The consensus reaction to the Sacramento Kings trading DeMarcus Cousins has been one of shock and incredulity. Almost no one likes the deal that Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé and GM Vlade Divac made for Cousins, who is considered one of the more talented if also more rancorous players in the NBA.So one-sided is the perception of Sacto's deal with the New Orleans Pelicans—for rookie Buddy Hield, former Kings guard Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, and this year's first- and second-round draft picks—that it wasn't even considered a fair trade by one of the most respected computers in NBA circles: the algorithms operating 2K Sports' NBA 2K17 video game.The video game must fail to reflect Cousins' ability to accumulate 19 technical fouls already. (In fairness, he's only been ejected once.) Cousins says he is working on getting better at dealing with officials and the consequences of their calls against him. It's either Boogie's tendency for emotional outbursts that the video game doesn't take into account, or it's the potential for Hield that few see:The Kings won't do this deal in NBA 2K17 pic.twitter.com/ERaK6TzVfq
— Bryan Wiedey (@pastapadre) February 20, 2017
Steph Curry, of course! When will these video games learn?Source familiar w/ Kings' thinking: "Vivek thinks Buddy [Hield] has Steph Curry potential." Am told that fixation was a key driver in deal.
— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) February 20, 2017