※ 引述《Yui5 (唯控)》之銘言：
: 湖人曾有機會以類似勇士報價簽下Cousins，但未實行
: 虎撲7月4日訊 據記者Marc Stein報導，他被告知，在簽下LeBron James和Rajon Rondo之後，湖人曾有機會以類似勇士的報價簽下DeMarcus Cousins。但最終，湖人沒有這樣做，而Cousins也隨後加入了勇士。
: 據此前的報導，Cousins和勇士達成了一份一年530萬美元的口頭協議。
: 2017-18常規賽，Cousins共為鵜鶘上場48次，場均上場36.2分鐘能得到25.2分12.9籃板5.3助攻1.7抄截1.6火鍋。
: (編輯：流浪的光)
: https://voice.hupu.com/nba/2319522.html
: 備註：
: 比照前面湖人簽球員都要問過LBJ的情報
: 看來LBJ覺得表弟傷勢不太行？
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.
根據 Marc Stein 的說法，時間序應該是這樣：
1. Cousins 受傷後，在球季結束前，Pelicans 有給過 2y/40M 的報價，
但是 Cousins 拒絕了。Cousins 應該是想去 FA 市場試水溫。
2. FA 開市，沒有任何球隊對 Cousins 報價。
3. FA 開市後，Pelicans 並非完全不想簽 Cousins 回來，
只不過當有機會用 2y/18M 簽下更年輕的 Randle 後，
Cousins 回 Pelicans 的門就被關上了。
4. Cousins 與經紀人到處打電話給其它球隊尋求合約，
其中有對 A 球隊喊價 1y/15M，對其他 BCDE 球隊喊價不高過 1y/15M，
但是沒有任何一支球隊對 Cousins 有任何殺價或是報價。
5. Cousins 一氣之下先聯絡湖人，希望一份 1y/5.3M 左右的合約，
但是被湖人拒絕。
6. Cousins 聯絡勇士，最後簽下 1y/5.3M。
若 Cousins 真的價值這麼高，不懂湖人為什麼不肯花 5.3M 賭一下。
看起來 Cousins 低薪報團的首選是湖人，不過湖人不鳥他，
於是他才找勇士報團。