Sources: Kings agree to trade DeMarcus Cousins to Pelicans

Yahoo ^ | February 19, 2017 | Adrian Wojnarowski

[C19fan]

After promising DeMarcus Cousins privately and publicly that he wouldn’t be moved prior to Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, the Sacramento Kings unloaded the three-time All-Star center to the New Orleans Pelicans, league sources told The Vertical. New Orleans will send guard Buddy Hield, 2017 first- and second-round picks, and guards Tyreke Evans and Langston Galloway to Sacramento for Cousins and forward Omri Casspi, league sources told The Vertical.

[C19fan]

Kings got rid of the top center in the league at a yard sale price. In lived in Sacramento area for the few years they were actually good. They had a flowering as brief as a desert plant now back to suck.

[.45 Long Colt]

I consider Marc Gasol the top center. Boogie is more physically gifted, but he’s a head case.

[chajin]

He’s about to get a net salary increase, with the cut in state and local taxes.

[dfwgator]

Big coup for New Orleans, they also want John Wall, to complete the UK Trio, with Anthony Davis.

[lodi90]

He was going to sign a new $200 million contract in Sacramento. He will save millions moving to Louisiana.

[dfwgator]

Jerry Brown’s Fault.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Incredibly bad trade for the Kings - even if they wanted to get rid of Cousins and his attitude, they should have been able to get far more for the best center in the league.

Great trade for the Pelicans, whether Cousins decides to sign a long-term deal or not - if they can't get him signed this summer, they can trade him for far more than the Kings did. And if they can keep him long-term, he and Anthony Davis will form the best big-man combo since David Robinson and Tim Duncan, and New Orleans will become a destination for other free agents - Golden State could be looking at another powerful Western conference contender to deal with for years.

The 49ers' York family is no longer the worst ownership in Northern California. Vivek Ranadive got fleeced.

[John Milner]

Not an NBA fan.

Saw the headline and literally thought ‘pelican, the bird?’

So there’s an NBA franchise in New Orleans called the Pelicans?

Never heard of them. LOL. I am evidently truly NOT an NBA fan.

[EQAndyBuzz]

There’s an NBA team called the Pelicans? Then again, the last time I watched an NBA game Patrick Ewing was playing.

[IndyTiger]

Yes, this trade will impact the balance of power in the Western Conference. Cousins and Davis will be a force to contend with, assuming the Pelicans can re-sign Cousins to a long-term deal.

[Enterprise]

I can kind of understand why the Pelicans let Hield go in trade for Cousins. When I saw it the first few times, I thought Hield punched Cousins. When you see it in slow motion, you can see than when he runs around Cousins, he grabs him by the goodies. Might not be a good idea to have them on the same team. Definitely a flagrant 2.

WATCH: Buddy Hield ejected for giving DeMarcus Cousins punch below the belt