Kings to Reportedly Offer DeMarcus Cousins a $200-Million Deal

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:slamonline
 

 


Kings to Reportedly Offer DeMarcus Cousins a $200-Million Deal

The Sacramento Kings reportedly plan to make DeMarcus Cousins a $200 million man next summer.
 
The 26-year-old All-Star center has this season and next remaining on his current deal.
Boogie recently said he plans to remain in Sac-Town for the remainder of his career.
Per ESPN:
The Kings, as you surely know by now, are openly desperate to bring their 10-season playoff drought to a halt. Those who know Sacramento best continue to say that, as long as the West’s No. 8 seed remains within the Kings’ sights, they’ll be increasingly reluctant to part with their All-Star ‎center.
 
But sources also say that the Kings, at season’s end, want to pitch Cousins on a long-term partnership in the summertime, knowing he’s going to be eligible in July for a Designated Player Extension that ‎could make him one of a handful of $200 million players league wide.
 
The latest signals suggest it would take a monster offer to get the Kings to tweak those plans.

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[buzzy]

 
 
Boogie recently said he plans to remain in Sac-Town for the remainder of his career.

 
did he really?

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 
did he really?

 
Yea he said he want his number hanging from the rafters

 

[Paulius]

#loyalty

 

[CameronCrazy06]

What can a team that doesn't own his bird rights offer him? There's nothing stopping him from demanding a trade after he gets his money (well he'd have to wait until December, but that's it unless the new CBA changed this rule).

 

[Pugz]

career loser.

 

[Paulius]

John Wall and Eric Bledsoe to the Kings please

#UKreunion

 

[bosoxlover12]

What can a team that doesn't own his bird rights offer him?

Not a whole freaking lot.
 
I just ran the numbers, using Spotrac's projected $102,000,000 cap, multiplying it by the ~0.941 BRI ratio and then multiplying that by the 30% that he would receive, and the first year number comes to $28,821,725. Obviously Cousins isn't a UFA until 2018, not 2017, but I can't imagine 2018 being that much more than 2017 to sway these numbers.
 
So if Cousins were to sign in 2018 a max with lets say the 76ers (again, because we don't know 2018's data we'll use the $28m figure from above), he can receive a four year deal with a 4.5% annual increase. The overall contract would be $123,068,762 over four years, starting in 2018.
 
Now, if Cousins were to go with the Kings' Designated Player Exception, he's actually allowed a sixth year on his extension. These numbers aren't affected by the 2018 cap, but would take place in 2018 after his 2017 ~$18m expires. He also receives a 7.5% increase instead of other teams' 4.5%. The overall contract would be $205,354,740 over six years, starting in 2018.
 
Its impossible for another team to come close to outbidding for Cousins. Either he'll take $80m less (doubtful), stay a member of the Kings, or do exactly like you alluded to and request for a trade and be moved by December 2017 when he's eligible to be moved.

 

[BNC]

The new CBA makes it really difficult financially for star players to leave their current teams, if this CBA had been in place for the past few years I would bet KD would still be in OKC

 

[Mexi]

https://twitter.com/csnauthentic/status/819054738876436480

Ok

 

[47th oG]

$207M, crazy

 

[Hurricane Season]

Don't do it, boogie.

 

[buzzy]

they deserve each other

 

[elcheato]

Take the money
 
Things are forever 

 

[bosoxlover12]

Take the money
 
Things are forever 

I should start a counter for you lol