Chauncey Gardner Johnson could miss remainder of Season with Torn pec
The situations are relatively similar actually. Saints offered Chauncey a long-term deal that was reported to be annually 10-11M per year, he turned it down and created problems in the locker room leading to be traded. He didn't get a long term deal in FA and will now have to hit the market yet again coming off of an injury.
Pelicans offered DeMarcus Cousins a generous multi year contract considering he was coming off of a torn achilles, and he turned it down for basically a vet minimum contract with Golden State and then tore his ACL in the next offseason after finally recovering fully from the achilles.
Sucks for both guys, I am a fan of them both, but there are risks involved when you turn down long-term money. Chauncey is probably feeling it more, Cousins had already made a ton of money before all of that went down.
Edit: For what it's worth I don't think Chauncey is in danger of going through what Cousins did, he's still 25 and hasn't had any career threatening injuries. It's just unfortunate because he'll likely be looking at taking another 1 year deal in 2024 offseason instead of a long-term deal.