The Sacramento Kings and New Orleans Pelicans shocked the basketball world by pulling off a blockbuster trade which sent DeMarcus Cousins to the Pelicans, shortly after the All-Star Game concluded in New Orleans on Sunday night.
Twitter had a lot to say about the trade, and most of the chatter — although certainly not from Kings play-by-play man Grant Napear — has been mocking the Sacramento front office:
The Nuggets got more first-round picks for Timofey Mozgov than the Kings got for DeMarcus Cousins.
— devin kharpertian (@uuords) February 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/AndyGlockner/status/833542764260384770
After the Boogie Cousins trade, the Kings' play-by-play guy goes Full Trump. pic.twitter.com/64uGijjZ3h
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 20, 2017
The Kings won't do this deal in NBA 2K17 pic.twitter.com/ERaK6TzVfq
— bryan wiedey (@pastapadre) February 20, 2017
The Pelicans basically did a force trade in MyGM
— Are Sports Important? (@IOnlySayFacts) February 20, 2017
Me to a NBA front office guy – "I don't get the Kings."
NBA front office guy – "No one does."— Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) February 20, 2017
Apologies. I'm just stunned by the Kings' 180 on a guy they were willing to give $200M to just a few weeks ago.
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) February 20, 2017
haters: "You couldn't convince me to take DeMarcus Cousins for free."
haters, now: "Oh, well, yeah, gotta do that deal."
— Adi Joseph (@AdiJoseph) February 20, 2017
Gut-reaction trade grades:
Pelicans: A
Kings: F+— Dan Feldman (@DanFeldmanNBA) February 20, 2017
Let's not be too hard on the Kings. We've all made mistakes after a crazy weekend on Bourbon Street.
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) February 20, 2017
If you have friends who are Kings fans, hug them. Can't believe that's all Sac got in a trade for a player of Boogie's caliber.
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) February 20, 2017
The Suns traded the Kings more to get the 8th pick in the 2016 Draft than the Pelicans traded the Kings to get DeMarcus Cousins.
— Scott Howard (@ScottHoward42) February 20, 2017
The Kings said "GIVE US THE WORLD" and the Pels were like, "We've got 12 bucks and half a jar of mayonnaise" and the Kings were like, "DEAL"
— Kyle, a Madson (@KyleAMadson) February 20, 2017
I can't wait for DeMarcus Cousins to get ejected in EST now
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) February 20, 2017
ANTHONY DAVIS AND DEMARCUS COUSINS ARE ON THE SAME TEAM
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) February 20, 2017
"Let's go to @KGArea21 and get Kevin Garnett's reaction to the Cousins trade" pic.twitter.com/9Y8aViq3P0
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) February 20, 2017
Bryan Colangelo: I'm the worst GM in sports.
Vlade Divac: Hold my beer, Bryan.
— Josh (@_Philly_Talk) February 20, 2017
That one time Demarcus Cousins went to NOLA for the all star break and never came back
— Caden Malone (@MaloneCaden) February 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/steventurous/status/833538777347928064
https://twitter.com/GeraldBourguet/status/833546655018332160
If the Kings traded DeMarcus Cousins last summer or the summer before like they should've they wouldn't have been forced to settle for this.
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 20, 2017
Wow.
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) February 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA/status/833556203179483137
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