Funny you say that.
This is pure speculation by me but the first thing that popped into my mind when we signed Cooks was Chris Olave’s brother and the hospital ball tweets right after his brothers injury.
We have a first year young coach. How better to stamp your authority on a team than shipping someone out who is perceived to be a star for something that could be perceived as detrimental to the team?
Cooks kind of is an older version of Olave. So you Would have a replacement.
The flip side of this is Olave wants out and we are going to give him his wish and/or because of the concussions he intends to retire.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Is Cooks coming in purely as depth or is there something else going on here?