re: Sign and trade cousins for derozan

I don't think so. Cousins is a much bigger name and any team trading for him has talked themselves into him returning at a decent level. If Toronto were in position to make a similar trade, like they magically didn't have Val and Anunoby was 4 years older and on a similar contract to Porter, I'd expect them to give up more than just Anunoby for Cousins. And Toronto could afford to throw in a young player or future asset. Washington is asset poor like the Pels though and you can't squeeze blood from a stone, especially if you don't have a bidding war going.