NBA Power Rankings: Cavaliers are right where they want to be

84. DeMarcus Cousins has been DeMarcus Cousins to start off the season for the Sacramento Kings. This is both a good and a bad thing for the team in California’s state capital. Cousins is routinely pouring in double-double after double-double, but he is still showcasing poor body language, arguing with officials and worse of all, fouling out of games (even when he enters the fourth quarter without a single foul). Cousin is one of the best players in the entire league, but he and Sacramento just aren’t a good fit for each other. <p>The problem is the rest of the league knows this as well. Any trade proposals that the Kings receive for Boogie are likely going to return them pennies on the dollar. With the team opening a brand new, state-of-the-art arena this year it isn’t likely that they would willingly sell low on their prized possession. This has seemingly been the same problem for years with Cousins and the Kings, but this time around Sacramento hasn’t made the same critical case as they did in the past.</p> <p>The good news for the Kings. New head coach, Dave Joerger (formerly the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies) seems to have formed a bond with Boogie Cousins and that’s the first step to turning this whole situation around. Now if they could just unload the more unhappy Rudy Gay than they could really get a jump on becoming a competent franchise once more. That has proven to be more difficult than initially assumed for the Kings–Gay being on record as saying that he plans to leave Sacramento as a free agent this offseason as no doubt hurt his trade market. Nonetheless, there will be suitors for a player of his talents and if they are able to find a deal that appeases them then they won’t hesitate to make the move.</p>. . . Sacramento Kings. 22. team