TRex wrote:
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Frankly, I'd rather have JV for the long-term. Looking at some advanced stats show that JV is already capable of holding his own, with the potential to equal or even surpass what Cousins brings to the table (given equal opportunity). Here are stats from Basketball Reference (http://bkref.com/tiny/Mx8Sl) using C/PF playing a minimum of 25 MPG, with Valanciunas' rank referenced:
PER - #6 of 19 (Cousins, Gasol, Vucevic, Horford, Chandler)
ORTG - #3 of 19 (Chandler, Jordan) -- Cousins is #15
OWS - #4 of 19 (Chandler, Jordan, Gasol) -- Cousins is #8
WS - #5 of 19 (Chandler, Jordan, Gasol, Horford) -- Cousins is #10
WS/48 - #3 of 19 (Chandler, Jordan) -- Cousins is #6
MP per game - #16 of 19 (only Asik, Mozgov and Hibbert average less) -- Cousins is #1
TOV% - #7 of 19 (Jefferson, Horford, Pekovic, Drummond, B. Lopez, Vucevic) -- Cousins is #17
Not only is a straight-up trade debatable, but the suggestion of including Ross (young and talented 3&D player) and a 1st round pick in addition to JV, makes this a terrible idea.
I agree that Cousins is the better player at the moment. However, he's not a significant upgrade, he's a me-first type player, he's older and has far less untapped potential. Pass.
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