So we have another twin towers situation with Cousins and Davis. On paper having two dominate big men may look like the answer but maybe it’s not the case. Sure it worked with Duncan and Robinson, but it didn’t work with Duncan and Aldridge. Robinson was ready to be the mentor and not the man. I think Aldridge wanted to have the same usage he had in Portland and it didn’t work out. Celtics fans should remember that it didn’t work with Ralph Sampson and Akeem Olajuwon in Houston, after all it was Boston that beat them in the finals. So just having two great big men isn’t necessarily enough.
Also, let’s not forget that Cousins is a head case. He was a head case in college and has been a head case his entire NBA career. Team chemistry matters. If you think great talent alone is enough look at that Laker team with starting 4 hall of famers, Payton, Malone, Shaq, and Kobe. They lost to a blue collar Pistons team that out hustled them and played together as a cohesive unit. Not to mention the Pistons were led by a player we gave up on too soon in Chancy Billups.
It’s too soon to tell but I wouldn’t start counting championships in NO just yet. What do you all think?