The Boogie Trade is a Rorschach Test

DeMarcus Cousins was, to put it lightly, a polarizing figure in Sacramento Kings history. You need only look around to see just how deeply divisive #15 was. It’s been two years since he was traded. Willie Cauley-Stein and Kosta Koufos are the last remaining Kings who shared a locker room with Cousins; the rest of the team had no part in the DeMarcus era. The Kings are in the midst of their most successful season in 12 years, defying all expectations of fans and pundits alike.

And yet here we are again, re-litigating that damn trade.

Its both pure madness and completely unavoidable. That’s just who DeMarcus Cousins, the Sacramento King, was. The debate whether to build a team around a…