[BWillie]

Originally Posted by mcaj22

I don't think it was about the haul, it was about Cousins being in a very rare, unprecedented contract position this summer

He was eligible a designated-veteran-player extension this summer with the Kings, the first player this has been offered too. This was designed to keep veteran star players enticed to stay with their home team, and here in the very first case it could be applied to, it is backfiring.

He was eligible to make $209,090,000 over five years ($41,818,000 annually) with the Kings under this special rule. Would have been the highest paid NBA salary in history.

His agents were sabotaging his trade value saying he wouldn't re-sign with any team that traded for him.

Kings I guess didn't want to commit that and shipped him off. He's now only eligible to sign a max with the Pelicans for $179,220,000 over five years ($35,844,000 annually) and if he leaves the Pelicans even less Orleans, a projected $132,870,000 over four years ($33,217,500 annually).

The Kings basically screwed him out of 30 million.

The Kings got a 250 million dollar stadium funded by their taxpayers just a year ago and then shipped off all their assets in the process slowly over the last ___ years. (Isiah Thomas, Stauskas, Boogie, etc)

Biggest sham in pro sports. And yet the NBA ran Hinkie out of Philly and Vlade and Vivek are allowed to make a mockery out of pro sports and their city. lol

Give me a break. Cousins while one of the most talented players in the NBA, is a locker room cancer, alienated teammates and I can't say I fault Sacramento for not wanting to give the guy $209 million dollars. There are also some reports that money or not, he had no plans to sign a long term deal in Sacramento.

Sacramento was in a horrible position to really do anything. Worst case scenario for them is they lose Cousins and get nothing for him. You have to take watever value you can get based on what the market provides.