Tuesday, January 3, 2012

DeMarcus Cousins

DeMarcus Cousins
The last morning, before the game against the Hornets, the Sacramento Kings coach Paul Westphal announced that DeMarcus Cousins, fifth draft pick in 2010, had requested the transfer. "Cousins ​​has requested the transfer. For the sake of the team and with support from the club, I have ordered him to stay home and not come to the game (against New Orleans). "

Bad news for the franchise, which has started the season with a record of 2-3 and whose aspiration to return to the playoffs goes (or went) to build the team around Tyreke Evans and Cousins ​​himself.

You could also say that these two key pieces, the most important is the pivot from Kentucky. Not only because of the shortage of five quality cigars is in the league (the last drafts have been almost monopolized by foreign bases and players), but by setting the template for the Kings.

We are facing a team with a surplus of players for base stations and / or escort with Marcus Evans are Thorton, Francisco Garcia, John Salmons, and Isaiah Thomas and Jimma rookies Fredette, who is expecting a scoring aspect that is difficult to carry out sharing minutes with Roy 2010. By contrast, the inner game of Sacramento does not, even remotely, so many possibilities or depth. His main references are Cousins ​​Center and JJ Hickson 4-ranked, with Chuck Hayes as the only reinforcement of quality paint.

However, the franchise has all the basics to become competitive in the West: youth and hunger both individually and collectively, the possible decline of other strong teams in the conference (San Antonio, Dallas and Los Angeles Lakers) and the development of three of the potential, a priori, the league's future stars: Evans, Fredette and Cousins.

However, the latter's decision to ask to be transferred at once erased that possibility, irreparably stretching way back to the Kings for the elite. At the expense of managing the situation to see how the team's offices in the output of the pivot will be a big step backwards for the franchise. And, the future of Sacramento went through DeMarcus Cousins.

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