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Adrian Wojnarowski broke NBA twitter following last night’s All-Star Game. He tweeted updates on a developing Kings-Pelicans deal throughout Sunday, and roughly an hour after the All-Star Game ended, officially broke the news.
New Orleans will send guard Buddy Hield, 2017 first- and second-round picks, and guards Tyreke Evans and Langston Galloway to Sacramento for Cousins and forward Omri Casspi, league sources told The Vertical.
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Cousins and his representatives were blindsided by the deal after being told repeatedly – even as late as Sunday afternoon – that Cousins wouldn’t be moved to the Pelicans in the deal, league sources said.