Why didn’t the Lakers sign DeMarcus Cousins? Ex-Cavs GM seems perplexed

The Lakers landed LeBron James. "I don't really understand exactly where they're going from the standpoint of playoff basketball," Griffin said Wednesday on KNBR 680. "I get it -- if you want to put multiple playmakers out there and make the game a little easier for LeBron to play, I totally understand. The Warriors ended up getting DeMarcus Cousins at the taxpayer mid-level exception of $5,337,000.