I was perusing content from The Ringer a few days ago, and I came across an article that caught my eye. In fact, the fictional narrative– written from both the positive and negative extremes of a hypothetical trade that would send DeMarcus Cousins to the Boston Celtics- is the inspiration around this latest installment of Jake’s Take.

What if one team in the other two major American leagues- NFL and MLB- made that kind of fate-changing blockbuster deal? What if this team wasn’t one that you’d expect? What if this team was already just about good enough to make the playoffs but was, as Bill Simmons says in this column’s inspiration, “A Guy” away from a championship?

Want to read on? Jake tackles the issues here.