Tuesday’s news from Yahoo! Sports that Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl is pushing the team to trade All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins only diminishes Cousins’s once-high value on the market.
Although ESPN has reported that the Lakers have been in pursuit of the young center, apparently they haven’t stepped up to the Kings’ price—not that it should be that high in the first place.
Yes, he’s a young (just 24) center coming off his first All-Star selection, but anyone who gets him would have to ignore several red flags and should take that into account when dealing for him.
The talented center from Kentucky slipped in the 2010 draft to the fifth spot—despite having the size (6-foot-11, 270-pounds) and talent to become the prototypical NBA center most scouts dream about.
