DeMarcus Cousins Begging DeMar DeRozan To Get Spurs To Sign Him?

[tbdog]

How the are we gonna get beal

Matching salaries will take Mills, beli, bertans. Spurs have one of three prospects in white, walker, Poeltl to offer and picks. That's the going price for allstars.

[Payote75]

I think what's being discounted here by the haters is just keeping it simple ....LA blew out his knee I get it different injury but recovered well and really wasn't known for defense until pop got him to play both ends. Now Boogie not only does he create extreme flexibility for the line up but moving LA back to where he always wanted to be power forward which was a huge consideration when he was being recruited by teams he basically ruled out teams like the Knicks who wanted him to play center.
Again keeping it simple at worst even if Boogie is 50% the player he was and let's say defensively he is average or slightly below. Just having him in the middle helps LA and vice versa. And as I mentioned in another post this whole load management thing would help splitting time between LA Boogie and Poetrl and sometimes having one of the starters out there against second units etc it can wreak havoc for other teams. It also allows for us to have versatility with our guards and forwards Derozan playing small forward white Murray would all be interchangeable in the back court again causing mismatches. Then you have Gay and Caroll again giving us options. Assuming Belli stays mills stays Bertans goes we would be a better team today with Boogie.
Can anyone honestly tell me that Boogie and Poetrl at center with an interchangeable LA isn't better than Poetrl and Eubanks like Eubanks even ever plays. Please come on

[Slippy]

Demar and Demarcus are going to outdo each other in the emo stakes. They bad fits and quite often will be bad examples to the young ones. They need veterans that they can feed off instead

[cutewizard]

This is a " it" year for the Spurs. This roster has zero chance for a ring, so it, take some chances.
Bring the boog man.

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yes sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cutewizard]

Pop has made a LMA/DMDR/Gay trio productive. I know most folks are pessimistic about how far that trio can take the Spurs, but they've already gone way farther than folks would have thought. Cousins in SA can work, if both sides want it to. It's honestly ridiculous that people are ignoring the tremendous talent infusion he'd add. Let Pop work on the fit. That's what he gets made so much for. If he doesn't see a way to do that, this won't happen anyway. Worst-case scenario, the Spurs cut him early in the season and eat $3Mish. Best-case scenario, he buys in and becomes the ceiling-raiser the team needs now and finds a way to stick around like a younger and better Gay and grows into foundational big the Murray/Walker/Samanic core needs.

We're talking about a min or min-esque deal here, not the four-year MLE. There's almost zero opportunity cost.

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right on target good Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its booooooooooooggggggggggggggggggggiiiiiiiiiiiiieeee eeeeeeeeee time

[szkorhetz]

What are the odds? Do we have any other source or just this guy talking about ''sources''?

I would love it as a Low risk, high reward move.

[Chinook]

Also, I would not put too much stock into the way things shook out last year. That team was imploding. Durant is a diva and immediately bad-mouthed Curry after signing with the Nets. Draymond is hardly better. Thompson didn't know he'd be back. Curry was worried about his legacy. Livingston was contemplating retirement. Let's not pretend like he was the only malcontent in the locker room. The Warriors had good chemistry on the court for years, but last year was the worst time for someone like Cousins to come in. I'm not saying he'd fit with SA, but SA and GS have two very different cultures.

Also, supposedly Kawhi and Wall are friends with Cousins, and at least two Spurs seem to be lobbying for him. You'd think if he were terrible in the locker room, it'd've gotten around by now.

[Hoops Czar]

Those players all have value. The Spurs have them for a reason. Cousins can't do the single thing the Spurs need a center to do -- play defense -- and he's a ty person, too.

None of the guys I mentioned play defense. The NBA has done everything they can to eliminate defense from the game. With or without Cousins, they won't be in the top half of the league defensively but at the very least, he can score and rebound. If he turns out to be a headcase, you can waive him just like S-jax

Kawhi ain't walking through those doors so the Spurs have to take what they can get.

[SupremeGuy]

I would sign him in a heartbeat.

This.

Truth is he's probably just using the Spurs, like almost every other big name FA, to get a deal somewhere else.

[cutewizard]

[Ocotillo]

Also, supposedly Kawhi and Wall are friends with Cousins

Say what? Where is that from?

[RC_Drunkford]

[Ice009]

What's with the thread le, anyway? Did he actually contract Derozen, or maybe it's the other way around and Derozen called him up. Maybe the Spurs actually asked Demar to?

[ceperez]

Pop has made a LMA/DMDR/Gay trio productive. I know most folks are pessimistic about how far that trio can take the Spurs, but they've already gone way farther than folks would have thought. Cousins in SA can work, if both sides want it to. It's honestly ridiculous that people are ignoring the tremendous talent infusion he'd add. Let Pop work on the fit. That's what he gets made so much for. If he doesn't see a way to do that, this won't happen anyway. Worst-case scenario, the Spurs cut him early in the season and eat $3Mish. Best-case scenario, he buys in and becomes the ceiling-raiser the team needs now and finds a way to stick around like a younger and better Gay and grows into foundational big the Murray/Walker/Samanic core needs.

We're talking about a min or min-esque deal here, not the four-year MLE. There's almost zero opportunity cost.

Didn't the Spurs used to have Dennis Rodman? Surely they can handle a Boogie cousins.

[Russ]

Didn't the Spurs used to have Dennis Rodman? Surely they can handle a Boogie cousins.

They couldn't handle Rodman.

[Ocotillo]

That billboard with Boogie on it, LIV would do a doubletake and wanting to know what happened to his number?

[duncan2k5]

I think what's being discounted here by the haters is just keeping it simple ....LA blew out his knee I get it different injury but recovered well and really wasn't known for defense until pop got him to play both ends. Now Boogie not only does he create extreme flexibility for the line up but moving LA back to where he always wanted to be power forward which was a huge consideration when he was being recruited by teams he basically ruled out teams like the Knicks who wanted him to play center.
Again keeping it simple at worst even if Boogie is 50% the player he was and let's say defensively he is average or slightly below. Just having him in the middle helps LA and vice versa. And as I mentioned in another post this whole load management thing would help splitting time between LA Boogie and Poetrl and sometimes having one of the starters out there against second units etc it can wreak havoc for other teams. It also allows for us to have versatility with our guards and forwards Derozan playing small forward white Murray would all be interchangeable in the back court again causing mismatches. Then you have Gay and Caroll again giving us options. Assuming Belli stays mills stays Bertans goes we would be a better team today with Boogie.
Can anyone honestly tell me that Boogie and Poetrl at center with an interchangeable LA isn't better than Poetrl and Eubanks like Eubanks even ever plays. Please come on

U clearly don't watch basketball... Aldridge was considered a really good defensive player most of his basketball career... He was the defensive player of the year in college and was also a good defensive big for the blazers... This is why players hate coming to San Antonio... Pop gets the credit for their hard work

[Payote75]

U clearly don't watch basketball... Aldridge was considered a really good defensive player most of his basketball career... He was the defensive player of the year in college and was also a good defensive big for the blazers... This is why players hate coming to San Antonio... Pop gets the credit for their hard work

Yes clearly I don't ....LA was always voted 1st team all defense every year and 2nd team as well!!!
It's amazing how an actual spurs fan can come out with a statement like that as if pop and crew didn't help his defense get better but more alarmingly just make such a comment against pop like that. Yes let's take away all pops success he had nothing to do with coachong les making players or improvong players skills or characters or putting together staffs that are branched out all over the NBA for a reason. Or developing systems that everyone gets to emulate around the league . So yea I guess I'm going to say your right you convinced me pop clearly gets to much credit. Lol I'd remove him from coaching Olympic team to be honest. What the has he ever really done? Lmao

[poopbox]

U clearly don't watch basketball... Aldridge was considered a really good defensive player most of his basketball career... He was the defensive player of the year in college and was also a good defensive big for the blazers... This is why players hate coming to San Antonio... Pop gets the credit for their hard work

Go ahead and post those LMA all defensive 1st team selections? 2nd team selections?

...just post something that shows he was receiving votes for either one?

In college...that was 13 years ago?

[Payote75]

Thank you my dude. Sometimes I just don't get it.

[CGD]

No, it should accelerate him being traded

[Chillen]

If he does take the vet min for 1 year Spurs have a nice lineup and depth and if Cousins has a good season for Spurs he boosts his market value. Win/win for both sides.

[Payote75]

Exactly and even if you do two years ....basically all big contracts off the books if DD opts out RT? So it's really a no brainer we continue to develop youth then have tons cap room to make appropriate decisions.
These next two years are basically house money I guess cause not much you can do beside tear it down and start over so why not???

[KDKSpurs24]

Aldridge could possibly end up opting out when his player option hits and go back to Portland since Whiteside is an expiring. Would be good to have Boogie audition and replace him if this works out and he learns the system. Probably wouldn’t even have to be a super expensive contract either. If he doesn’t fit then just don’t bring him back. (This is all if the Aldridge part happens). Low risk high reward.

[tonight...you]

Aldridge could possibly end up opting out when his player option hits and go back to Portland since Whiteside is an expiring. Would be good to have Boogie audition and replace him if this works out and he learns the system. Probably wouldn’t even have to be a super expensive contract either. If he doesn’t fit then just don’t bring him back. (This is all if the Aldridge part happens). Low risk high reward.

This is an interesting argument.