DeMarcus Cousins, who allegedly wants out, has recently been joined by Omri Casspi and Willie Cauley-Stein. Rudy Gay seems to be another player mentioned as first-year head coach Dave Joerger experience a pretty rough time to come up with something that would return smile on Vivek Ranadive's face.
Right now, the Kings are constantly surrounded by rumors. According to reports, the team from Sacramento will finally let go of Cousins, the player who has been the subject of countless NBA trade rumors in the past few years but never left the Kings. He was initially rumored to leave the Kings and head either to the Portland Trail Blazers or the Denver Nuggets.
However, the recent speculations seem to have a good basis this time since NBA executives already hinted that the Sacramento Kings are serious about pushing it through. They sounded like it is about to happen very soon, this coming December to be more specific.
Western Conference general manager revealed that Sacrament will probably do it within a month from now, because the closer they get to the trade deadline (February), the less they are going to get back. So, if Kings are going to trade him the week of the deadline, it's going to be pretty tough.
NBA executive explained the whole situation: "You have one owner in Sacramento who does not want to give him up...And you have 29 other owners who don't want to overpay because they are scared the guy is going to be a headache and is going to hurt the organization."
It seems like Joerger, Ranadive, and Vlade Divac should give up on Cousins and look for another franchise player to build on. Even though that Cousins could potentially leave the team from Sacramento isn't surprising news, he apparently isn't the only Kings player on the block.
Reportedly, Omri Casspi isn't happy with his current role with the team and wants more playing time. According to an Israeli newspaper, New York Knicks, the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors are interested suitors for Casspi.
Omri Casspi #18 of the Sacramento Kings handles the ball against the Milwaukee Bucks on November 5, 2016. at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo : Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
"Omri Casspi is very disappointed with his situation in Sacramento and has asked to be moved immediately," the translated report reads, via Celtics Blog. "Toronto, Boston and New York have expressed interest in Casspi." Casspi responded to those rumors saying "Zero truth to that. Zero," to CSN California.
Casspi has recently recovered from hip surgery and that was one reason why he was hardly a shade of himself at training camp. Playing behind Anthony Tolliver, Matt Barnes, and Garrett Temple and others may be the reason for possible moves.
