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NBKLee
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Which would you rather have?
I guess this is how bad teams stay bad?
When 'motivated', Cousins, plays like a top 10 Center in the league, has tools to be top 5, but the knucklehead in him makes me wonder if he will ever live up to that deal.
Having Shaq now added to the Kings virtually assures them of having a future blow up with Cousins. Shaq's (inevitable) bashing of Cousins and Cousin's already fragile psyche could lead to having the Kings trade him for pennies on the dollar.
I think Boogie has all the talent in the world, but I hate when players do not play with a focus or passion that should come along with being able to play in the NBA (and for millions of dollars). You can teach a player to defend better, you can teach them have to shoot better, handle better, box out better. You can't teach a player to hustle. You can't a player to play with heart. You can't force a player to focus or mature. I'll take a guy with a love for the game and the passion any day over one who half asses it only when he feels like it.
Are you guys nuts? Curry is probably the best contract in the NBA right now. I bet you 30 out of 30 GMs would make the same choice.
Any GM who would choose Cousins' contract over Steph's contract SHOULD be fired. Don't get me wrong. I understand hoops. If Cousins - a center - is playing to the best of his ability, he has more of an impact on his team than does Curry - a point guard.
But reality says that Curry has already proven to be worth MORE than $11 mil per year while Cousins has yet to prove even once that he is worthy of $15.5 mil per.
In the battle of which contract is better, Curry wins hands down.