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The NBA Trade deadline is on February 23rd. But there are some bombs going off right now. The Vertical / Yahoo! Sports master and student Woj and Shams have this one covered. But the basics are that the Sacramento Kings and the New Orleans Pelicans are making a trade. DeMarcus Cousins is going to New Orleans - - - and the Kings aren’t really getting market value in return.
- Kings Get: Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, 2017 1st round pick, 2017 2nd round Pick (via Philadelphia 76ers) — the 2nd round pick has some protection
- Pelicans Get: DeMarcus Cousins, Omri Casspi
Sacramento has agreed to trade DeMarcus Cousins to the New Orleans Pelicans, league source tells @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017
Deal with the Pels includes guard Buddy Hield, and a 2017 first-round pick to the Kings for Cousins, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017
Sources: New Orleans is also sending the Kings a 2017 second-round pick (via Philadelphia) and Tyreke Evans in deal, league sources said.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017
The Pelicans are including guard Langston Galloway in deal to the Kings, who'll likely be waived, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017
The Kings were at significant risk to lose a 2017 Top-10 protected pick to Chicago, and trade increases chances to hold onto it.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017
There are "mild" protections on New Orleans' 2017 first-round pick, but expectations are that Kings will get to use it in this deep draft.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017
Sacramento is sending forward Omri Casspi to New Orleans in DeMarcus Cousins trade, league sources tell @TheVertical
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 20, 2017
As much as anything, Sacramento wants to build a culture free of Cousins. In the end, they changed course on committing $200M to him.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017
Nevertheless, Divac's public and private proclamations that he wouldn't trade Cousins will impact his future credibility w/ agents, players.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 20, 2017
First of all, this makes the Kings very bad in the near future. The Utah Jazz play them in Sacramento in March 5th, and again on March 29th. Both are road games. Second, this potentially makes the Pelicans a playoff team in the near future. The Utah Jazz play them in Utah on March 6th, and then again on March 27th (on TNT).
That’s right, the Jazz get #UTAatSAC and then #NOPatUTA in a double-header, and then later on in the month get #NOPatUTa, a day off, then #UTAatSAC. Crazy.
Utah is still going to have to play every game on the schedule, and try to win as many as possible. This adds a new wrinkle to four of them for sure. What does this mean for teams going ‘small’ or playing SFs at PF? What does it mean for the future of Derrick Favors as a pairing with Rudy Gobert? We’ll see. But it’s for Dennis Lindsey to find out.
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