Ex-Coach Luke Walton Discussion

Man having Luke here changes everything. Word gets around. Players at GS and guys like Lee Jenkins with great articles on what it's like to play for him, who wouldn't want that if you're coming up short where you are or don't like the situation you're in or the coach you play for. I expect now one of Black or less likely because of money, Bass to come back ....now that Boron the a-hole is gone.

 

Cousins is exactly the type of guy I don't want around our youth. He'll be toxic for our locker room. He's not a leader. He's incredibly immature. He's had coach after coach after coach and nobody has been able to reach him. Do we really wanna put that kind of pressure on a rookie head coach to have to deal with that? Is Cousins dominant at times? Yeah at times, but he is really turnover prone, holds and has the ball too much for my liking, and I just haven't seen anything from him in terms of being a true leader and franchise player. That team hasn't even come close to the playoffs since he's been there. A true franchise player should at least get them there once.

 

^To be fair, Cousins didn't have any issues with Mike Malone, but Sactown still fired Malone anyway.

Cousins is still an exceptional talent, who could still turn out like Zach Randolph (another player who had maturity issues when he was younger) did in Memphis. But, I'd rather not take that chance on Cousins with this team. Especially if that means giving up talent to acquire him.

 

Sacramento is gonna want the farm. They'll want the pick, they'll want at least two of Julius, D'Angelo, and JC. That's too much for a hot head like Cousins.

 

i'd trade clarkson or randle+pick for cousins

russell should be off limits

 

To me Julius and D'Angelo should be in the same boat basically. I both see them at the very least future All Stars. Potential alpha males. Guys that both already made tremendous progress despite the clown. If you look at them at the end of the season compared to the beginning they're completely different players. Randle more user control, better decision making which led to more efficiency. Russell, better defensively, and at the start he was somewhat insecure of the moment and far too passive. Now looked a lot more comfortable.

 

No to Cousins. At all. Not for Lou's second girlfriend even.

Keep that nutcase away from LA.

 

Noooo!! to trading Randle or Russell. For nuthin' right now!! Before they have a good coach for 1 year at least after their rookie years each under the worst coach ever in the NBA. Luke would laugh at you. In a nice "magnetic, friendly" way so you get the point and are not offended. In fact you thank him for sharing his wisdom with you ....what were you thinking.?

 

I really want to see what a great passing forward like Luke can do with Randle before we go off and trade him in a Boogie package. Really not liking what Karl is saying about his experience with Cuz over in Sac either. Imagine him with a young beginning coach. I want to see what Luke's passing game mindset can do with our 3 youngsters. I'd imagine DAR would love having a coach who's game was based on his strong point.

 

Take it for what it's worth. Operative word being "Sources". But the dude is rather legit usually.

 

I see no reason to trade for Cousins when we can just outright sign Whiteside.

 

Yeah and I'd take Whiteside any day.