Kings send DeMarcus Cousins to Pelicans

Cousins was in New Orleans for Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game, where his new teammate, Anthony Davis, set a record for the contest by scoring 52 points. Here’s a simple FAQ to better understand it.

The unhappy fans don’t believe the Kings received fair trade value.

Q: Why was it massive?

Evans will return to Sacramento, where he opted not to re-sign after the 2012-13 season.

I will say this though: I love Buddy Hield and I expect him to play a huge role for this franchise in their quest of becoming relevant once again.

The Nuggets hold a 1-0 season series advantage over the Pelicans after topping New Orleans on opening night in the Big Easy. The irony is this rule was created to keep stars put with their teams. Having two top 10 players makes this team an immediate free agent destination.

A first glimpse at Cousins’ post-trade reaction came from Andrew Rodgers, his longtime manager, who posted a picture of a private jet to Twitter with the caption, “We don’t even know where to go”. Instead of a five-year extension this offseason worth approximately $209 million, Cousins’ next deal will be $30 million to $40 million less over five seasons due to being at 30 percent of the cap instead of 35 percent. As part of the 2014 Luol Deng trade, the Bulls would have gotten the Kings’ first-round pick this year, had the Kings been outside the lottery. It did not work.

But, the Pelicans hope to re-sign Cousins, who is a Mobile, Alabama native.

Could Sacramento really have not done better? And for good reason, is it is time to boogie down in the Big Easy. “It doesn’t get better than this”.

Cousins is a 3-time all-star player who’s having his best National Basketball Association season.

But, the one thing this trade will do, it’ll open up more outside shots for the Pelicans perimeter players. Until then, the Kings are less relevant than every team in the league. The Lakers, for example, were a bidder. The Kings owe their 2019 first round pick outright to Philadelphia and it is hard to envision a scenario where that it out of the top-10. He prioritized getting a center so Davis could play more at power forward.

One, the Pelicans are serious about making a run for the Western Conference’s No. 8 playoff seed and trying to build a contender around franchise player Anthony Davis. In an era where teams are downsizing to fit in and skilled giants are left on an island waiting for reinforcements, New Orleans took a leap of faith and brought a thought experiment to life: What happens when you pit two unicorns against the Lineup of Death?