In the last 24 hours, the Sacramento Kings have been thrown into turmoil. Between reports that coach George Karl is advocating for the trading of franchise cornerstone DeMarcus Cousins, VP of basketball operations Vlade Divac saying that Cousins is untouchable, and a rather cryptic (but not that cryptic) Boogie tweet on Monday night, it’s safe to say the Kings are being, well, Kingsy.

Now there are rumors that Rudy Gay is on the block to make salary-cap room for Rajon Rondo, and that draft prospects like Justise Winslow and Trey Lyles are reportedly refusing to work out for the team, which is picking sixth in the NBA draft on Thursday. We gathered some of our basketball minds to sort through this amazing turn of events.

Chris Ryan: Man, and I thought the highlight of the pre-draft rumormonger circuit was going to be analyzing what T-shirts Dwyane Wade’s father was wearing! The most interesting story line here is coach George Karl and the power struggle between him and Kings basketball kingmaker Vlade Divac. Last night, on Twitter, Chris Herring from The Wall Street Journal presented this series of seemingly unrelated tweets.

WHEN THE GRASS IS CUT THE SNAKES WILL SHOW. — Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) February 25, 2011

When the grass is cut… — Andre Iguodala (@andre) May 15, 2014

🌾🐍🌾 — DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) June 23, 2015

First of all, I love that a throwaway Jay Z line from “Blueprint 2” has become a code word for calling George Karl a punk. Now every time this story shows up in my feed, I’m going to imitate Jay imitating Austin Powers. All of these players have documented issues with Karl, usually stemming from his or their departure from a team. Melo didn’t like the way Karl talked about his defense; Iggy didn’t like being the mole in Karl’s Tinker Tailor Nuggets Spy story. And now we have Boogie, reacting to rumors that Karl wants him shipped out of Sacramento. Earlier in the year, Karl had pointedly declared that no player on the Kings roster was “untradable.” This was contradicted by Divac, the former sweet-passing, smoking big man who now runs the chaotic Kings front office. Now we’re here. With rumors of Cousins-to-the-Lakers stunning us all to attention.

🌾🐍🌾 — DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) June 23, 2015

The average NBA coaching tenure at a gig is only a couple of seasons, and nobody knows this more than George Karl. He usually gets good results early, and sees a player mutiny of some sorts on his way out the door. Sometimes, like in Denver, those things happen at more or less the same time. There is obviously a power struggle happening in California’s capital, and Karl has decided that he wants to play his way, with his guys.

I think they should deal Boogie, if for nothing else than my own amusement. The Lakers deal would immediately vault L.A. back into relevance, even if it costs the player they selected second (L.A. has to wait until after it introduces the second pick as a Laker to trade him, because you can’t deal consecutive first-round picks), Julius Randle, and Jordan Clarkson. I’d rather see Boogie in Boston, though. I just think his temperament matches the team, he’d be reunited with Isaiah Thomas (lol), would give Brad Stevens his first big personality test, and give Boston the blue-chip player it has been missing for years. I’d deal everyone but Marcus Smart to make this happen. Maybe something like the 16th pick, the 28th pick, James Young, and Brandon Bass’s expiring deal?

Here’s the one thing you have to consider if you’re Divac, though: Trading Boogie basically means rebuilding your team. Again. There’s no deal here that brings back immediate equal value. Unless you can pry no. 2 from the Lakers, you’re not going to get a potential franchise player in return. And even if you do get that second pick, there are no guarantees, right? This is like the Harden trade again, except the team dealing Harden doesn’t have Durant and Westbrook to clean up the mess. This one has Rudy Gay and Ben McLemore.

Riley McAtee: There might be a way to deal Boogie that works for the Kings, but there is no trade scenario that will work in my heart.

Boogie is the only homegrown superstar Sacramento has ever had and the rare NBA talent who actually seems to like this cow town. Those great Kings teams of the early 2000s were built on trades — not draft choices and certainly not free agency — because it’s impossible to keep players in Sacramento. Even Chris Webber thought about leaving a 55-win team until Joe Maloof offered to mow his lawn for him. Maybe George Karl can offer to mow Boogie’s lawn, but he’ll have to get rid of the snakes first.

I couldn’t sleep last night once I saw Woj’s bomb. Boogie has been my favorite player, not just on the Kings or in the NBA, but in all sports, for years. His persecution complex (whether deserved or not) and stubborn attitude appeal to me. He’s imperfect, but who wants to root for perfection, anyway? I want to cheer for someone who holds grudges, delivers zingers to journalists, and sometimes takes entire possessions off. That’s just my kind of player.

In the end, I’ll cheer for Boogie no matter what jersey he ends up wearing. Unless it’s a Lakers jersey. Screw that.

Jason Concepcion: Any time you have to decide between a 63-year-old journeyman coach with a history of alienating top talent going all the way back to the days of Kendall Gill​ and young Ray Allen, and a 6-foot-11 behemoth with a generational mix of talent and skill, I think you have to go with the coach. Especially if the coach hasn’t even been there for a whole season. I get that Boogie is tough to deal with. But reaching star players is kind of in the head coach job description along with the X’s-and-O’s part. That’s what the money is for, George.