Lakers Reportedly Pursuing Cousins in Trade

[Mexi]

This shit is gonna blow up in their face

Its not a good deal

If they get the 6th back it's interesting

 

[elcheato]

This shit is gonna blow up in their face

Its not a good deal

If they get the 6th back it's interesting

And then it makes zero sense for the Kings. 

 

[Mexi]

Exactly

 

[Pugz]

kings would keep six but theyre dumb as fuck too.

 

[Mexi]

Randle, clark and okafor for boogie isnt bad
How are they dumb

 

[elcheato]

Okafor isn't the #2 pick, nor should he be 

 

[bosoxlover12]

If the Kings do that trade, Okafor definitely would be #2

 

[Mexi]

if the kings dont do the trade, lakers are still taking okafor

 

[jonathanlambert33]

If the Kings do that trade, Okafor definitely would be #2

Would be a very Kings move

 

[Hurricane Season]

Cousins is probably already better than Okafor ever will be, he's only 24, and he's on a pretty team friendly contract... I don't understand why this is even a rumor.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I'd take Porzingis over Okafor and just bet on the league makes him stronger and tougher.

 

[buzzy]

Willing to bet DMC ends up in a Lakers uniform sooner or later. Right now the Lakers are not willing to give up Randle alongside the #2 pick, but they're gonna be eventually.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I kind of question the truth behind this, if Cousins was on the table you'd hear far more rumors from other teams.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Some teams don't want that head case

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I think there'd be more than one though.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 
Report: Kings Considering Firing Karl
The Kings hired Karl in hopes of turning around a moribund franchise that hasn't made the playoffs since 2006. As it turns out, though, the 64-year-old coach may not get the opportunity.
According to ESPN's Chris Broussard (h/t SportsCenter on Twitter), Kings owner Vivek Ranadive is already considering parting ways with Karl less than five months after hiring him.
However, Sam Amick of USA Today was told, "there's zero chance of it happening anytime soon". 
 
Per Broussard, the tension between owner and coach stems from Karl wanting to trade All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins. The Kings front office, including Ranadive and vice president of basketball operations Vlade Divac, reportedly has no desire to make such a move.
 
According to ESPN's Marc Stein, the primary displeasure with Karl comes from Divac rather than the Kings' owner. Regardless of who is most upset with Karl, he is now reportedly being left out of the Kings' draft discussions, per Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times.
 
One source told Broussard that the Kings are in a difficult position since firing Karl so soon would empower Cousins:
 
"If you fire Karl, now you can't control Cousins because he'll know he's running the place," the source said. "Now he'll feel like he's telling you what to do."

 

[Pugz]

god that would be funny

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 

Lakers Reportedly Willing to Trade Russell In Potential Cousins Deal

Sunday, June 28
Mark Heisler of Forbes reported the Lakers are still interested in Cousins and would trade D'Angelo Russell as part of a deal after drafting the Ohio State product with the second-overall selection in the 2015 NBA Draft.
 
Prior to selecting Russell, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports revealed on June 24 the Lakers and Kings had exchanged the framework of a deal that would send Cousins to Los Angeles:

Kings vice president of basketball operations Vlade Divac has pursued a possible deal that would include a bevvy of assets, including the Lakers' No. 2 pick in Thursday's NBA draft, rookies Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson and other draft assets, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Sacramento also would want to unload the remainder of forward Carl Landry's two years, $13.5 million contract, league sources said.

On June 24 Mark Medina of the L.A. Daily News cited a source "familiar with Cousins' thinking," that "DeMarcus wants to be a Laker. It's up to the two sides to make a deal." 
 
Marc Stein of ESPN.com first reported on June 22 the Lakers were in the market for Cousins' services. He also noted the Orlando Magic were involved in the talks and would have sent
 
Nikola Vucevic to Sacramento as part of a three-team deal, though Brian K. Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel reported otherwise. 
 
Cousins has also been linked to the Nuggets, according to Ken Berger of CBS Sports on June 23, who noted Karl "is enamored with the idea of a deal that would send Kenneth Faried, Ty Lawson and Wilson Chandler to Sacramento."
Despite the rumor mill surrounding Cousins, management has publicly expressed a desire to keep Cousins, with Divac speaking on the subject on June 26, via Sam Amick of USA Today:

"I just was tired last week, or days, of these rumors, and putting a lot of stuff on our back, making this even harder than it is. I try to be who I am, and try to do my job best I can and try to do the best I can for the franchise. I'm not going to let somebody change my mind because they're putting (threats in) the paper or putting the pressure on me. I'll do the best I can to improve this team."
"I'll be honest with you, how I think right now, I think they got the message yesterday. So here I am, and if you're on board, (you're) more than welcome. If you're not, I've got to go. I can't wait. We do have everything except time. We have to go forward and try to make it a healthy environment and try to have a good team for next year.
"Look, we're going to have ups and downs in the next couple months. And you're going to hate me, you're going to love me, but believe me I'm going to do the best I can to make this thing work. With me, with DeMarcus, with George, or without me, without DeMarcus, without George, I don't know. But we'll make it work."

Ranadive also doesn't want to deal Cousins, saying on June 22, "We have zero interest in moving Cousins, so I don't know where that's coming from," according to Amick.

 

[Pugz]

my lord just give up la

 

[dez]

Damn LAs going all out..

I was gonna say after that report on RealGM, about Rinadive giving Boogies agent the green light to go looking for trades, and they only went to LA its apparent Boogie wants to be a Laker, this just stamps it.

But no way they're offering Russell and Stingy with Randle right?