Boogie has no personal accountability

He acts like a spoiled child

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If they don't trade him, which I don't think they are, they either need someone like Cal who's got an established relationship that can hopefully withstand some tough love, or someone like JVG that would rather lose with less talented players that give a shite than win with talented players half assing it.

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Yeah, the hope was that he could get into a better environment with an allstar teammmate to reduce the load and he would be less frustrated and more engaged, but that has not happened.

The risk with the Boogie trade was that he doesn't change and continues with the constant bitching/loafing. That risk is being realized. It sucks because you had one shot with it. As discussed prior, you cannot trade him and recoup any value unless AD went to management first and said he would be okay with it. We are not bad enough that AD would do that, so even approaching AD with the question of a Boogie trade is danger.

I think at this point they play out the season, squeak into the playoffs, swept or lose 4-1 in the 1st round, and Cal is brought in during the offseason in an attempt to save AD/Boogie.

He wanted it before, every time they talk to him about the Pels and he usually says what a great job Alvin is doing a good job without being prompted. Like the person that wants your job but doesn't want to look like they're hoping you get fired.

Also, I don't really pay much attention to college sports, but the FBI has gotten involved in recruiting scandals this past year right? I never realized violating NCAA rules was a criminal offense, but now might be a good time for the master recruiter to give the pros a try again.

Cousins needs a hard nosed coach, like a Rick Carlisle. If he can't get to him, then it's just never going to happen. If Cousins can't come to the conclusion that there are things he does that are not good for the team, and even if he can come to that conclusion and realize it, but still do nothing to change it for the better, then he will continue to play on woefully underachieving teams his whole career and it probably doesn't bother him that much that he doesn't win. He'll retire making over $200M in his NBA career. I'm sure he's more than happy with just that, regardless of the success on the floor.

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The greatest Kentucky NBA player of all time is Anthony Davis.

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The guy that has made the playoffs once, barely, in 6 years.

John Wall has more to hang his hat on at this point, as does Rondo.

We already have Ferry in house. Just give him the reigns. Let him find a good, young solid GM with some vision. Then we'll find a good coach. I would never let the players pick a coach or GM unless we were a contender. Thats not happening.

Also, I'm not saying Benson or the Pelicans are cheap. But they aren't going to vault into the top 3 in staff salary. Which is what hiring Calapari would take. I just don't see that happening or at least I hope it doesn't. I don't want to become Kentucky South and neither do alot of people down here. Its not just LSU people that hate Kentucky basketball. It would be a hard sell..

The deal giving #1 to sacto plus buddy looks dumb now.

Boogie was never a well rounded player.

Maybe sucker LeBron into swapping love and a 2 for boogie.

I’m pretty sure Boogie thinks he’s Allen Iverson. He’s not. And nobody does anything about it. And that’s why I can’t watch this team anymore. It’s maddening!

Early in the game, he allowed Jurkic to beat him to the basket. It was quiet and a fan yelled "Boogie you are lazy!" He acknowledged it by giving 2 thumbs up in the fans' direction. Later in the game he made a beautiful pass for a score and looked in the direction of that fan and flexed his muscle. He later had a great hustle play to block a runaway layup. Seems the fan gave him a taste of reality and he responded.