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Walker11 said:
Eh. The biggest difference is one guy is on a 10 day contract and the other is a max contract player.
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True. And yet Emeka's made 89MM > Boogie's 61. Also they are different ages & Boogie drafted 5th vs Emeka 2nd. Why?
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Walker11 said:
Eh. The biggest difference is one guy is on a 10 day contract and the other is a max contract player.
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Can think of a whole bunch of differences between the two.

Don't worry about Emeka, money will never be an issue for him and his family for the next few generations.
 
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Walker11 said:
You lost me. Cousins is about to sign an 8 figure contact. What's your point?
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Honestly I can’t believe any rebuttals are UConn fans. If someone points out Emeka is ona 10 day vs a player 9 years younger on a Max its reasonable to counter that the UConn guy was drafted higher, has earned and won more. I know Boogie has more skills, but Mek has a chip. Capice?
 
Dogdeacon said:
Honestly I can’t believe any rebuttals are UConn fans. If someone points out Emeka is ona 10 day vs a player 9 years younger on a Max its reasonable to counter that the UConn guy was drafted higher, has earned and won more. I know Boogie has more skills, but Mek has a chip. Capice?
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You started this dumb argument, it was about Emeka and his success and comeback, but you had to bring Boogie into it. Some UConn fans are smart enough to realize that arguments like this are really stupid.
 
Dogdeacon said:
Honestly I can’t believe any rebuttals are UConn fans. If someone points out Emeka is ona 10 day vs a player 9 years younger on a Max its reasonable to counter that the UConn guy was drafted higher, has earned and won more. I know Boogie has more skills, but Mek has a chip. Capice?
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Last try for me. Not sure what I'm rebutting because I am not sure what you are trying to say. Maybe I'm a dummy. Help me out. That Emeka is better or has had a better career than Cousins?
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
You started this dumb argument, it was about Emeka and his success and comeback, but you had to bring Boogie into it. Some UConn fans are smart enough to realize that arguments like this are really stupid.
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And it's rather obvious you are not a member of that cohort.
 
Walker11 said:
Last try for me. Not sure what I'm rebutting because I am not sure what you are trying to say. Maybe I'm a dummy. Help me out. That Emeka is better or has had a better career than Cousins?
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It is really simple, Emeka is a contrast as a pros pro with championship pedigree vs a great talent that can’t get out of his own way and use that talent to get Ws.
 
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Dogdeacon said:
It is really simple, Emeka is a contrast as a pros pro with championship pedigree vs a great talent that can’t get out of his own way and use that talent to get Ws.
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Stop digging your hole. Okafor has never been more valuable to an NBA team than Cousins.
 
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Stairmaster said:
The war against Kentucky/Calipari never ends.
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The war against the war never ends. Do people really not know why Calipari is hated by UConn nation? Is an annual history lesson needed?
 
Paesano said:
The war against the war never ends. Do people really not know why Calipari is hated by UConn nation? Is an annual history lesson needed?
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Feel free to spend as much of your time this actively angry as you want, but it's really a bad look when people are trying to spin Emeka Okafor as a better player than DeMarcus Cousins.
 
Stairmaster said:
Feel free to spend as much of your time this actively angry as you want, but it's really a bad look when people are trying to spin Emeka Okafor as a better player than DeMarcus Cousins.
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Cousins is better player (4 at least the 3rd time) but a hothead like all those defending him and Emeka is not a hothead like all of us on the calm, cool & collected side of righteousness & the UConn Huskies.
 
Dogdeacon said:
Cousins is better player (4 at least the 3rd time) but a hothead like all those defending him and Emeka is not a hothead like all of us on the calm, cool & collected side of righteousness & the UConn Huskies.
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Righteousness? Give me a break. You are way too worked up about this.
 
Stairmaster said:
Feel free to spend as much of your time this actively angry as you want, but it's really a bad look when people are trying to spin Emeka Okafor as a better player than DeMarcus Cousins.
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Listen, I know it isn't healthy. But it got ugly in the 90s and many of us have a hard time forgetting. People can argue all they want about Cousins. For me, if I were a GM, I would never put him on my team. I view him as a net negative. Okafor is a net positive. Big time. Now, he may not be starting center material at this point but I would take a lot of other starters over Cousins and Okafor would be my first choice as a backup.
 
Paesano said:
Listen, I know it isn't healthy. But it got ugly in the 90s and many of us have a hard time forgetting. People can argue all they want about Cousins. For me, if I were a GM, I would never put him on my team. I view him as a net negative. Okafor is a net positive. Big time. Now, he may not be starting center material at this point but I would take a lot of other starters over Cousins and Okafor would be my first choice as a backup.
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Cousins is a singular talent. But he's yet to show he's talented enough to build a winning team around, and he's yet to show he can be a supporting player who adds value when the team isn't built around him. He basically condemns you to 30-to-40 wins per year, which is NBA purgatory.

I wouldn't touch him unless I had a Pop-level coach.
 
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Stairmaster said:
Righteousness? Give me a break. You are way too worked up about this.
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Huskies & righteous are synonymous like Calipari & dirty. My personal mood regarding the inexplicable Cousins water carriers is better described as flummoxed.
 
Dogdeacon said:
Huskies & righteous are synonymous like Calipari & dirty. My personal mood regarding the inexplicable Cousins water carriers is better described as flummoxed.
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I should've known better to expect anything besides unvarnished emotion.
 
Stairmaster said:
Feel free to spend as much of your time this actively angry as you want, but it's really a bad look when people are trying to spin Emeka Okafor as a better player than DeMarcus Cousins.
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I take ownership in hi-jacking this thread by feeding Deacon but I appreciate someone else realizes the absurdity of his comments. I will agree with @Paesano in that if I am building a team as a GM, I do not want Cousins. This is not to take away from the fact that he is one of the most talented big men to ever play. But I am not going to build a franchise around him. In a world where the Warriors and now the Rockets look unbeatable against mortal teams, I would take a risk on a healthy Cousins if I am a pseudo contender/playoff team without much future cap flexibility but I sure as hell wouldn't sign him as a GM with a barren roster.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Demarcus Cousins is, and always will be, better and more valuable than Okafor.
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Cousins is a great talent and most every GM would love to have that talent on their home floor
Emeka is talented, ultra intelligent and I am sure a great team mate as well as mentor

Cousins, at this time and place is a better and more valuable player
Emeka will always be a better and more valuable person and mentor
 
Paesano said:
The war against the war never ends. Do people really not know why Calipari is hated by UConn nation? Is an annual history lesson needed?
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I think the only place the Squid is liked/tolerated is in certain parts of Kentucky and hated everywhere else
If his team doesn't make it to the dance he won't even be tolerated in Lexington
 
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