Last year, the Los Angeles Lakers were linked to star center DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings on more than one occasion. Cousins was rumored to be on the trading block with then-head coach George Karl wanting to move on from the outspoken center.
In Karl’s new tell-all book, “Furious George,” the 65-year-old admits that the Kings were in trade talks with the Lakers in a deal involving Cousins amongst many other controversial topics, via Sean Cunningham of ABC10 (KXTV) Sacramento:
Karl Book:
6. Kings talked to Lakers re: trading Cousins
7. Ranadive talks to John Calipari a lot
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