Lakers Sign a 3rd Star, DeMarcus Cousins

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Free agent center DeMarcus Cousins has agreed to a one-year deal with the Lakers, agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports tells ESPN.

:bowdown:

[Trollsmasher]

easy cruise:bowdown:

[LostCause]

I actually think Cousins will bounce back strongly this season

Good signing. Especially given the potential upside

I think everyone writing him off completely are heavily misguided

[FireDavidKahn]

I actually think Cousins will bounce back strongly this season

Good signing. Especially given the potential upside
I do to actually.

[Xiao Yao You]

so much for playing any D this year. What a shitshow! :lol

[Jay-B]

I love it, almost more than Kawhi. Boogie and AD were beasts togethet

[jbryan1984]

Yeah, cause that worked so well in New Orleans. Cannot believe nobody is going after Marcus Morris. He is probably now the best free agent available.

[Draz]

He's trash

[Manny98]

He will flourish next to the King

[eliteballer]

Let

[highwhey]

so much for playing any D this year. What a shitshow! :lol
yeah, I mean, it

[StrongLurk]

:roll:

Don't think this signing will matter at all. Lakers already have AD and Javale.

[RealSkipBayless]

AYYY LMAO LETS GO BABY!!! LAKE SHOW IS BACK.

SUCK MY DICK FAKKITS!!! :lol

:dancin :yaohappy: :hammertime:

[RRR3]

Jesus Christ what an idiotic move.

Just when I thought the Lakers were building a smart fitting team around LeBron

[Bosnian Sajo]

I always talk shit about cousins being shareef, but this is better than no 3rd star. I like our team honestly.

Cook
Green/kcp
Lebron/kuz
Ad
Cousins/McGee

With possibility of korver and/or iggy joining, and rondo s a free agent.

Could be a lot worse fam!!

[DMAVS41]

so much for playing any D this year. What a shitshow! :lol

I actually disagree.

Green/Davis are both elite defenders.

KCP is way better than he showed last year...and when it matters...Lebron will defend.

And if they get Iggy...they'll actually be able to put out a great defensive 5 man lineup in the playoffs.

[coin24]

Yes!! :rockon:

Now add Morris and Melo and championship cruise:bowdown:

[Bosnian Sajo]

And cue that, Rondo is back on a 2yr deal!! Yessir!

[RealSkipBayless]

Yes!! :rockon:

Now add Morris and Melo and championship cruise:bowdown:
Was there ever a doubt?!?!?

2020 Champion cruis!!! WHAT IT DO BAYBE!!!

:djparty

:hammertime: :hammertime:

[RRR3]

I always talk shit about cousins being shareef, but this is better than no 3rd star. I like our team honestly.

Cook
Green/kcp
Lebron/kuz
Ad
Cousins/McGee

With possibility of korver and/or iggy joining, and rondo s a free agent.

Could be a lot worse fam!!
I liked that team until Cousins got there. This is an idiotic signing by the Lakers who are just desperate for “star power”. Cousins just takes away touches from LeBron and AD and doesn’t help the defense. Absolutely BRAINDEAD move.

[coin24]

Great signing. Ignore Hillary boy

[RealSkipBayless]

Jesus Christ what an idiotic move.

Just when I thought the Lakers were building a smart fitting team around LeBron
He can shoot and allow Davis to play the 4. :lol

[AI09]

Cook / ?
Green / KCP / Daniels
LeBron / Tucker
Davis / Kuzma / Dudley
Cousins / McGee

That roster is filling out I would resign Rondo, Lance and Chandler... If they can't get a PG start LeBron at PG.

[Proctor]

That's a lot of idiots on one team.

Clippers >>

[oh the horror]

Considering it

[Jay-B]

Anyone hating on boogie has to be on crack, or too soft to like him

[coin24]

[QUOTE=RRR3]I liked that team until Cousins got there. This is an idiotic signing by the Lakers who are just desperate for

[Hotlantadude81]

Anyone hating on boogie has to be on crack, or too soft to like him

Cousins is the soft one. He is hyper emotional and those kind of people are soft.

[Uncle Drew]

Jesus Christ what an idiotic move.

Just when I thought the Lakers were building a smart fitting team around LeBron
Boogie was by far the most talented player on the market and is low risk, high reward. He can co-exist next to Davis and LeBron and Rondo should be able to keep him in check. Smart move from the Lakers.

[coin24]

Cousins ad and rondo were great together in New Orleans..

This is a fantastic signing :applause:

[Kblaze8855]

He’s a solid pickup. He just shouldn’t be who you sign to justify clearing all the cap space. As the 3rd signing he’s pretty great. He showed he could impact games last year.

[RRR3]

Boogie was by far the most talented player on the market and is low risk, high reward. He can co-exist next to Davis and LeBron and Rondo should be able to keep him in check. Smart move from the Lakers.
:roll:


Why do the Lakers need someone who doesn

[lakerstekkenn]

He played great in the finals on one leg and would fit perfectly with Davis and James.

Nobody talked this trash when he was with Golden State and won a playoff game.

[Uncle Drew]

[QUOTE=RRR3]:roll:


Why do the Lakers need someone who doesn

[Bosnian Sajo]

Oh shit, i forgot about Jared Dudley, hes our backup sf. Bro we nice defensively frfr, all around.

[Andrei89]

so much for playing any D this year. What a shitshow! :lol

AD is Kawhi level defense

Rondo is still a great defender

Danny Green is a great defender

Question is, will Lebron start playing defense again like in Miami?

Miami Lebron who tries on both ends and you have an elite defensive squad there

[oh the horror]

I don

[Xiao Yao You]

That's a lot of idiots on one team.

Clippers >>

yet less than they had a year ago as amazing as that is! :oldlol:

[BallsOut]

AD is Kawhi level defense

Rondo is still a great defender

Danny Green is a great defender

Question is, will Lebron start playing defense again like in Miami?

Miami Lebron who tries on both ends and you have an elite defensive squad there


Lol at believing any of the above is true in 2019.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Manny98]

Rondo is still a great defender
:roll:

[Bosnian Sajo]

Rondo, Davis, green, kcp, Dudley. All solid to elite defenders (green and ad being elite).

Add iggy to that and I'm cumming.

[Xiao Yao You]

I actually disagree.

Green/Davis are both elite defenders.

KCP is way better than he showed last year...and when it matters...Lebron will defend.

And if they get Iggy...they'll actually be able to put out a great defensive 5 man lineup in the playoffs.

and teams will target Cousins in the pick and roll so none of that will matter

[Spurs m8]

I love how NBA fans talk about players like they dont age and they're always at their peak hahaha

[ArbitraryWater]

I actually think Cousins will bounce back strongly this season

Good signing. Especially given the potential upside

I think everyone writing him off completely are heavily misguided

this.

not just did he look good coming back the first time, even when he came back in the finals he looked very competent at times but was thrown into a tough spot.

[ArbitraryWater]

[QUOTE=RRR3]:roll:


Why do the Lakers need someone who doesn

[oh the horror]

this.

not just did he look good coming back the first time, even when he came back in the finals he looked very competend at times but was thrown into a tough spot.




This. The only concerns I have for this Laker team is health. Which is a valid concern. If they can remain on the floor they

[Draz]

Cousins ad and rondo were great together in New Orleans..

This is a fantastic signing :applause:
28-21 is great?

[Xiao Yao You]

28-21 is great?

when you're used to being a lottery team sure

[BallsOut]

Lakers got a big 5 Rondo/Cousins/AD/James/Kuzma. No excuses.

[D-Wait]

What the ****.

Another vet min. for Cousins?

I know there's not a big market, but damn...

Meanwhile, Danny Green will make 15 mill./year, wow

[oh the horror]

What the ****.

Another vet min. for Cousins?

I know there's not a big market, but damn...

Meanwhile, Danny Green will make 15 mill./year, wow



It

[Bosnian Sajo]

What the ****.

Another vet min. for Cousins?

I know there's not a big market, but damn...

Meanwhile, Danny Green will make 15 mill./year, wow

Danny green is one hell of an asset. He alone can cover the opposing teams best wing player.

[tpols]

[QUOTE=oh the horror]It

[Bosnian Sajo]

its not crazy because he brings nothing to good teams in the playoffs because his defense is so awful, and hes a big time potential corrupting influence on younger, bad teams.

straight up untouchable. :lol


It's a good thing we are neither young or bad team.

[Xiao Yao You]

It's a good thing we are neither young or bad team.

If Lebron and AD can't stay on the floor which is very possible they are a very bad team

[ArbitraryWater]

why are these threads not merged?

[tpols]

It's a good thing we are neither young or bad team.


youre an old bad team. :lol

perfect.

[D-Wait]

WOJ updated the contract details: salary is 3.5 million

[Bosnian Sajo]

If Lebron and AD can't stay on the floor which is very possible they are a very bad team

Ok...same can be said for any duo in the NBA. Kawhi and PG have suffered season ending injuries before as well...

[Xiao Yao You]

Ok...same can be said for any duo in the NBA. Kawhi and PG have suffered season ending injuries before as well...

and the Clippers almost won 50 games without them last year

[DMAVS41]

Ok...same can be said for any duo in the NBA. Kawhi and PG have suffered season ending injuries before as well...

Nah, this is different.

Leonard played like 60 games last year and his team went 17-5 without him irrc.

Clippers were really good last year without either of these guys.

Lakers are top heavy. It could work, but it is a big ask of Lebron and AD...they are going to have to play a lot of minutes and games to get a top 4 seed.

[coin24]

28-21 is great?


Did u watch the lakers the last 6 years?

28-21 is fantastic:lol

[Cleverness]

Great signing because it only cost them $3.5m!

Otherwise he's always been an overrated guy with potential/talent.

[HitandRun Reggie]

So is Lebron going to play PG? Or is Kuz coming off the bench?

[dbugz]

trash :oldlol: :oldlol:

[Bosnian Sajo]

Nah, this is different.

Leonard played like 60 games last year and his team went 17-5 without him irrc.

Clippers were really good last year without either of these guys.

Lakers are top heavy. It could work, but it is a big ask of Lebron and AD...they are going to have to play a lot of minutes and games to get a top 4 seed.

Correct, but my statement stand. Clippers aren't winning shit without both their stars healthy much like the Lakers aren't winning without both their stars healthy.


I understand what you're saying, the chance of injury is higher since Leonard can take nights off while lebron and ad cannot really. Still that's yet to be seen, this is a totally new Lakers group.
Maybe lebron and ad can have a game off here and there, with one of them playing while the other rests .

[Jay-B]

Way too much boogie hate, when did he decline as bad as all you guys are saying? He’s 28 and he averaged 16 and 8 this year on a star studded team. Before this year he was absolutely killing it playing along side AD on the New Orleans Pelicans he was dropping 41 points 20 reb a couple times a aweek

[DMAVS41]

Correct, but my statement stand. Clippers aren't winning shit without both their stars healthy much like the Lakers aren't winning without both their stars healthy.


I understand what you're saying, the chance of injury is higher since Leonard can take nights off while lebron and ad cannot really. Still that's yet to be seen, this is a totally new Lakers group.
Maybe lebron and ad can have a game off here and there, with one of them playing while the other rests .

Of course.

The issue at hand for the Lakers is whether or not they can get to the playoffs (AD/Lebron) healthy and with enough gas in the tank to play at an optimal level for a title run....and with a top 4 seed.

I hope so, because it would be fun to watch, but I fear that the wear and tear is going to hurt a lot.

The West is absolutely brutal, yet again, with a lot of teams that won't tank until really late in the year.

[ImKobe]

Solid signing. He's going to have a full off-season to work on his conditioning and it's a very low-risk move for us. I don't know why teams and fans online have written him off completely when he averaged 18/9/4 with 1.4 stls 1.7 blk post-ASB with a 108 ORTG 99 DRTG as a 4th option. If you're going to judge him for his Finals, he returned very early from a quad injury and clearly wasn't a 100%, he'll have a full off-season to recover from that.


Way too much boogie hate, when did he decline as bad as all you guys are saying? He’s 28 and he averaged 16 and 8 this year on a star studded team. Before this year he was absolutely killing it playing along side AD on the New Orleans Pelicans he was dropping 41 points 20 reb a couple times a aweek


Exactly, and he never relied on speed or verticality as much in his game and was absolutely destroying people down low with his strength and he's a good playmaker and a capable shooter, this could be the steal of this FA.

[brownmamba00]

This signing takes away a lot of touches from Kuzma who is about to get demoted to the bench.

Lakers defense looks disastrous on paper.

[NBASTATMAN]

Cousins ad and rondo were great together in New Orleans..

This is a fantastic signing :applause:


They were barely making the playoffs with COUSINS at his best.. :roll:


This is not the same COUSINS.. He will fit in nicely if he plays 10-15 minutes a game.. But the LAKERS DEFENSE IS GARBAGE AS OF NOW..


RONDO has by far the worse plus minus of any player in the league the last three seasons.. :oldlol:

[fiddy]

Lakers = hot mess rn

[dbugz]

Melo on his way as well :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

[Xiao Yao You]

[QUOTE=Jay-B]Way too much boogie hate, when did he decline as bad as all you guys are saying? He

[bladefd]

Melo on his way as well :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

Hey, how are the Celtics looking?? Lost 3 of your starters, and here you are mocking the Lakers because they didn't become a superteam

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[bobopenguin]

my dream has come true.

AD + Cousins in Lakers. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

now just JLIn...

[tanibanana]

If he could stay healthy, perhaps drop a few kilograms, he

[Bond007]

this 2nd year will be huge coming from a achilles injury. 2 years ago they were arguing who was the best center in the league , cousins , AD or blah blah. bec we all got used to his 35 and 20 games. now coming from his 1st year of injury 18 and 8 around 4 all stars he gets a damn minimum contract?!! poor guy

[bison]

now coming from his 1st year of injury 18 and 8 around 4 all stars he gets a damn minimum contract?!! poor guy

As a laker fan all I can hope is that it motivates him to prove his worth as a team player as he tries to rebuild some his market value. In other words, he should not be afraid to come off the bench

[GimmeThat]

another 26/8/9 season for Lebron without making the playoffs

passes Kobe in career points, Isiah Thomas/Payton in assists, Bird and roughly ties George McGinnis

[red1]

I think kuzma is more likely to develop into a star than cousins.


cousins can still be a great piece borderline all-star but I don't think he'll get in any more all-star games. he can score but he's slow. that's kind of a liability.

[Trollsmasher]

Boogie's gonna be much better this season

Even ignorirng the fact the he rushed back into playoffs with a torn quad, his recovery from the Achilles is also still progressing

[bison]

But the Lakers already had a third star :kobe:

https://i.ibb.co/hBVQXww/1-B1-D568-D-AD46-4-A00-A282-C2-FB4509-F27-A.jpg

[TheCorporation]

[QUOTE=highwhey]yeah, I mean, it

[FireDavidKahn]

my dream has come true.

AD + Cousins in Lakers. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

now just JLIn...
Oh shit I forgot about that.
Didn't AD tell the FO not to resign Cousins back on the Pelicans or am I remembering something else?

[SomeBlackDude]

lesuper team rule of 3 lives. :applause:

never enough help.