance? Yes. Books before the game briefly, you know, he's always on TNT set out there before the game is to shooting advice because he was good at it. And but, you know, the fundamentals, the small things to be confident and just hold the author obviously after a good shooting night. It's easy to, to see that. His vice has worked, but O'neil is he always yells them? You leave it as his way of saying, leave you hand up there. And be confident you're shot, but. He's always been that guy to me everywhere or year. We get on the playoffs or on the stage where, you know, he comes over and tells me stay confident, and he'll give me his shooting advice going into the game, especially when you found throughout the warriors are going to be without clay. How important was it in retrospect to make sure you got this one on the road? Very important. But I really didn't find out to the tape off starting. They told us that he was playing tonight. The mindset. Going on a Florida. He's playing. You know, a lot of pressure to, you know, main guys, not plane, still come on and get a win. You know, step play great tonight. But you know we got it to wins away. Now. Momentum. This momentum curious to Koiwa such balanced scoring from your starting unit. Help your game both offense ably defensively and the secondary question that I had for on social media aware that your catchphrase the board, man gets paid going, very viral right now, we just want to confirm that actually something that you said used to say that back when I was in high school in college. You know, just when to get to this to this league. Just is about, you know, working hard basically our opponent. You know, rebounds, hope you win games big rebounds, office rebounds. Limited team that one shot. And, you know, used to be our motto just, you know, some of this stuff in college that was trying to get to this point. I who questions the balanced scoring story unit help open up your game offense ably. You know, once I'm driving in paint, kicking guys, making the defense doesn't want to collapse as easy known, you know, we just gotta keep playing them in a flow. Really? We just we don't need to worry about me scorn, a basketball, we all score with the office that we have just got to keep moving in at times the ball, the offense is real stagnated. You know we just stay in one spot guard. If you're to finish so about just moving a ball plano. Plano. You know, the team sport interest in everyone always low key to why, and Danny green. Although had a little humor, about his new catchphrase taking hold on social media talking to media Toronto. Raptors one game three tonight. One twenty three to one zero nine. Ready Coleman on Freddie and Fitz on ESPN radio and ESPN app. Presented by progressive insurance. The one thing I love about this raptors team. They expected to be in this position. They expected that they were gonna be to one lead in this series yet. It talks about you gotta plan for Kate Klay Thompson, but we don't want to have to have the conversation. How did we lose that game? And he's not there and the ranch. Not. There. A one man gang led by Steph curry was able to beat us in game three they clearly understood that have been completely damaged in my mind had they lost this game tonight with those dudes not being out there because of anything the Golden State wars would have been more emboldened and I believe the five games. They came through tonight. And it shows the power, the warriors that many people believe, you know what? Got a chance to win this game. We wouldn't say that about plenty of other teams not having one dude out. But another superstar out with Kevin Klay Thompson. Looney. And yep. They they might get a chance to win this game against a fully capable raptors basketball. A ten point game with three twenty-seven ago when Steph Curry's diving around on the floor. I mean, it was one thirteen one oh three and I'm sitting there going wait a minute. When it wasn't it just fifteen about a minute and a half ago, I think they were going to win, but I was still amazed that it was a ten point game when you had Steph and Draymond essentially about it. And amygdala was what had eleven points tonight. It was a very quiet eleven may Livingston was not existence. Dan, DeMarcus cousins didn't give you. It was more game. One boogie cousins than game too. I mean not more was game one. I mean, we'll see one of seven to nine a belief, so he he looked like an old man now. Yeah. It was a complete flip flop from what we saw in game two. He went back to game one. And as far as the raptors go, you know they, they, they did they were supposed to do and what they didn't do in game two. They were gifted one in game. Tune gave it away five point at the half. Fifteen because golden kind of team that no leader safe with them. Well, yeah. The, the third quarter warrior show up. But tonight they didn't have clay, and I'm still, you know, typically cat to the wounded warriors where it's ten point game with three and a half to go and game three. When all you have is Steph, really I mean at forty seven. The next the war you're closest to him, it's scoring with thirty points. Fewer Draymond green was seventeen so six raptors in double digits. It was a complete team win by the raptors now folks, get ready. Buckle your seatbelt for game four because I believe Klay Thompson will be back. I agree. And I believe K D will make his first appearance. I think so I don't know if you'll start but he's going to have a say in
KNBR Tonight with Drew Hoffar & Kevin Frandsen
NBA Finals 2019: With all the adversity the Warriors have faced, a title over the Raptors could be their biggest yet
"Every series or every championship has its own stories and how great would it be for given all of the adversity the wears you're having to deal with right now that if they can come through this thing and they can win this. I mean what an what an all time or, you know, I mean I keep telling like saying to my dad and other people like warriors are missing the best player in the world arguably. And I mean, the fact is, is that, you know, listen, you gotta cheat your cap, Toronto's healthy and the thing that impresses me about Toronto, Toronto, moves the basketball and dig find the open guy, but dollars just a wounded a wounded animal right now and they played their guts out tonight. The bench players look like bench players. You know, I mean for his as hard as they try, they're, they're just there's not a premium bench player that comes off the bench that can light up the scoreboard for the warriors, and they haven't had one of those in a couple of years. But listen, if they can get Klay back, and they can go ahead and write the ship. I believe that they can come out and win game two because let's face it. I mean they didn't play other than curry didn't play tonight. And if they could write the ship, and then they can go ahead and get Tron to maybe start missing some shots and a few things like that. Only believe the series to go seven but, you know, let's not give up the fate. You know, we're watching a great team. And they're said versity right now. So, but I agree real quick. And I know I gotta go, but, you know this expecting you can't expect anything all. Yeah. Here thing. Oh, no. Can't expect it at all. Winemaker great stuff. Thanks so much. And I, you know, says something really important there about Toronto, the, the good, right? And I and what I mean by that is like they are like the warriors in that you watch them. And you go okay you're playing basketball, the right way. This is not the Houston Rockets that just make you want to gouge your eyes out when you're watching them. There's, there's something about the Rouch was real like, okay. I mean they're planning on both sides of the ball. They're playing team basketball. They're good man. They, they are difficult. There's no question, then the other thing that just pops to mind, there is. I think there's something on fair with the way people talk about teams in the wake of major injury, though. Look at it, and they'll go, oh, it's Steph K D go down. We saw Stephan clay and Draymond. Okay. But understand you have to suddenly. On the fly in the playoffs adjust everything you've been doing all year long. All you just go back to the way you were playing three years ago. That's not that easy. So to do that on the fly at the warriors, for the most part done. It successfully is no small thing. All right. Those of you on hold stay right there, because we'll come back to you, but I want to jump on and get kurtenbach in here bay area news group who is live over to oracle after the game. Great to have you. Thanks for making the time. What, what, what were your main takeaways tonight? The warriors didn't have enough dudes. They talk to simple as that I it Steph curry could do it. Step in curry did. And it just doesn't matter. That means you don't have enough dudes and that, that applied for both sides of the court, the warriors defenseless and nearly good enough. Yeah, the raptors got a little bit. You know lucky maybe a little bit of a progression to the mean but it when you let a team knocked down ten three pointers in the second half. You don't deserve to win. And when you just don't get anybody else. I mean, just nobody else contributing on the offensive end to the best of their ability, other than Steph curry, it's I it just looked like an impossible task for the warriors to win given the way that they played. Well, that's my next question. Let's say Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, and it's not trending this way. But let's say they can't play Friday or they or clay tries, and, and, and, you know, something physically. He's not right. This particular warrior group that played denied do you think they're capable of getting a game over the raptors perhaps only because there's so much room for improvement on the defensive end and I'll be offensive end as well. But man, it would be tight if they could get one apparently they're only going to score one hundred nine points in every game. I I just don't I just don't I just don't see Sepe able to do something like this again. Not that he's, you know, beyond his realm of possibility. Just man. It was it was special when to ask for something like that twice as greedy. But I'm looking at it. Like DeMarcus cousins was a no show. Ultimately do we think that we can really expect his cousins to show up in a game like this? He he looked completely gas, Marcus all his breakfast, lunch and dinner, Shaun Livingston. I know that it was underwhelming performance, but it sort of par for the course was, Sean this year. He's been fighting it all all season Draymond, I guess can be better on the offensive end. What he provided came too late. Andre kind of right on par. But like you're dealing with, you know, couldn't cook, Andrew bogut, Chidi, Jordan, Bella Jonas, Jared coat here. I mean if they're going to win a game without clay without Kevin. They are absolutely threading needle data kurtenbach bay area news group at oracle with us on these sports later. What do you think tonight did for a guy like Steph those of us here in the bay may already have are, are well formed thoughts on Steph curry, the basketball player? But, you know, that nationally people wait for the finals to really come after this guy on a night when the defense was totally stacked against him. And he still scored forty seven. What do you think that does for them? Well, it gives them the validation that he doesn't look for. But he deserved a long time ago. But I'm sure that you would trade it in again to the wind the warriors are in a spot here down to one and not knowing who they have for game four. So maybe step has to do it again. And if he does do it again, in the warriors win. We might as well throw a parade after that game because it will be such a celebration of everything. Steph curry, brilliant career up to this point Steph, never. We'll never get the credit is it will take five years, ten years for people to understand what he's done back, just for this franchise for the NBA at the whole, and I'm just kinda done waiting on people to figure it out onto the thing in a way like we, we know and if those people don't want to be smart enough it and figure it out for themselves what live in their ignorance pretty wonderful thing to watch. What did you observe with regard to team morale tonight? They seem pretty confident. So they're always listen. This is not a team that gets face. And but at the same time, I think that they know if they don't have those guys, they don't have Kindy, if they don't have play that they know that they don't have the dudes to keep up with Toronto of a lot of the stuff. I said earlier, I they know it and they're confident they always believed that they can fight back. This is not something they haven't face before this team. Let's not forget was down three one in the twenty sixteen Western Conference finals against probably a tougher team, then beings rats an intake in back in one it, and they beat the Cavaliers in twenty fifteen down to one spot. They, they know that they have that little extra something that's necessary to come back from this. But that requires all hands on deck, and right now that's just not the case. And again, we won't really know probably until game time on Friday night, if they got it or not. That's a really, really scary place to be when you think about where this diner. that going into other incredibly important i won't say must win but i mean boy going down three one wouldn't that be good big old big old big old game on friday yeah no doubt about that but it you kind of led me to what i was gonna ask you next i if they lose friday night what what kind of a chance do you still give them with the idea that it sounds somewhat likely that by monday they get all the horses back yeah i mean we'll just have to see who plays in that game and how that one transpire sabi i don't want to move out a full squad warriors team from doing anything and they could absolutely rattle off three wins in a row they have they have that thing inside them that allows them to get to that level but man i mean we do have to give toronto some credit at some point they're really really good and especially on the defensive end and has games you know tighter in the moment if larger stuff slows down and when it slows down that plays right into toronto hands on a lot Way, I would, I would be really, really surprised doesn't matter. If Durant played back, I it doesn't matter if they look a hundred and ten percent, it'd be really, really surprised if the raptors wouldn't win the series that they went up three one. Which is why put so much. So much on it on Friday. Yeah. I do the curtain vary. A news group is is with us. The one question I have there, though, like I remember the warriors, first championship LeBron loses all of his teammates and even still dot warriors group because it was their first one, you know that four win for your first title is really hard
The Leadoff Spot
Kevin Durant out for Game 1 of NBA Finals; DeMarcus Cousins upgraded to questionable
"Warriors, raptors one of the ones that's been talked about a lot or just maybe less so than the Kevin Durant is the DeMarcus cousins factor. And it's it's for me. Not just so much about to be honest with you. It wouldn't shock me at all if he if he gets healthy, if he plays because I personally not, you know, to play doctor anything, but just as far as whether or not it's smart to plug a guy in or or what your thoughts are plugging a guy who hasn't played in a in a number of weeks ago hasn't played really very many games over the warriors, in general, I sort of look at the Damian Jones situation where he'd missed all that time four months or whatever it was three months, six months with the, the torn pack. And I thought, hey young player you're going to need him to get right? And get healthy. 'cause he's going to be a huge part of the starting line of next year for the warriors. But I thought even if he got healthy, there's no way you plug them in and, and have this work come, and we ate Western Conference. Finals and they did. It was times where it worked. There was other moments where they threw him in a couple of minutes he play and he getting a foul trouble. And you'd pull them out. But I think about DeMarcus cousins, a guy who for the duration of his NBA career has been a starter guy who's been a big score. A guy who has started every game he's ever played for the warriors when he came back from the achilles injury. Steve Kerr, sort of unequivocally said he's our starter. It doesn't really matter. We're going to plug a man he's gonna play put the the minutes restriction on him, but they said, hey, leading up to the NBA all star break that four days or three days off. They get February. He said he's going to be the starter. I think they, they weren't playing back to back and they played him about twenty twenty five minutes every game before he got hurt on a I mean, sort of, I mean, the, the irony for a guy like DeMarcus cousins, who's been told his whole career that he's a, a cancer in the locker room and that he's a team killer coach killer. And he comes out and he gets hurt and his first postseason oughta hustle play a guy who's, who's trying to help US TV more than even. Had to do funny. I was reading about that yesterday. And I went who they play in the first round. Oh, that's right. The LA clippers. The cliffs, that's a four-game set. Nope. No biggie took them, six to take down the clip show. But to markets cousins, you're here in his is now questionable for game one. I wonder whether or not. I would almost I would almost guarantee he doesn't start. I feel like that's probably not the best role. But you wonder what type of, of rehabilitation is this guy done not physically for his body before his image and for his reputation around the league whether or not saying, hey, I will be a role player for this warriors team will get him more money and more offers this office. I don't know. I I'm curious about it, and I'm curious about whether or not Steve Kerr will say, hey, you are the starter. Because I don't think that there's a, a Lockton starter right now. And I feel like if you've got a smaller lineup in surgery Baca, you've got a bigger guy out there at times with Marcus saw, I've not, not quite sure how he'll fair I it'd be an interesting moment. If, if they get to markets cousins on the floor and exactly what his role will be. It will he be okay with being a type of player that maybe in the first few games he is using these valuable and then ends up getting I don't know sort of fit to the bench the way we've seen big men in the NBA, especially in the playoffs sorta get misused or not used. It all because they get exposed for the sort of clunky footed guys that they are. We saw it with Nikola mirror teach in the series with the bucks. And the raptors where I mean he's he's good player. That's the guy can stretch out knockdown threes for you, yet, he became a hazard on the court because they were going out of defensively play after play. Same sort of thing happened with brook Lopez. He of course add a few big moments. But if you're a guy who's who's not a complete big man or cannot move the way, Draymond green moves in a smaller lineup even the way search of moves. It's going to be tough for DeMarcus cousins, so something to pay
Morning Edition
Kevin Durant, Demarcus Cousins And NBA discussed on Morning Edition
"To of the Golden State Warriors stars could be back for the NBA finals cake. Alex Helmick has has more on the injuries of Kevin Durant, and DeMarcus cousins, the NBA finals. Don't start until may, thirtieth, and with the warriors finishing off Portland and four games. It gives. Them time to mend the issued a statement saying Durant's rehabbing of his strained, right. Calf is going well, but he's not been cleared for on court activities and is unlikely to play at the beginning of the finals boogie cousins tore his left quad in April is practicing with team and is expected to play during the finals since the Durant injury. The team has not lost a game and two time MVP Steph curry has picked up the slack