※ 引述《Yui5 (唯控)》之铭言：
: 湖人曾有机会以类似勇士报价签下Cousins，但未实行
: 虎扑7月4日讯 据记者Marc Stein报导，他被告知，在签下LeBron James和Rajon Rondo之后，湖人曾有机会以类似勇士的报价签下DeMarcus Cousins。但最终，湖人没有这样做，而Cousins也随后加入了勇士。
: 据此前的报导，Cousins和勇士达成了一份一年530万美元的口头协议。
: 2017-18常规赛，Cousins共为鹈鹕上场48次，场均上场36.2分钟能得到25.2分12.9篮板5.3助攻1.7抄截1.6火锅。
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: https://voice.hupu.com/nba/2319522.html
: 备注：
: 比照前面湖人签球员都要问过LBJ的情报
: 看来LBJ觉得表弟伤势不太行？
https://static.nytimes.com/email-content/MSB_3554.html?nlid=84422889
League sources say that Cousins rebuffed New Orleans' offer of a two-year
contract extension in the $40 million range after the injury but before the
season ended. When that offer was declined, sources say, New Orleans took it
off the table.
The Mavericks and the Lakers were also expected to have high-dollar interest
in Cousins this summer, but those teams opted to use their cap space
elsewhere. The Pelicans had not completely shut the door on bringing Cousins
back, but then the opportunity to sign Julius Randle to a two-year deal at
$18 million suddenly arose. The Pelicans moved quickly to come to terms with
Randle — with the New Orleans star Anthony Davis reportedly serving as an
aggressive recruiter.
Word also reached us Monday night that LeBron’s Lakers, after signing Rajon
Rondo away from New Orleans and then losing Randle to the Pelicans, had an
opportunity to sign Cousins at a one-year price point similar to the one that
landed him in Golden State. But I’m told the Lakers passed, clearing the way
for the Warriors to infuriate the basketball public yet again.
根据 Marc Stein 的说法，时间序应该是这样：
1. Cousins 受伤后，在球季结束前，Pelicans 有给过 2y/40M 的报价，
但是 Cousins 拒绝了。Cousins 应该是想去 FA 市场试水温。
2. FA 开市，没有任何球队对 Cousins 报价。
3. FA 开市后，Pelicans 并非完全不想签 Cousins 回来，
只不过当有机会用 2y/18M 签下更年轻的 Randle 后，
Cousins 回 Pelicans 的门就被关上了。
4. Cousins 与经纪人到处打电话给其它球队寻求合约，
其中有对 A 球队喊价 1y/15M，对其他 BCDE 球队喊价不高过 1y/15M，
但是没有任何一支球队对 Cousins 有任何杀价或是报价。
5. Cousins 一气之下先联络湖人，希望一份 1y/5.3M 左右的合约，
但是被湖人拒绝。
6. Cousins 联络勇士，最后签下 1y/5.3M。
若 Cousins 真的价值这么高，不懂湖人为什么不肯花 5.3M 赌一下。
看起来 Cousins 低薪报团的首选是湖人，不过湖人不鸟他，
于是他才找勇士报团。