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Originally Posted by BishopMVP
I hope DeMarcus comes back 100%, he's fun to watch & at least half of the problems in Sacramento were due to the Kings organization, but people are freaking out about superteams when he signed in GS, Paul George re-signed with OKC & LeBron just signed for a 35 win team? Seems a bit misguided.
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This. If DMC is healthy he's signing for huge dollars with the Lakers and everyone's pumped for GSW for LAL. While the rest of the league doesn't have the luxury of taking a total flier on Cousins the Warriors do - he can be a total zero and it makes no difference to them whereas anyone else it would be a waste of a much needed production spot.
For Cousins its the best possible thing - excellent chance to win a ring (and definitely to experience the playoffs at least once) and he's getting paid a few million to rehab and certainly not be rushed into playing. He's not going to have to prove himself as "the man" for an entire 82 game season to get one more massive payday - all he has to do is be able to play and have a few nice playoff moments where he looks like he did pre-injury and some team next year will throw a huge contract his way.
I don't see any healthy superstars in their prime being willing to take the MLE anytime soon - we might see more of what Malone and Payton did or what Dirk has been doing taking less money at the end but nobody is giving up hundreds of millions in guaranteed money to try and chase a ring on a superteam in their prime. This is a one off situation that happened because a team drafted amazingly well, a massive salary cap spike let them add the 2nd best player in the league to that core and a devastating injury left 29 other teams too scared and unable to take a flier rehabbing another all-star.