The NBA twitterverse was all abuzz Monday night after the Golden State Warriors – a team not exactly void of star power – signed free agent center DeMarcus Cousins to a $5.3 million, one-year contract, the mid-level exception to the payroll cap.
Patrick Beverley expressed clear frustration: “Man cmon man!!!!”
Bobby Portis recalled the NBA’s nixing of the Chris Paul-to-the-Lakers trade of several years ago: “But Chris Paul couldn’t come play w Kobe LOL man stop it”
But leave it to old pal Enes Kanter to have the best take. Enes the Menace tweeted out the image of a certain middle-aged bald guy in a Warrior jersey: “Adam Silver has agreed to a Mid Level Extension with the Golden State, league sources tell ME.