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How did this stat work out this year? I ask, because:
1. He finally had a reasonable starting cast (save the SG position), and
2. I already know the answer.
Just curious to see your spin.
1. He finally had a reasonable starting cast (save the SG position), and
2. I already know the answer.
Just curious to see your spin.
One very clear X's and O's bit of info that is relevant here is that Cousins has had the lowest percentage of assisted baskets of any starting center in the league since his rookie year. The league average for centers is around 63% and for Boogie it's consistently been around 48%. Yet another indication of how much he's had to do himself to make up for a poor surrounding cast. Andre Miller is the first King since Doug Christie who can consistently make a good post entry pass. Watch Zach Randolph for a few games and see how often his points come from flashing across the lane, sealing his man and getting a quick pass for an easy basket. You want to see Cousins' efficiency improve? You want to see him make his teammates better? Get him more easy looks at the basket and his FG% will go up and he'll see more double and triple teams for easy kick outs. Boogie isn't Shaq or Olojuwon. He's not (at least not right now) a guy who can get you a bucket any time you need it because he still gets stymied by long and/or strong defenders (see Chandler, Tyson or Pekovic, Nikola etc) and he doesn't have O'Neal's overwhelming size/strength/athleticism package or Dream's unbelievable footwork in the post. But he does things at his size that I've never seen another center do. Boogie is a SPECIAL player for sure. How special is a question that won't be answered until he gets a stable organization, teammates that compliment him and a coach who knows how to put him in a position to succeed.
Hopefully that happens while he's still in a Kings uniform.
Hopefully that happens while he's still in a Kings uniform.
Yes, because of course its well known all the once in a generation players who came in as 19 year olds to a franchise that might have been contracted back in the bad ole days.
Your argument, such as it is, remains straw. You are arguing nothing, using inapplicable facts of the broadest possible nature. You get era wrong, age wrong, team and teammates wrong, but other than that, hey, great way to judge. I'm sure 19 yr old 200lb Kareem would have transformed the disaster here in his first 2 years too.
Your argument, such as it is, remains straw. You are arguing nothing, using inapplicable facts of the broadest possible nature. You get era wrong, age wrong, team and teammates wrong, but other than that, hey, great way to judge. I'm sure 19 yr old 200lb Kareem would have transformed the disaster here in his first 2 years too.
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^^ This is the end game argument and most relevant factor.
Those that don't see this team play a lot - and even misguided fans that do - point at the win total as proof that Cousins impact isn't all that great.
What those people fail to acknowledge is that this team is so bad that they really don't have much of a chance to win games when Cuz doesn't play.
They were 6-16 this year. Two of the wins just occurred against a Lakers team essentially fielding a D-league roster. Take those gimme throw away games away and they were 4-16.
They were 0-11 last season.
That's 4-27 (.129) the past 2 years under the "new" ownership and front office. Conversely, they've gone 51-80 (.389) in games he did play. Not great, but neither is the roster that surrounds him. Regardless, it is a fairly noticeable difference.
You could switch Cousins out with any other player in the league -- provided the same circumstances that unfolded this season (meningitis, coaching carousel, injury to Collison, etc.) -- and it's doubtful that they would have fared much better, if any.
When the Kings fielded their best talent, they won games despite an extremely subpar bench. When Cuz played but didn't have competent support around him (Gay and/or Collison) they were generally competitive even against really good teams. When Cuz didn't play, they rarely won a game.
Those that don't see this team play a lot - and even misguided fans that do - point at the win total as proof that Cousins impact isn't all that great.
What those people fail to acknowledge is that this team is so bad that they really don't have much of a chance to win games when Cuz doesn't play.
They were 6-16 this year. Two of the wins just occurred against a Lakers team essentially fielding a D-league roster. Take those gimme throw away games away and they were 4-16.
They were 0-11 last season.
That's 4-27 (.129) the past 2 years under the "new" ownership and front office. Conversely, they've gone 51-80 (.389) in games he did play. Not great, but neither is the roster that surrounds him. Regardless, it is a fairly noticeable difference.
You could switch Cousins out with any other player in the league -- provided the same circumstances that unfolded this season (meningitis, coaching carousel, injury to Collison, etc.) -- and it's doubtful that they would have fared much better, if any.
When the Kings fielded their best talent, they won games despite an extremely subpar bench. When Cuz played but didn't have competent support around him (Gay and/or Collison) they were generally competitive even against really good teams. When Cuz didn't play, they rarely won a game.
To expand upon the .129 winning percentage without Boogie the past two seasons, I think most would agree that 31 games is a fairly ample sample size to work with. If you extend to the same number of games they played with him (131), you'd have a record of 17-114 (.129).
Compare those two records:
17-114 without Cuz
51-80 with Cuz
That's a projected difference of 34 games, or, better yet, triple the number of wins.
Compare those two records:
17-114 without Cuz
51-80 with Cuz
That's a projected difference of 34 games, or, better yet, triple the number of wins.
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I somewhat disagree because the team is so use to relying on Cousins and running everything through him that they don't really know how to adjust, if Cousins was not here from the start than they would play completely different (not saying they would win more). It's the same reason why players like Chris Bosh/Kevin Love struggled in there first season's of going from a #1 option to #3 option it's something they were not use to doing (Bosh once he got use to being a #3 option than struggled somewhat to be a #1 option again). When you are so use to one guy holding the ball and doing everything when he actually does go down during the middle of the season it's hard to adjust.
We this year other than the first 15 games have been trash with and without DMC that's really the reality.
I use to also to support the whole well we are 5-16 this year without DMC (or is it 6 after the Lakers back to back wins) but I'm not really sure about that anymore since the entire team has been trained to give DMC the ball (rightfully so) and stand out of the way.
We this year other than the first 15 games have been trash with and without DMC that's really the reality.
I use to also to support the whole well we are 5-16 this year without DMC (or is it 6 after the Lakers back to back wins) but I'm not really sure about that anymore since the entire team has been trained to give DMC the ball (rightfully so) and stand out of the way.