The Pelicans offseason hinges on the DeMarcus Cousins decision. Will he sign? Will he walk? Will he agree to a sign-and-trade? In this series, I will look at ways to build a team that finds itself in any of those scenarios.
On the heels of the draft and the fingertips of free agency, the landscape for DeMarcus Cousins’ free agency is less the stuff of a Lewis and Clark expedition — uncharted territory — and more of a forked road with only two realistic outcomes: a return to New Orleans or a sign-and-trade with the Washington Wizards (a scenario I laid out here and added a bonus cut of here).