I don't rate Cousins. I never have, and I don't make it a mystery on here either.
I was relieved when I saw he was traded and he was not coming here. I was definitely surprised they traded him for that awful package though. They could have gotten a lot more.
Despite his size, athleticism, talent and individual stats, I have my doubts over how much of that contributes to actual wins for his basketball team. A lot of those stats seem empty compared to the difference other top tier centers make to their basketball teams. Guys like Gobert, Marc Gasol, Embiid, Jokic you can dig a little deeper and see why they make such a profound difference to their basketball team's record.
With Cousins, a lot of people see the ridiculous individual stat lines on losing teams and think he is going to be able to produce those sorts of numbers on a team that is more competitive. I don't think that is going to be the case. Cousins isn't going to have a 40% usage rate on a contending basketball team. Cousins isn't even going to come close to that on New Orleans with Anthony Davis there. Those individual stats are going to take a hit.
From a celtics' perspective he definitely would have helped our rebounding percentages but I'm not sure he would have helped our ball movement and overall productivity on offense, plus at times, his defensive intensity is lackluster at best.
This isn't even mentioning his attitude and problems with technical fouls and suspensions.
Im not surprised the market from actual NBA GMs was far cooler than what we thought on here.