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<p>DeMarcus Cousins will be ready to play at some point this season.</p><p>And when he is, the two-time defending NBA champions will be waiting.</p><p>Adding a fifth All-Star to their already glitzy lineup, the Golden State Warriors have come to terms with Cousins on a one-year, $5.3 million deal &#8212; not the biggest money move on Day 2 of the NBA free agency period, but the most intriguing. The low-risk, high-reward deal was confirmed by two people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because nothing can yet be signed.</p><p>&#8220;5 All-Stars on 1 team&#8230;. wow,&#8221; Charlotte&#8217;s Frank Kaminsky wrote on Twitter.</p><p>Indeed, that is the case for the Warriors, who will be adding Cousins to a lineup that includes All-Stars Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, as well as a former NBA Finals MVP in Andre Iguodala.</p><p>The Warriors, predictably, were thrilled by a move that gives them a player who averaged 25.2 points last season before getting hurt and has averaged 21.5 points and 11 rebounds for his career.</p><p>&#8220;The 3rd splash Brother,&#8221; Curry tweeted.</p><p>The Warriors lost center JaVale McGee to James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday as part of the flurry of moves on Day 1 of free agency, and it took general manager Bob Myers less than a full day to replace McGee with Cousins.</p><p>The Lakers kept the moves going Monday, adding Rajon Rondo &#8212; once a playoff rival of James, and now someone who will be giving him the ball.</p><p>A person with knowledge of the negotiations confirmed to AP that Rondo had agreed to sign a one-year contract with the Lakers for $9 million. Like Cousins, Rondo was part of the New Orleans Pelicans last season. To help replace the Cousins void, the Pelicans agreed to a two-year deal with former Lakers big man Julius Randle, who will now pair with his fellow Kentucky product Anthony Davis in the New Orleans frontcourt.</p><p>So in less than 24 hours, not only did the Lakers lure James out of Cleveland &#8212; but added two players who were longtime antagonists in his annual quest to win the Eastern Conference, first by agreeing to a deal with Lance Stephenson on Sunday night and then moving Monday to convince Rondo to join what will be his sixth different NBA franchise.</p><p>James is back on vacation while the Lakers are busy building a roster around him.</p><p>&#8220;For him, it&#8217;s just business as usual,&#8221; former Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant said of James during a Monday appearance on ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;The Jump.&#8221; &#8221;He&#8217;ll come to work. He&#8217;ll work hard every single day. I&#8217;m really excited for our young players, because they get a chance to watch him work up close and so I think that speeds up their learning curve. &#8230; I think it&#8217;s just important for &#8216;Bron just to be himself and continue doing what he&#8217;s been doing.&#8221;</p><p>After just over $1 billion in new contracts were agreed upon starting late Saturday night and through the official first day of free agency Sunday &#8212; with James going to the Lakers, Durant staying in Golden State, Chris Paul staying in Houston and Paul George staying in Oklahoma City, among other news &#8212; the dollar figures cooled off a bit for Day 2.</p><p>The intrigue didn&#8217;t stop, especially when the Warriors landed Cousins &#8212; basically with the money that Durant didn&#8217;t take by structuring his deal as a two-year deal with an option year.</p><p>&#8220;Got to Love the NBA,&#8221; Orlando&#8217;s Wesley Iwundu tweeted.</p><p>Also Monday, Derrick Favors agreed on a $36 million, two-year deal to stay with the Utah Jazz. Upon hearing that news, his teammates Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert reacted by quickly posting similar requests on Twitter &#8212; that being that Favors finally grabs a dinner check.</p><p>He can do that now, and then some.</p><p>JJ Redick is back with the Philadelphia 76ers, agreeing to a one-year deal worth about $12 million. Redick averaged 17.1 points and shot 42 percent from 3-point range last season with Philadelphia, when he made $23 million.</p><p>With James out of the Eastern Conference, Philadelphia believes it can make a run at getting to the NBA Finals. So does Boston &#8212; which, coincidentally, gave away the No. 9 jersey that Rondo used to wear there Monday by completing the long-expected signing of Brad Wanamaker, a guard who comes to Boston after spending the last seven seasons in Europe.</p><p>Wanamaker played his college ball at Pitt, and is coming off being selected MVP of this year&#8217;s Turkish League finals.</p><p>Anthony Tolliver changed teams again, this time going back to one of his former stops &#8212; Minnesota, which will sign him to a one-year deal worth $5.75 million. Tolliver has played for nine different franchises, and spent last season with Detroit.</p><p>The Pistons added Jose Calderon, who will reunite with his former coach Dwane Casey. Calderon signed a one-year deal for the veteran minimum of about $2.4 million. Calderon was with James in Cleveland last season.</p><p>So he&#8217;s leaving Cleveland &#8212; and so is the massive banner showing James and bearing the phrase &#8220;We Are All Witnesses.&#8221; The 10-story banner in downtown Cleveland is scheduled to be taken down by Nike later this week, even though some Clevelanders said they hoped it would remain as a tribute to James&#8217; years with the Cavs.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">DeMarcus Cousins (0) agreed to accept a one-year deal to join the two-time defending NBA champions for $5.3 million on Monday, according to reports. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_Boogie-Warriors-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>DeMarcus Cousins (0) agreed to accept a one-year deal to join the two-time defending NBA champions for $5.3 million on Monday, according to reports. </caption0><photoCredit0>Phelan M. Ebenhack | AP file photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tim Reynolds</p><p>AP Basketball Writer</p></bylineMeta></div>

Boogie Bomb: Warriors set to add DeMarcus Cousins to lineup