I was talking to an NBA general manager earlier this season about DeMarcus Cousins, the best player in the NBA most likely to be traded, or at least so we'll hear for the next few months.

Actually, I had asked the executive who was the most talented player in the NBA. He believed it was DeMarcus Cousins. I asked whom on his team he would trade for Cousins, who is much rumored the last few years to be traded for the constant under-performing of the Sacramento Kings.

He said he wouldn't trade his 15th man for Cousins, that he wouldn't let him in his locker room, that no one in the NBA today could likely more destroy a team than Cousins. But he said he really loved his talent.